Mythos & Logos

About Mythos & Logos

Mythos & Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story & Meaning. The purpose of this channel is to share the important stories at the foundation of human cultures throughout history. These include mythology, legends, folktales, religious stories, and parables from the dawn of history to the modern day.

Publisher

Sean Patrick Eckmann

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 May 2020

Latest episode

24 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

70 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Oct 2026

   Does an Aztec Goddess Haunt South Texas? La Llorona Deep Dive in History and Mythology

   Join us in supporting the South Texas Food Bank! https://www.southtexasfoodbank.org/Everyone in the border town of Laredo, Texas knows her story, or at least, one version of it. La Llorona, The Weeping Woman, is the phantom clad in white who haunts the Rio Grande at night. Few ever see her, but more hear her wailing cry, "¡Mis hijos!," meaning, "My children!" But that's about where the similarities end. Everyone you ask will have a different answer as to who La Llorona is, and what happened to her children one fateful night in the ancient past. In searching for La Llorona, we found an archetypal story of a woman scorned, the historical Mother of Mexico known as La Malinche, and even a goddess of the Mexica (often known as Aztec) people, the Snake Woman Cihuacōātl. Yet just like the waters La Llorona is said to haunt, each of these is connected. Mythos & Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story & Meaning.” Support the channel by subscribing, liking, and commenting to join the conversation!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mythosandlogos 00:00 Introduction 00:02 Carved Tree in Arteaga, Coahuila, with La Llorona, photographed by Gabriel Perez Salazar, licensed under Creative Commons 00:27 La Llorona, Traditional Parade of the Dead, photographed by CarlosGalvanMex, licensed under Creative Commons 00:32 Migrant Cross, photographed by DGAPA, licensed under Creative Commons 01:22 South Texas Food Bank Charity Announcement; photos courtesy South Texas Food Bank 01:32 Life & Death on the Rio Grande 01:39 Perspective Map of the City of Laredo, Texas by Henry Wellge 02:24 Life in Theater by Armando de Maria y Campos 02:34 Map of the Lower Rio Grande 03:18 Carved Tree in Arteaga, Coahuila, with La Llorona, photographed by Gabriel Perez Salazar, licensed under Creative Commons 03:29 La Llorona by Melvin Callejas 06:16 La Llorona Azteca 06:35 Artemio de Valle Arizpe, from the Sinaloa Historical Archive 07:07 Ceremonial Center at Tenochtitlan by Diego Rivera 07:14 The Slaughter of Cholula by Felix Parra 07:26 Street Scene, Mexico by Mortimer Luddington Menpes 07:47 Artemio de Valle Arizpe, La Llorona 08:34 Florentine Codex, Boox I by Bernardino de Sahagún 08:44 Aztec Stone Figurine, from the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City 08:59 Florentine Codex, Book XII by Bernardino de Sahagún 09:27 Florentine Codex, Book XII 09:50 History of Tlaxcala by Diego Muñoz Camargo 09:58 Monument to Mestizos by Julián Martínez Soto, photographed by Javier Delgado Rosas, licensed under Creative Commons 10:08 The Entrance of Hernán Cortes in Tenochtitlan by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau Nieto, licensed under Creative Commons 10:45 First Meeting of Cortes and Moctezuma in Mexico 10:53 The Waters Below 12:02 Map of Tenochtitlan and Gulf of Mexico by Hernán Cortés 12:11 Mexico Tenochtitlan, the Valley and the Lakes in the Fifteenth Century by Luis Covarrubias 12:29 On The Rio Grande by Walter Ufer 13:15 Outro and South Texas Food Bank Charity Details All works of art are public domain unless stated otherwise. Ambiment- The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Images from Life in Theater by Armando de Maria y Campos, The Curse of La Llorona (2019) La Leyenda de La Llorona (2011) poster for La Llorona (1933) and La Llorona (2019) reproduced under Fair Use per United States Copyright Office Circular 21, Reproductions of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Full Story of Heracles: Life, Death & Twelve Labors of the Greatest Hero of Greek Mythology

   Heracles Hockey Jersey: https://mythos-logos-shop.fourthwall.com/products/heracles-hockey-jersey Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mythosandlogos Too many credits to fit in the description! Please see https://youtu.be/D1jpkC9aias for the full art credits.

