"Gotta find the Rosetta Stone." Part two of the longest notes Darien has ever compiled for the show. Other topics include Egypt still being really old with a lot going on, DJ dropping the ball on the rule of threes, Darien spending a lot of time talking about powerful women, Egyptian cultural artifacts that aren’t in Egypt (but really should be), Google AI being terrible, and an announcement to never cite this podcast in any academic context. Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of an...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 5
“This is not a place for grieving; it is a place for rest.” Part one of the longest notes Darien has ever compiled for the show. Other topics include Egypt being really old with a lot going on, the true purpose of pyramids, Darien refusing to be distracted by DJ’s shenanigans, a brief pitstop to look up all Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, how annoying it would be to get call in for pyramid duty on your day off, celebrations of corn and leavened bread, and some perhaps unfair criticism of Sto...
Jun 04, 2025•52 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Thank you to everyone who came to see us Gem State Comic Con! Our next episode into Egyptian mythology isn't ready yet, so please enjoy this recent ReMyth bonus episode about the first entry in EPIC the Musical. Thunderbolts* is Good and You Should See It bonus episode available NOW on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find hi...
May 20, 2025•58 min
“Riordan, will you just commit harder?!” And we close out the Kane Chronicles with Darien and DJ complaining about a book they claimed to have enjoyed. Other topics include a real underwhelming “cost” for beating the big bad, DJ having two nickels, still waiting for a pay off for Ruby Kane’s “other gods” drop, wanting to see Riordan commit harder to his concepts, Darien’s favorite scene of the series, a defense of Chaos being good and necessary, and Riordan needing to commit harder to his good i...
May 06, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 7Ep. 3
“Your toys look funner than mine!” It’s book two of the Kane Chronicles! