Myths & Monsters

I just want to be at peace knowing that where we came from was epic, the tales and legends written by our ancestors throughout history in the world and understand why all the stories of old have reoccurring patterns throughout most cultures during those time periods.

If it was just all a story or if we truly rose from people/beings who were so unimaginable that they are still being told about today. Imagine what mystery hides behind the tales that where never told, or are older than what our collective generations have been able to retain? I just want to know if there was a time where humanity was great, or it has always been just as it is today. If these stories did not have an impact on the world, then that is an incredibly sad world to be a part of. Humanity as it is today, is great, but in a way that has lost its meaning, it feels as if today we are striving for something so far beyond us and we are going there so systematically fast, but without meaning.

What has changed in us...? I feel that we are chasing after something that has already left leaving us lost, we have never been able to live up to the legends who have left us so we have lost all meaning, because we will never be able to find them again if we stay here any longer. We are chasing after a fable, a legend and that is all they will remain, we have forgotten our old reasons for living, and they have been replaced with something slightly altered. This generation is living in a stage of advancement and we are the front-line fodder, we will see it happen first, but we will never be able to live within in that part of the new advancement in history, one that will be told like one of these tales we look back on now.

Without a doubt I am happy to be alive, without meaning, but happy to be in a time where we have this period of safety, a safety that is like walking on a mirror. If we are careful enough, we will make it to the other side without making a miss-step and falling through. It is baffling to think about and to truly accept that all we are is a steppingstone into a new era, but its bloody exciting to be a part of this fabled tale. I wonder if we will misstep...?

It is a nice and very instructive introduction to mythology. Small sketches, perfect host - presenter, nice interventions of specialists. Sure, far to be ideal or the best example of accuracy and objectivity in few cases but a good start to birth questions, to search, yourself, informations, read books from scientific ones to epopes and novels, discover influences to contemporanity. So, good kick first steps .

Lets do all cultural myths. Lets expand this. Its such a calming and entertaining series.

Make sure Mr. Day can narrate or at least someone with a soothing voice.

Very informative and very well illustrated/animated. Episode length is fantastic and each episode left me wanting more.

Expertly introduced and partially narrated by Nicolas Day.

My only issue with the series was the annoying voice of Dianne Purkiss, her whining snobbish voice irritated me and often made me want to mute her.

I love folklore and so I possibly expected too much from this title. They try to contextualize myths in erroneously simplified histories - the organization of which is tediously bad.

Most of the time they're featured, the experts fail to provide any actual insight into myths. When they're not spouting awful platitudes - which is possibly the most frustrating part of the show - they summarize only the most surface-level details of a given historical fact or mythology. It almost seems like each episode is deliberately structured to stretch a twenty minute run-time to forty minutes.

That said, both the artwork and the narration are great. With better direction, more information, and less platitudinal babble it could easily be an 8/10.