A journey back through time, through religions and cultures, to find out why we started to believe in something, and what it was.By podbeansdf

Eating dinner with friends has throw backs to the rituals around human sacrifice, and in this episode we will explore how we know this.By podbeansdf

A couple of thousand years ago you could have had dinner with friends, or friends for dinner. Here I examine and recreate sacrificial ritual, and how it applied to human sacrifice.By podbeansdf

Sacrifice was reasonably common amongst our ancestors. In this episode of the Crecganford podcast I talk about some of the best known examples of sacrifice.By podbeansdf

In this episode we look at the myths that talk about Journeying to the Underworld, from Egypt to Scandinavia, and see if they are linked, or if they have differences, then we will examine those.By podbeansdf

There is much talk of conflict between gods, cultures, and even brothers, within mythology of the Indo-Europeans and the Near East. This episode takes a look into this conflict to see if it all originated from a clash between the Proto Indo-European speaking peoples and the Early European Farmers.By podbeansdf

Whilst the amount of DNA influence on the original Indo-Europeans from the Near East was minimal, their myths certainly influenced there stories. This is a talk through some of them.By podbeansdf

A look at the mythology behind Genesis, and so not a theological or biblical scholarly look. And this allows us to see which stories the bible "borrowed" from other cultures and why.By podbeansdf

In this episode I tell many versions of the Near Eastern Creation myths which I trace into Indo-European cultures, and show how it evolved and changed.By podbeansdf

There was a myth told amongst the North African's of a painting that would come alive, or a painting that would be replaced by a living person. This myth is seen elsewhere, and so does it have a common origin, is it modern, or can we trace it back thousands of years to a belief of our paleolithic ancestors and so perhaps a form of belief from cave …

Here I trace back the origin of Venus, and show that she is thousands of years older than most realise.By podbeansdf

I did title this original, "When cats were gods", but I have been told by many cat owners since, that cats are still gods...By podbeansdf

Giants aren't all big you know, some are small, some are human sized, and some are kind. So where do they come from? Today we will find out, so grab yourself a cup of tea, and listen to Crecganford.By podbeansdf

Today we look for the origin of the "Flood Myth", and it is not the Younger Dryas period as many think, it is older than that. So grab yourself a cup of tea, and listen to this wonderful podcast.By podbeansdf

Today we define a myth, a task more complex than most imagine, and then show why myths can be traced back against a section of academia that says they can't, and there is no value in doing so.By podbeansdf

Today we dive into one of the best known myths in Greek Mythology, that off Odysseus and the cyclops, Polyphemus. We will uncover the origin of the myth, its age, and a link to Lord of the Rings.By podbeansdf

By piecing together some of our oldest motifs on creation we can can look to re-create one of earliest creation myths, and find its origin, as well as understand why it then used in Flood Mythology.By podbeansdf

Our ancestors thought they were immortal until something happened, and so here we look at the mythology around death.By podbeansdf

Some say this is the oldest story in the world, and so here I investigate the Greek and Australian myths, and the physical evidence that supports them, to reach a conclusion about this story, its age, and its origin.By podbeansdf

What happened when the Storm God met the dragon in mythology? Today we will find out this and a whole lot more. So grab yourself a cup of tea. And welcome to CrecganfordBy podbeansdf

Have you ever wondered where dragon's come from? The first story to be told about them? And how it spread across the world making it one of the most popular topics of stories in human history? If so, then grab yourself a cup of tea. And welcome to Crecganford.By podbeansdf