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African Merfolk I: Predators of river, lake and pool

We look at some of the merfolk predators of Africa, with some discussion of how they may have started out as something else entirely but contact with the outside world led to a shift in beliefs and myths around them.

#youtube #myth #mythology #east african folklore #african religion #merpeople #mermaid #merfolk #cultural diffusion

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We look at the mermaid myths and legends of the ancient and classical world focusing on the Mediterranean cultures like Greece and Rome but also discussing Babylon and even a story from Carthage! Hope you enjoy sources in the youtube description if you like further reading and information.

#youtube #myth #mythology #ancient greece #roman mythology #Babylonian mythology #mermaids #merpeople #merfolk #mermaid #mermen

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We take a look at Dagon, who might be the most famous aquatic deity but it turns out his actual historical worshippers likely never depicted him as a merman or associated him with the ocean or water in general.

#youtube #myth #mythology #mermen #lovecraft #john milton #paradise lost #dagon #philistines

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We continue our survey of Divine and Demonic Merfolk from mythologies and religions from across the world. Today we look at African deities, many of whom crossed the Atlantic with the TransAtlantic Slave Trade and after that, we look at the... Interesting Deities that arose among the ancient Greeks.

#youtube #myth #mythology #greek myth #ancient greece #east african folklore #African religion #merpeople #mermaid #mermen #merfolk

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We finally begin covering Merfolk myths after defining our terms and doing way to much study. These are some of the oldest merfolk myths I found and focus on divine and demonic merfolk. There are themes there that cross cultural boundaries and will reoccur as we go further into the series so keep your eyes peeled.

#youtube #myth #mythology #mermaids #merfolk #folklore #ramayana #mesopotamian mytholog

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So I started digging into the myths, legends, and lore about the merfolk and... Look they're on every continent that people live on. There are river mermaids, lake mermaids, watering hole mermaids! Shapeshifters, sorcerers, cursed and blessed, and more. There's a lot to shift through here so it's gonna take some time. Thank you for your patience.

#youtube #myth #mythology #books #merfolk #mermaid #merpeople #folklore #ohgodtherearesomanystories

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I look at the 2003 film Paycheck and rate it as a stand alone film and as an adaptation of Philip K Dick's story.

#youtube #science fiction #sci fi #film #fiction #movie #philip k. dick

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Read the written review here! https://frigidreads.blogspot.com/2024/02/paycheck-short-story-by-philip-k-dick.html Hope you enjoy.

#youtube #science fiction #books and reading #booklover #scifi #sci fi #philip k. dick

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A look at the 2010 film Radio Free Albemuth and a discussion of how it holds up as a stand-alone film and as an adaptation of the novel.

#youtube #scifi #science fiction #movies #film #book adaptation #Philip k. dick

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So a text review and companion video on the Philip K Dick novel Radio Free Albemuth. I'm not sure why blogger slapped a Sensitive Content Warning on the text review.

#youtube #books and reading #books #science fiction #scifi #philip k. dick #book review

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What the Ministry of Truth doesn't want you know about Earth's history. On a more serious note, this is non-canon history from the old Babylon 5 RPG from Mongoose publishing, with the last video using only sources from the show itself.

#youtube #babylon5rpg #babylon5 #mongoose publishing #rpgs #science fiction #sci fi #sci fi and fantasy #scififantasy #Earth Alliance #scifi

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Babylon 5: History of the Earth Alliance as approved by the Ministry of Truth! Presented as an "in universe" video so let me know what you think, it's a bit of an experiment for me.

#babylon5 #bab5 #science fiction #scifi #sci fi #youtube #video #television #b5 #Youtube

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Babylon 5 hottake.

Since Babylon 5 is on my mind, a B5 Hottake for everyone.

I think someone on the Gray Council ruthlessly took advantage of Delenn in the aftermath of the attack on their ship by the Earth Alliance.

Think about it, Delenn is still a young woman and somewhat inexperienced compared to the Delenn we see on the show. So imagine this, a young woman holding the dead body of her mentor and second father figure reeling from the trauma of watching basically his murder, possibly injured herself and having to deal with unexpected violence with no training or warning. Then someone comes to her and tells her, hey you have to make a major galaxy-altering decision right now! While she's holding the still warm body of said mentor and father figure! This doesn't ring any alarm bells for anyone?

What reason was there to make a final unalterable decision right then and there? What was actually going on with the other members of the gray council? Doesn't it sound a little strange to anyone that they were able to grab up 8 of the council minutes after this attack and have a debate and a vote? Just who sent that guy and what they were aiming for? Considering how... Gloating in tone some of those council members would be later throwing that vote in her face. Doesn't that seem a little... Off?

My thoughts, when someone realized that Dukat the head Minbari of the Federation wasn't giving orders and might be down, they saw an opening and they took it and they played his young emotional protege for all she was worth. I'm not trying to absolve Delenn of all responsibility here, she was still a grown woman and a member of the highest governing body of the Minbari. She clearly screwed up here but... I can't help but feel she was set up by someone who saw a chance to bring the Warrior Caste to the top.

#babylon5 #science fiction #scifi #sci fi #sci fi and fantasy #political skullduggery #someone played dirty #why the hell are you making permanent policy decisions without even fixing your damn ship first?!!?

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One of the great cities of the Bronze Age Indus River Valley Civilization also called the Harappan Civilization. I talk about what we know, what we don't know and what we've uncovered. As well as touching on the eternal battle to protect and preserve the site for future generations of humanity.

#youtube #history #bronze age #archaeology #indian history #Indus River Valley Civilization #harappan civilization #Mohenjo-Daro #lost city

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The capital of the once-nearly-forgotten Hittite Empire. More sources are in the description on Youtube!

#youtube #history #bronze age #hittite #archaeology

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I discovered that today is Native American Day, so I decided to switch Hattusa with Cahokia. The biggest known city of the Mississippi Mound builder culture and at its height the biggest urban center in North America north of Mexico. We look at the known history, the discovery and some of the debate of what kind of society/state Cahokia was at the center of?

Hope you enjoy.

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Mythology hot take

So we have a fragmentary understanding of Greek Mythology, due to large parts of it not getting preserved for various reasons. One thing I've always kinda kept in my headcanon... Menelaus and Agamemnon must have done some crazy shit after getting run out of their hometown and between Menelaus getting to marry Helen. Consider this, just about everyone else on the list of suitors was a king or a prince with a kingdom and more importantly an army of their own. Menelaus and Agamemnon were exiles. Their Uncle had killed their father years ago and taken over their kingdom. Would you let a pair of exiled nobles with no lands, no wealth, and no rep marry the crown princess of your homeland? Knowing that's gonna drag you into a war? On the flip side what if the pair were well known as unbelievable badasses? Would that change your mind? Keep in mind this is the bronze age, Kings are expected to go out and solve their countries' problems personally, usually by stabbing that problem in the face until it went away. So rolling up with a list of problems whose faces you stabbed until they stopped being problems would be considered a strong argument for being made a king in a lot of places at the time. Since we know Agamemnon uses Sparta's armies to reclaim his kingdom... Doesn't that argue strongly for there being a period before the marriage of Helen where Menelaus and Aggie were rolling around the Hellenic world perfecting their face-stabbing skills and getting famous for it?

#myth #mythology #greek myth #ancient greek #ancient greece #trojan war #myths #Give me a series where Aggie and Laus bumble about the bronze-age fighting stuff!