Mythology - Gods & Monsters

About Mythology - Gods & Monsters

Mythology hides its heroes in plain sight, dressing a warrior in silk before it lets him pick up a sword. A mother disguises her son as a girl in a palace full of women, and a trumpet blast is all it takes to reveal the boy who will die at Troy. That single moment says everything about this show: gods testing mortals, prophecies nobody escapes, and choices that cost exactly what they promise to cost. Mythology: Gods & Monsters is a narrated documentary podcast, no host, no chatter, just one complete mythology story per episode, reconstructed in careful detail from ancient sources and the scholarship built around them. Each episode stands alone. You get the full arc of a myth or legend, from the strange rule that sets it in motion to the ending that made it endure for thousands of years, whether that ending is triumphant, tragic, or simply unresolved. The show moves freely across greek mythology and beyond it, drawing on mythology from cultures far outside the Mediterranean world. You will hear how Zeus watches his own son Sarpedon die at Troy because even gods answer to fate, how a king sits frozen on a chair in the underworld and cannot rise, how a divine smith turns grief into a slaughter of skulls and stolen gold. There is room here for ancient mythology that predates the Olympians, for the dragon-slayer Siegfried and the betrayal waiting for him, for guides with three eyes and cheats who win kingdoms through nerve rather than glory. Gods and monsters share the stage equally, because in these mythology tales neither side plays fair. If you want legends told with texture, tension, and enough historical grounding to feel real rather than recited, this mythology podcast is built for you. New episodes release regularly, each one a self-contained world you can enter cold. Subscribe now, so the next piece of mythology finds you the moment it drops.

Publisher

OBOMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT

Category

fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Sept 2026

Latest episode

31 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

97 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Oct 2026

   The Island That Named a Planet: How Kythira Forged Cytherean

   A forgotten Greek island holds the ancient name that scientists adopted to name things "of Venus" - and a naming crisis forces a strange choice. The Island That Named a Planet: How Kythira Forged Cytherean In this episode, we trace how a single adjective for Venus entered scientific language and why the field needed it. You’ll hear the linguistic dead-ends, the mythic detour to Kythira, and the practical stakes that made naming matter. Person: Aphrodite / Kythereia Location: Kythira, southwestern exit of the Aegean Sea Period: 1950s-1960s space age naming debate Population: ~3,650 (2021 census) Event: adoption of the adjective "Cytherean" in planetary science - Scientists rejected "Venereal" because of its established medical meaning and associations. - Alternatives like "Venerian," "Venerean," and forms from Aphrodite risked confusion with common words. - Scholars reached into older mythology for Kythereia - the goddess linked to the island of Kythira. - Latinized forms (Cytherēa) and poetic usage created a neutral root free of medical or drug connotations. - Kythira’s long history of six rulers and its surviving temple and archaic settlement anchored the name’s continuity. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

2. 

   30 Oct 2026

   You are handed the raven banner - do you carry a flag that kills?

   A warlord on an English shore is handed a raven banner said to see and kill - do you carry a flag that chooses who lives? You are handed the raven banner - do you carry a flag that kills? In this episode, we follow the scattered records and stories about a raven banner that men coveted and feared across two centuries of Norse warfare. The episode traces how chroniclers, coins, sagas and tapestries describe a banner that functioned as both symbol and alleged agent - what does it mean to carry such an object? Person: Sigurd the Stout Event: Capture of a raven banner in Devonshire Date: 878 Source: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; Orkneyinga Saga; coin imagery - An army of 803 men died in Devonshire in 878 and the Chronicle notes, almost as an afterthought, that the raven banner was taken. - Coins from around 940 show a triangular standard with tabs, indicating the raven standard was a recognizable emblem by the mid‑10th century. - The Orkneyinga Saga credits a finely embroidered raven banner to Sigurd the Stout, crafted by his mother, a völva who used seiðr and promised its power. - Contemporary Norse belief linked ravens to Odin’s ravens Huginn and Muninn, making a raven on a banner a claim that Odin was watching and choosing the slain. - Anglo‑Saxon writers treated a captured raven banner as a pagan idol, recording its seizure without elaboration and leaving its subsequent fate unrecorded. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

3. 

   29 Oct 2026

   You press your thumb to your mouth - who will hold your secret?

   A Södermanland stone carver leaves a silent warning. What happens when the one secret you give to the person you love moves into someone else’s hands? You press your thumb to your mouth - who will hold your secret? In this episode, we follow the carved moments that made Sigurd a shared story across centuries and places. The episode traces how small images on stones and crosses carried a question about trust and vulnerability through Norse, English, and continental traditions - and asks what it means that communities kept the same outline without a single origin. Person: Sigurd Location: Södermanland, Sweden Period: eleventh century (carving); motifs span 7th-13th centuries Event: Ramsund stone carving showing pit, serpent, and finger-to-mouth Topic: transmission of legend across Scandinavia and England - A stone carver in Södermanland chose three images - a man beneath a serpent, a headless figure, and a thumb at the mouth - and left without explanation. - By the eleventh-twelfth centuries Sigurd’s scenes appear on crosses and church carvings from the Isle of Man to York to Hylestad, treated like common knowledge. - Scholars connect the legend to multiple historical candidates (Sigebert I, Sigifridus/Godfrid, even Arminius) while noting none is proven. - Alternatives argue the dragon-slayer motif is older and pan-European, with the human betrayals and fatal spot accreting later onto an ancient pattern. - The repeated, casual depiction - no labels, no origin story - suggests communities used the image as a way to discuss who can hold a secret and how a person can be undone. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

Contact Mythology - Gods & Monsters

Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.