Lab, Week 12

I decided to do a story lab this week. Normally I do not do one of these. This week I decided to do this because I saw that there was an option that involved watching CrashCourse videos. I remember from tenth grade in high school watching CrashCourse history videos, so I was super excited about watching these videos on mythology. The assignment did mention that these videos would be more helpful to the myth-folklore class, but I just went ahead and watched them and am now doing a post on it. I thought these videos were pretty cool. They explored what mythology was specifically, and what it meant to study the subject. They focus pretty heavily on Greek mythology and some Norse mythology. This is disappointing because I would love to see more Indian mythology. The big point they mentioned, that I found particularly interesting, was the theory about the Aryan people of central Asia and how both their language and mythology influenced Indian, European, and Mesopotamian mythology and language. This common ancestry explains why there are so many similarities between all three of these cultures. This may have been the most interesting theory they presented in the video series. I am glad I watched it.

CrashCourse Mythology, Source

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CrachCourse Mythology, link