Send us a text A goddess disappears and the gods begin to age—that’s the hinge that unlocks a bigger story about power, memory, and return. We take Idunn beyond the orchard and read her as a custodian of cyclical life, using the abduction by Thiazi, Loki’s fraught bargain, and the fiery pursuit to trace how renewal actually works in Norse myth. When Idunn is stolen, the Aesir don’t lose harvests; they lose time. That difference reframes the apples as a sacrament of continuity rather than a si...
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Send us a text A goddess disappears and the gods begin to age—that’s the hinge that unlocks a bigger story about power, memory, and return. We take Idunn beyond the orchard and read her as a custodian of cyclical life, using the abduction by Thiazi, Loki’s fraught bargain, and the fiery pursuit to trace how renewal actually works in Norse myth. When Idunn is stolen, the Aesir don’t lose harvests; they lose time. That difference reframes the apples as a sacrament of continuity rather than a si...
Dumuzid's Descent and Return: a Blueprint for Cosmic Balance With his Beloved
Grail Sciences
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Dumuzid's Descent and Return: a Blueprint for Cosmic Balance With his Beloved
Send us a text Dumuzid, the oldest known exemplar of the dying and rising king, is also in many ways the most exceptional. Lover of Inanna, he was apparently quite done with her passionate antics and celebrated when she died, only to be dragged into the underworld for his impiety. But what does it really mean and why has the image endured?James Bleckley of the Oldest Stories Podcast sits down with Nathaniel Heutmaker of the Grail Sciences Podcast to discuss this ancient tale from both an hist...
Grail Sciences
Send us a text A goddess disappears and the gods begin to age—that’s the hinge that unlocks a bigger story about power, memory, and return. We take Idunn beyond the orchard and read her as a custodian of cyclical life, using the abduction by Thiazi, Loki’s fraught bargain, and the fiery pursuit to trace how renewal actually works in Norse myth. When Idunn is stolen, the Aesir don’t lose harvests; they lose time. That difference reframes the apples as a sacrament of continuity rather than a si...
