About this episode

This episode explores the origins of legendary and fantasy creatures through a historical, anthropological, and mythological lens.

Bestiaries were medieval compendiums that contained information and illustrations of real and legendary animals. Following this ancient tradition, I have put together talks about the origins of different legendary and fantasy creatures. Make yourself comfortable, this will be a long historical, anthropological and mythological journey around the world. Timestamps: 0:00 Bestiaries 1:37 Elf 27:37 Dwarf 41:12 Ork 47:32 Goblin 55:25 Troll 1:05:45 Phoenix 1:33:45 Unicorn 1:53:25 Mermaid 2:15:00 Werewolf 2:54:38 Dragon Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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