Osiris, Lord of the Dead - Mythillogical Podcast

This time, the late Charles and Crofty venture into the dark and dangerous paths of the Egyptian underworld, to encounter the Lord of the Dead, Osiris, learn of his murder and restoration, and hopefully be granted resurrection by him.

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[TheHistocrat]

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[brendanamin]

1:53:30 the story of Isis nursing the queens child and attempting to burn away his mortality is almost identical to a story in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, where after wandering the earth looking for Persephone she ends up in a small kingdom and in thanks for their generocity tries to burn away the queen's son's mortality before being stopped and leaving him mortal

[nefwaenre]

As an Egyptian and an avid lover of Mythology, i'm so happy that i have all the books you mentioned except the academic papers. It's the first time, i can follow up and read up or even re-read after listening to this! Wish i knew of your channel earlier!

[punishedbarca]

This is a bit backwards but I discovered your YouTube channel through the Spotify podcast. This channel is a goldmine and this podcast is exactly what I've been looking for when it comes to myths.

[CM-leyb]

Please do more on Egyptian mythology or any mythology, I really enjoyed this x

[mathieuleader]

my earliest memory of ancient Egyptian mythology was that I always remember lending an audiobook of Roger Lancelyn Green's Tales of Ancient Egypt from my schools reading room. The tape it had a very vivid pastel blue colour and was narrated by Alex Jennings I also remember making Egyptian tombs from cardboard

[WinterReflections]

Love the podcast and The Histocrat channel in general, this has become one of my favorite history YouTube channels. I hope to see a lot more from you in the future.

[Angayasse]

For a history lover who cannot work in his field, this channel is like a godsend present!

[markjoslin]

When is part 2 of the “At the Mountains of Kong” coming out? That was fantastic

[schess_]

I’m 4 minutes in and I think this could be my favorite episode in the series so far.

[BoboBloxham]

When you were discussing sin and the weight of the heart - Crofty mentions ways to "reduce the burden". I've always found ancient religions to be "flexible" in both practice and interpretation. Within reason, surely there are ways Egyptians could "cast spells" or something?

[christosvoskresye]

There are also elements of the Isis myth that seem very similar to the account of Moses being floated down the Nile and recovered by Pharaoh's daughter.

[kylehedrick]

You guys did a fantastic job of this. It is a deeply twisted narrative, as all mythologies are.

Unas whole tomb interior was excavated and is now in the Field Museum in Chicago. It was amazing to see the mortuary complex in detail.

Any thoughts on doing Mississipean culture? Cahokia, Etowah, Angel Mounds? If so, these were my areas of study, along with early aboriginal first nations.

I feel like Crofty is finding his voice and I love it.

You guys rock! Thank you for your effort and work.

[rafaelfcf]

the only bad thing about following the podcast, is that I've already heard it.

[wakyblarg]

Cool to hear you touch on Maat and the Duat; I recall both of these from the Nile album Annihilation of the Wicked. The band's lyrics are mostly about Egypt's mythology/history. The tracks are User-Maat-Re and The Burning Pits of the Duat.

I'm only about halfway through the video at the moment, so you may touch on more, but thanks for the content all the same.

[coreys]

It'd be interesting to hear your take on Inanna/Ishtar and her influence on later mythology.

[mrtspence]

Hell ya. Look forward to this series so much. Super interesting as always. Can't wait for the next.

Also if you guys wanna spice the intro music up a bit (I am like 99% sure it is currently some Skyrim lute music), check out some microtonal guitar suites. There's a fantastic musician/professor here on youtube named Tolgahan Cogulu if you want to see some examples. It definitely has a great sound that would be appropriate for a lot of these podcasts. Anyways, feel free to not bother either. We're here for the history, the ambience is just a bonus.

[klinischbrot]

You can't imagine how much I appriciate your podcasts. 👍
Regards from Germany!

[jayh]

Just discovered this channel. It's already a favorite.

[hyperbomb]

I'd imagine Osiris being king would mean that his arm was used for the Cubit and well... measuring his afterwards would be simple.