In mythologies, the Golden Age always ends sooner or later, either attributable to gods or humans. Whatever the cause, it is almost always followed by some sort of cataclysm, most often a great flood.
After the Golden Age, mythologies describe our world being split into two, three, and finally, many parts. But symbolic places, like world navels, poles or trees or remain that maintain connection to the more mystical realms of existence.
Throughout the world, ritual is the central method of reconnecting with the divine, and initiates exist to communicate between the two worlds. The episode also explores ritualistic origins of divination, game, and sacrifice.
In mythic cultural systems, half-human, half-divine heroes function to protect and rejuvenate the community that their story exists in. They appear with similar life events like unusual childhoods, initiations, and trips to hell and back.
Beyond the realms of mundane human existence reside the many creatures of myth and folklore. But what are key traits of different types of fairies, dragons, demons and mares?
From the ritual calendar of traditional cultures it is clear that for them, time is not a linear but a cyclical concept, both in terms of human life, and the life of the cosmos. What do we make, then, of the "ends of the world"?
Myths seem to conclude that our goal is to find our way back to our lost divine unity. But how? Can systems of analogy help us better explore our psyche? Do we know who we are, and can myths lead us back to our own selves?
