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Lithuania's Romuva community celebrating earth goddess Žemyna during the Žolinės holiday yesterday

#Romuva #Pagan #pagans #Baltic #Lithuania #folklore #mythology #baltics #witch #spirituality #singing

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Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social · 3 months ago

#StorytellingPSA

Once more, for the people in the back:

An "epic hero" (*cough* Odysseus *cough*) is not an "epic hero" because they are a role model that does everything right. They were never meant to be an unproblematic fandom icon.

People bending themselves into pretzels to prove Odysseus (and others) never did anything wrong, questionable, or "problematic" are doing a disservice and flattening mythology into fan fiction.

Said what I said.

#mythology #Storytelling

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@mythologyandhistory@mas.to · 3 months ago

Yuval Harari, #author of big science history books 'Sapiens' & 'Homo Deus', has just posted this on his Instagram (pic w/ alt txt below).

I don't usually get annoyed by generalisations, but...

I wrote a short #refutation of this #claim that #science is "far more imaginative" than #mythology & "didn't predict black holes or atoms" here:

https://www.kittythinks.com/yuval-is-wrong/

Tl:dr: Many scientific theories can be traced back to mythology & creation myths are there to ask questions science is answering.

This is a png from a post by Yuval Noah Harari posted on the 15.07.2025 on his Instagram.

It states white on blue: "Science is far, far more imaginative, far more wild, far more surprising than any mythology that humans ever managed to create."

Link to original image & post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DMF2zpat1Bc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link — This is a png from a post by Yuval Noah Harari posted on the 15.07.2025 on his Instagram. It states white on blue: "Science is far, far more imaginative, far more wild, far more surprising than any mythology that humans ever managed to create." Link to original image & post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMF2zpat1Bc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social · 3 months ago

Side note: I got nothing against creative retellings. I have several favorites.

What I do have feelings against is people coming at me online with "if it's not in Homer it's not canon!" and "the ACTUAL ancient sources say..." without citing any.

You either are doing a creative retelling, OR you got to know the actual ancient sources you are referencing. Pick a lane.

Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social replied · 3 months ago

Second side note: we have done too much work trying to redeem and reframe women in Homer's epics just to go back to "ooh those evil scheming wily women are trapping poor innocent men!"

#mythology

Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social · 3 months ago

#StorytellingPSA

Once more, for the people in the back:

An "epic hero" (*cough* Odysseus *cough*) is not an "epic hero" because they are a role model that does everything right. They were never meant to be an unproblematic fandom icon.

People bending themselves into pretzels to prove Odysseus (and others) never did anything wrong, questionable, or "problematic" are doing a disservice and flattening mythology into fan fiction.

Said what I said.

#mythology #Storytelling