Norse-Gaelic underworld mythologies and fall traditions

About this episode

Amina and Mathias explore the connections between Norse-Gaelic underworld mythologies and ancient fall traditions in Europe.

In this episode, Amina and Mathias discuss underworld mythologies and how they seem to link up with ancient fall traditions in the European North. The conversation takes our two hosts from pumpkin spice and licorice through conversations about (and mispronunciations of) the ancient Welsh hero Pwll, the Franco-Danish hero Ogier the Dane, the Swiss-Lombardic hero of Dietrich of Berne, over the founding of Czechia and the founding of Krakow and the Czech-Polish cultural hero Krok, all the way to...

People in this episode

Hosts: Amina Otto, Mathias Nordvig

Topics covered

• Norse mythology
• Gaelic mythology
• underworld
• fall traditions
• European culture
• heroes

Keywords

• Norse mythology
• Gaelic mythology
• underworld
• fall traditions
• European heroes
• Pwll
• Ogier the Dane
• Dietrich of Berne
• Krok

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Czechia, Krakow

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