Deep Sight with John Colarusso: Amazons of the North Caucasus Women Heroes and Feminist Lessons from the Nart Sagas a-mez-a:-n the-forest-intimate.prefix-mother, a leader of a band of women warriors Greeks and Amazons Warrior women in the modern Caucasus Adrienne Mayor and her book, Amazons The Amazon conundrum: how did they reproduce? How did they raise children? The Mythology Channel
Deep Sight with John Colarusso: Narts in the Closet Legends of King Arthur and the Secrets of Odin The transition from older Celtic lofre to King Arthur – something has happened? Clearly some new component has crept in after the old work of Wace and Layamon. Nart elements in Malory’s version Round table (warband) Guinevere and Lancelot Grail Chivalric combat Sir Kay and other odd names (Lancelot) Sword in the Stone Lady of the Lake and the second sword Return of that sword to the Lake Sir Bedivere.The Mythology Channel
Deep Sight with John Colarusso: The Origin of Our Origin Stories Where do myths come from? The roots of Eurasian Lore Language evolved to tell tales, among other things.Telling stories as social glue. Time passes and tales grow old. The old becomes both profound and enigmatic All societies will have this layer of myth Motifs and archetypes: the wine cellar of the human mind. Odd details and hints of ancient community Eurasian lore: the garden of Indo-European Oher gardens: Chinese, Altaic, Siberian, and more. The Mythology Channel
The Mythology Channel | Deep Sight with John Colarusso: Small Nations, Big World - Peoples of the Caucasus and the Struggle to Survive- Mountain of Tongues (50 languages in an area the size of Spain)- 3 language families, relics of a linguistic world before the great expansions of Indo-European, Semitic, and Altaic families- Languages of mind-boggling complexity- Georgian: ‘I am kissing her’ ~ ‘me kissed she’- Abkhazian: lots of consonants, 2 or 3 vowels- Chechen and Daghestani: Lots of consonants and lots of vowels- Kingdoms of Abkhazia, Georgia, and Caucasian Alvania (Albania)- The Circassians and Ubykhs, the greatest warriors- The Chechens and (38) Daghestanis- Ethnic jokes- Alternative forms of national organization- Circassian tribal organzaition (shades of Scotland)- “Nested” allies in Daghestan- Conquered and suppressed by Russia- Seeking the light – what these cultures have to offer- Prestige for women- Veneration of the elderly (long lived)- Hospitality- Amazing sense of style- Spectacular dancing- Warrior spiritThe Mythology Channel
The Mythology Channel | Deep Sight with John Colarusso: The Weirdness of Myth Horses with Antlers. A Thundering Darkness with Glowing Eyes, and Alien Abductions The themes of myth Powerful imagery of myth A haunting sense of elusive meaning What are myths telling us? Are they simply “some one else’s religion” The Mythology Channel | E8
