The Aesir-Vanir rift
How the gods waged war on each other and why they stopped doing so.
The Slavic myth of creation
How a duck played an unlikely important role in the Slavic myth of creation.
How the Norse gods created through destruction
How the Norse gods started off the universe by committing genocide on the race of giants. Don’t forget to recycle your foe.
Eridu Genesis
The oldest known Mesopotamian flood myth.
Atrahasis
The Mesopotamian myth about the great flood dat almost destroyed human life.
The quest for immortality (Gilgamesh epic part 2)
The epic quest of Gilgamesh for eternal life.
Enuma Elish
The Babylonian myth of creation.
The killing of Humbaba (Gilgamesh epic part 1)
Enkidu and Gilgamesh join forces to slay the monster Humbaba.
Enmerkar: the da Vinci of his time
The conquest of the ancient city Aratta and invention of writing by King Enmerkar.
Sisterly love
Inanna’s unsuccessful journey to the underworld.