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Pegasus Symbolism: The Majestic Winged Horse of Greek Mythology (Perseus, Medusa, Bellerophon)

   The winged horse Pegasus is one of the most iconic figures in Ancient Greek, and indeed world, mythology. Our study of the majestic creature takes us to unexpected places, from the dark depths of the Gorgon Medusa's lair, to the heights of Olympus. We uncover symbolic meaning in the Pegasus story with just as much range, from the workings of our innermost selves, to a cosmic lesson. Our study of Greek and Roman sources in art and texts including Hesiod's Theogony and Ovid's Metamorphoses. Much love to Downtown Dallas, Texas, where this was filmed! Pegasus Plaza is a lovely urban area dedicated to Pegasus and the Muses, and the fine people at Pegasus City Brewing have great beer and a really cool atmosphere. 00:00 Introduction 00:07 Perseus on Pegasus Slaying Medusa by John Singer Sargent 00:20 Pegasus on the Fountain Hippocrene by Benvenuto Cellini 00:25 The Muse on Pegasus by Odilon Redon 00:38 A Monster Transformed 01:02 Achilles and Memnon, between Thetis and Eos by the Munich Painter 01:06 Pallas Athena by Gustav Klimt 01:13 Running Gorgon by the Berlin Painter 01:21 The Idol of Perversity by Jean Delville 01:38 Medusa and Neptune Embracing by Johannes Zainer 02:03 Secession Poster by Gustav Klimt 02:13 Medusa by Jacek Malczewski 02:46 Portrait of Actress Helena Sulima as a Gorgon by Jacek Malczewski 02:53 The Head of the Gorgon Representing Tuberculosis by W Wassermann 03:14 Head of Medusa by Godfried Maes 03:19 Legend of Galatea by Baldassarre Peruzzi 03:34 Medusa Shield by Arnold Böcklin 03:38 Head of Medusa from the Uffizi Gallery 03:44 Medusa by Evelyn de Morgan 04:00 Pegasus Departing by Albert Pinkham Ryder 04:21 Pegasus’ Flight 04:29 Winged Horse from the Louvre 04:34 Minerva Visits the Muses by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Joos de Momper the Younger, and Hendrick van Balen the Elder 05:04 Pegasus Among Flowers by Józef Mehoffer 05:19 Pegasus by the Barclay Painter 06:02 Chimera by the Bellerophon Painter, photographed by ArchaiOptix, licensed under Creative Commons 06:12 Bellerophon Killing hte Chimera by Francesco di Giorgio 06:28 Bellerophon, Pegasus, and Athena from Pompeii 06:44 Bellerophon and Pegasus by Julius Troschel 06:49 Bellerophon Mosaic from Nîmes 07:08 Bellerophon and the Chimera from the National Archaeological Museum of Athens 07:15 The Ultimate Flight 07:19 Bellerophon and Pegasus from Apulia, photographed by Romanwindwhistler, licensed under Creative Commons 07:39 “Yes, there he sat, on the back of the winged horse!” by Mary Hamilton Frye 07:52 Jupiter and Bellerophon by Erik Cornelius 08:16 Bellerophon on Pegasus by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 08:43 Bellerophon is Sent to the Campaign Against the Chimera by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov 09:00 Pegasus’ Wings 09:23 Pegasus and the Hydra by Odilon Redon Mythos & Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story & Meaning.” Support the channel by subscribing, liking, and commenting to join the conversation! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mythosandlogos All works of art are public domain unless stated otherwise. Ambiment- The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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