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Landscape and Mythology: An Interview with Jon Norman-Mason

Jon Norman-Mason is in his final year of his PhD at Brighton University studying Landscape and Mythology, he is also a researcher on the BBC's "You're Dead to Me", and is a professional storyteller and his works include "The Promised Land" which featured at Brighton's Fringe Festival. This interview talks about myth, and the challenges of how it keeps up with the ever changing and modern landscapes of society, a fascinating discussion touching on topics which aren't talked about enough.

Why Dragons Breath Fire!

Have you ever wondered how dragons went from water-based serpents to fire-breathing monsters? We'll let me tell you a story or two...

The Whale who Swallows a Hero

This is a look into the motif we see in stories such as Jonah and the Whale or Pinocchio. Where heroes are being swallowed by aquatic monsters.

Jordan B Peterson and Graham Hancock: Misunderstanding Myth

A discussion about issues with what Jordan Peterson and Graham Hancock say about myth, and how their position can be improved by have a better understanding of what myths really are and understanding their origins and dispersals.

Why Dragons breathed Fire!

The earliest dragon myths had these monsters looking after water, but at some point, they started breathing fire, burning knights, and resucing princesses. But why was this?

Finding the Oldest Religion

A journey back through time, through religions and cultures, to find out why we started to believe in something, and what it was.

Human Sacrifice: Recreating Ritual

Eating dinner with friends has throw backs to the rituals around human sacrifice, and in this episode we will explore how we know this.

Human Sacrifice: Reconstruction the Ritual

A couple of thousand years ago you could have had dinner with friends, or friends for dinner. Here I examine and recreate sacrificial ritual, and how it applied to human sacrifice.

Sacrifice in Indo-European Culture

Sacrifice was reasonably common amongst our ancestors. In this episode of the Crecganford podcast I talk about some of the best known examples of sacrifice.

Journey to the Underworld

In this episode we look at the myths that talk about Journeying to the Underworld, from Egypt to Scandinavia, and see if they are linked, or if they have differences, then we will examine those.