#epics — Public Fediverse posts

Here is your friendly #StorytellingPSA that counting a story a part of "world literature" from the point when (or if) it was written down is a very colonial attitude.

#mythology #storytelling #epics

Oh, look! A weekend #hackathon has birthed a *revolutionary* #app that lets you relive #Hindu #epics like a Facebook stalker on a sugar high. 🎉 Swap the Bhagavad Gita for touchy-feely chord diagrams and get ready to "explore" sacred texts one superficial click at a time. 🙄✨
https://www.ithihasas.in #innovation #tech #satire #explore #HackerNews #ngated

The future of complex instrument orchestration is here, and we've made our first tentative steps with the MOUSE: https://lookingatnothing.com/index.php/archives/4738 #bluesky #tiled #epics #X-ray

Also, a heads up:
I'll be doing an online presentation on the Epics About Women project! If anyone is interested, here is the registration link:
https://storycrossroads.org/AllThingsStory/
You can join in, or ask for the recording to view later.

Here is a promo video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4-AW9oIHF8&feature=youtu.be

#folklore #mythology #women #epics #WomensHistory

Failed #Prophecies: The #Mythic Origins of the #OldTestament #Apocalypse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWD93fGrPVY

Join #DerekLambert as we uncover the mythic origins of #apocalyptic #prophecy, tracing how #ancientHebrew seers borrowed flood #epics, dragon-slaying tales, and cosmic upheaval #myths from Mesopotamia, Canaan, and Egypt—and why their vivid predictions of “the #DayoftheLord” never came to pass.

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑰𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒚 -

Riddle: What do Beowulf, Palmolive dish liquid, and Sarah Maas have in common? Hint: Ursula K. Le Guin knows!

https://waywordsstudio.com/.../way.../in-defense-of-fantasy/

#podcast #literature #books #bookworm #book #read #readreadread #ursulakleguin #jrrtolkien #lordoftherings #epics #art #gilgamesh #homer #amadisofgaula #beowulf #dungeonsanddragons #williammorris #lorddunsany #genre #trope

3 things about George Roy Hill’s HAWAII [1966]

1. “We begin now!”
2. A letter to James Monroe.
3. They dive into the surf for relief, but they’ll only catch pneumonia and die.

#3things #movies #hawaii #epics

Because the stories we tell matter. The stories we highlight matter. The heroes of those stories matter. And the canon needs to expand.

#women #epics #WomensEpics #WomensHistory #storytelling #StorytellingPSA #books #literature

So the #WomensEpics series is officially done. You can find and read all 26 posts here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/p/womens-epics-to-z.html

I also made some promo posts. Because I think these epics should also be highlighted, and included in a wider literary canon. Because they have fascinating, complex, amazing women protagonists, and they have a whole lot to teach us.

#women #WomensHistory #epics #mythology #folklore #literature #books

Today on #WomensEpics: The Nítíða Saga

14th-century Icelandic "knight saga" about a sorceress-queen named Nítíða. Several men try to conquer her, but she defeats all unwanted suitors with magic or sheer force.

Eventually, a prince from India disguises himself to court her. They spend a winter together and Nítíða grows to love him. In the end, she tells him to remove his disguise: she'd known who he was all along.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/n-is-for-nitia-saga-womens-epcis-to-z.html

#epics #AtoZChallenge #Iceland #medieval

Today on #WomensEpics: Juliana

A 9th century Anglo-Saxon retelling of the legend of St. Juliana of Nicomedia. While it is a Christian legend, the Saxon storyteller retold it in the style of Beowulf, changing and coloring the story to fit the taste of the audience for evil villains and epic fights. At the high point of the story, Juliana wrestles the Devil and physically beats him into submission.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/j-is-for-juliana-womens-epics-to-z.html

#AtoZChallenge #epics #saints #women

#WomensEpics: The Song of Grotti

This one is a 12th century Icelandic saga about two giantesses who are captured and enslaved by a Danish king. He makes them turn a giant millstone that grinds out endless riches. When he refuses to give them rest time, or set them free, the giantesses sing a song that makes the mill grind out strife and an invading army. The king's rule is toppled by their revenge.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/g-is-for-grottasongr-womens-epics-to-z.html

#epics #folklore #NorseMythology #mythology #AtoZChallenge

Today on #WomensEpics:
Matabagka and the Deity of the Wind

This is an epic from the Philippines, in which a brave girl sets out to steal magic instruments that control the wind, to save her kingdom from an invasion.

I loved that Matabagka had a friendly relationship with the wind herself. She called it "friend and partner", and instead of commanding or controlling, she asked it for help and direction.

Read here:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/d-is-for-deity-of-wind-and-matabagka.html

#epics #AtoZChallenge #mythology #folklore #Philippines

Today on #WomensEpics:
Chandravati's Ramayana

This is a retelling of the Ramayana by a Bengali poet named Chandravati. She lived in the 16th century, and re-wrote the epic to distract herself from heartache.
Her retelling focuses on Sita's perspective, the horrors of war, and compassion between women that crosses battle lines. It survives to this day in the oral tradition.

Read more:
https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/c-is-for-candravatis-ramayana-womens.html

#AtoZChallenge #epics #folklore #storytelling #women