Crash Course World Mythology - Season 1 Episode 26 The Epic of Gilgamesh
This week, we're continuing our discussion of heroes by talking about Gilgamesh, star of one of the earliest written hero stories, The Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was a terrible ancient king who left his kingdom seeking adventure, and eventually on the prowl for immortality. Along the way, he checks pretty much all the boxes on the checklist of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey.
Year: 2018
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Country: United States of America
Studio: YouTube
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Cast: Mike Rugnetta
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First Air Date: Feb 24, 2017
Last Air date: Jan 28, 2018
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 41 Episode
Runtime: 13 minutes
IMDb: 2.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 0.7429
Language: English
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What Is Myth?
Creation from the Void
Cosmic Sexy Time, Eggs, Seeds, and Water
Earth Mothers and Rebellious Sons
Social Orders and Creation Stories
Humans and Nature and Creation
Pantheons of the Ancient Mediterranean
Indian Pantheons
The Greeks and Romans - Pantheons Part 3
The Norse Pantheon
African Pantheons and the Orishas
Theories of Myth
Great Goddesses
Fire and Buffalo Goddesses
Archetypes and Male Divinities
Floods in the Ancient Near East
Yu the Engineer and Flood Stories from China
American Floods
The Dying God
Tricksters: An Introduction
Hermes and Loki: Tricksters Part 2
Coyote and Raven, American Tricksters
The Apocalypse
Ragnarok
The Hero's Journey and the Monomyth
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Rama and the Ramayana
Galahad, Perceval, and the Holy Grail
The Mwindo Epic
Herakles. Or Hercules. A Problematic Hero
Ma'ui, Oceania's Hero
Mythical Caves and Gardens
Mythical Mountains
Mythical Trees
Cities of Myth
Monsters. They're Us, Man
Mythical Horses
Serpents and Dragons
Witches and Hags
Freud, Jung, Luke Skywalker, and the Psychology of Myth
Mythical Language and Idiom