Origins of Mythology - The Ancients

From Cinderella to Beauty and the Beast, the roots of fairy tales stretch back thousands of years — to the dawn of Indo-European languages and beyond. In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by author and journalist Laura Spinney to explore the origins of mythology. From the tales compiles by the Brothers Grimm to cutting-edge linguistic studies, they explore how ancient myths endure across cultures, and what they reveal about human societies stretching back tens of thousands of years. MORE<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OSBoNA7godfxbLZEn3VUp?si=EZ2NbPQQSCuWOEO7BMiFnQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Birth of Indo-European </a> With thanks to the authors of the Proto-Indo European reconstructions Riccardo Ginevra (Assistant Professor of Historical and General Linguistics, Catholic University of Milan) and Andrew Byrd (Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Kentucky). Reconstructions p...