Please comment below your thoughts! We know not everyone will be happy which ever way we go, but we still value your feedback.

As we work on season 3, we want your thoughts! Spoiler, we’re going to cover skinwalkers. Tradition says that you should never say the word out loud, in case you summon them. So, should we use the word or should we come up with a code word like a lot of people do?

If you have a cat, you’ve seen how they can change from being a cute, cuddly, purring machine to a hunter ready to go after their toy or prey in a moment.

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#Egypt #mythology #bastetgoddess #sekhmetgoddess #catmyths

Episode 1, Season 2 goes live tomorrow!! Links to the podcast can be found below. We’re kicking off season 2 with a trilogy looking at a very famous lost Italian city. 🌋

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#history #myths #podcast

It can be easy to ignore the darker parts of history, but sometimes a spotlight needs to be brought on it. Today in Canada, we have National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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#NCTRDialogues #ImagineACanada #TruthAndReconciliation #ReconciliationAction

We are 92 days to Halloween! Last year, we shared our own spooky ghost stories, but this year we want yours! If you'd like us to read your story, please send it to:

historyandmythswiththetrio@gmail.com

It’s understandable for cultures to share or influence each other in their mythology. One that’s shared in East Asia is the nine-tailed fox.

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We’ll often complain of another unneeded sequel, sometimes written without the involvement of the original author at all. Hate to say it, but this is not a new thing for storytellers. The granddaddy of them all is the ‘Telegony’. Never heard of it?

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This use of the siren is just the most recent version of how she's been depicted over the centuries.

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If you missed last year's episode, it can be found below on Spotify or Apple.
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#GhostStories #Halloween #SpookySeason
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We are 92 days to Halloween! Last year, we shared our own spooky ghost stories, but this year we want yours! If you'd like us to read your story, please send it to:

historyandmythswiththetrio@gmail.com

Constatine I (also known as Constatine the Great) is the reason the question “when did the Roman Empire fall?” can be tricky to answer.

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#RomanHistory #ByzantineEmpire #Constantinople

It sounds strange, but there was a time when an English home was taxed by the window. Appropriately called the Window Tax, it lasted from 1696 until July 24, 1851 when it was repealed.

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#StupidTaxes #History #HouseHistory #EnglishHistory

In honour of the legendary Ozzy Osbourne, let’s take a look at the genre he helped pioneer. This is more modern in time than we usually go, but get your horns ready and let’s go!

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#Music #MusicHistory #HeavyMetal #RockOn! #OzzyOsbourne

It’s hot, it’s humid, and there’s another thunderstorm coming. Who’s responsible for this?! In Greek mythology, that would be Notus/Notos (Auster in Rome), one of the Anemoi.

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#Wind #WindGods #Summer #GreekMythology #RomanMytholoy

There’s a joke that, if asked, when was the first car race, it’s the day after the first car was invented. We can’t rule out that privately it happened, but in an official capacity it took some time.

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#NASCAR #Racing #History #Cars

It’s rare that an exact moment of fashion changing has a date. July 21, 1645, is one such example, although this was a change with political meaning.

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#ChineseHistory #QingDynasty #HairHistory #Hair #China

Sometimes, it’s what that event did to change history that is what is important. July 16 has two events: the 1st testing of an atomic bomb, and the launch of Apollo 11.

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#history #technology #TrinityTests #Apollo11

“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is one of those series that people either seem to love or hate.

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#AliceinWonderland #literaryhistory #lewiscarroll #imagination

In honour of the new movie, let’s look at the history of ‘Superman’, both the comics and creators.

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#Superman #ComicBooks #History #LiteraryHistory #Canada

Happy Canada Day to our fellow Canadians!! Today marks Canada’s 158th birthday!

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Stonehenge was briefly mentioned in yesterday’s post on the Summer Solstice, but we felt that it needed its own post to really do it justice.

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#History #Stonehenge #Theories #SalisburyPlain #solsticecelebration #england #UNESCO

It's June 20th, which means we are at the Summer Solstice! Most people know it as the first day of summer or the longest day of the year, but there is more to it than that.

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#solsticecelebration #Midsummer #Maypole #summer

Here is the last sun god in our Solstice countdown!

Ra (Re), was the sun god of ancient Egypt. He was sometimes shown as having a falcon head or as a falcon.

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#history #mythology #AncientEgypt #Ra #Amun

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Part 3 of our Solstice countdown!

Helios (Greek) or Sol (Roman) was a Titan who became the God of the Sun. He was son of Hyperion and Theia, and brother to Selene and Eos.

#Mythology #Apollo #Helios #Sun #solstice #greekgods #ancienthistory

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Part 2 of our Solstice countdown!

Inti was the God of the Sun and one of the most important and powerful of all the Incan gods. In addition to being the sun god, he was also the patron god of agriculture, empires, fertility, and military conquest.

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Part 1 of our Solstice countdown!

Amaterasu is the most important being in Japanese Shintoism, with even her very name showing her prominent position. Her full name is Amaterasu-Ōmikami (天照大御神 or 天照大神), with several variations of it.

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History and Myths with the Trio Podcast · History and Myths with the Trio · We are lovers of history, science and myths, and we want to spread the facts we come across. We cover ancient history, modern history, classic myths and mod...

Welcome to History and Myths with the Trio!

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