Here There Be Dragons: Etiologies - Ep 87 - The Dirt Podcast

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Here There Be Dragons: Etiologies - Ep 87

Episode 87 • 27th April 2020 • The Dirt Podcast • The Dirt Podcast

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This week, Anna and Amber talk about those pesky Big Questions: How are we here? Why are we here? Where do dragons come from? Turns out, people have been coming up with explanations, myths, and stories for questions like this since prehistory.

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Here There Be Dragons: Etiologies
Creation Stories from around the World: Encapsulations of some traditional stories explaining the origin of the Earth, its life, and its peoples
The Origin of Dragons (Anthropos)
Dragons: A Brief History of the Mythical, Fire-Breathing Beasts (LiveScience)
Cyclops Myth Spurred by 'One-Eyed' Fossils? (National Geographic)
10 Mythological Perspectives On Menstruation (Listverse)
Religion and Women (via Google Books)
Menstruation (Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961)
Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (via Google Books)
Ancient mantis-man petroglyph discovered in Iran (Phys.org)
Iconography of the Indus Unicorn: Origins and Legacy (Harappa.com)
Now we know the reason for the narwhal's tusk (Mother Nature Network)
The Travels of Marco Polo (Wikisource)

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