Extra Mythology

A Mexican ghost story of a woman who, from sadness or madness, does the unthinkable and drowns her two children & then herself. The tale differs from place to place, and from time to time, but one detail is consistent. The Weeping Woman is still out there, wailing and mourning her two boys... and looking for others to join them. If you see a woman in white down by the river, you have to watch out. It could be La Llorona.

As two families fight for who will rule, one of the Pandava brothers, Arjuna, can't bring himself to fight. He wants to fight as a prince, but when he looks out on the battlefield, all he sees are fathers and brothers and sons. He doesn't want to kill any of them. It just so happens that his friend and charioteer is Krishna who is here to answer some of the prince's questions. As well as reveal some fundamental truths of the universe to his human companion. Ah mortals, aren't they adorable?

Sometimes you just need a little me time when your husband is the destoryer of the universe. Unfortunately, the only one who could guard Parvati's bath was Nandi, Shiva's bull. Who was loyal to Shiva and couldn't keep him out. Parvati created Ganesha as her son to help guard the bathhouse instead but... well let's just say there was a little bit of a misunderstanding. A misunderstanding that led to Shiva cutting off Ganesha's head. Hopefully nothing a lil bandaid can't fix.

The Book of Job tries to answer one of the fundamental questions of the universe: what if God and Satan had awkward bets over the lives and happiness of God's followers? Oh, and why do bad things happen to good people. And the answer might not be what you expect... or even fully comprehendible to the human mind.

No one can just listen to what they're told in mythology can they? Melusine was a woman born from a fae mother and a human father and lived in Avalon because her father couldn't follow basic fae contracts. But one day she too would meet a man and fall in love. And have her own cursed nonsense. Guess what happens?

A lonely bamboo cutter and his wife had created a fine if humble life for themselves but had never had any children to care for in their old age. Luckily, this is mythology, so when out in the bamboo forest, the cutter found a tiny girl, only three inches tall! That would be unusual enough but... what if she was also from the moon?

One of the oldest creation myths we know of, Enuma Elish is the tale of how the gods and humans and the world as we know it came into being. First there was nothing and then from the nothing came somethings: Apsu and Tiamat! And then they had kids. A lot of kids. A LOT of loud noisy god kids. And what else can ya do with kids but try and kill them all? Ah, mythology.

We've been teasing it for a while so let's take a break from the spooky Krampuses & Yule Lads of the season and instead talk about some real s***. And yes, we actually swear in one of our videos. But it's all within the context of some good holiday fun! Because how else can you describe a happy little log that poops out delicious presents like turron for good children, under threat of being beaten with a stick? Happy holidays!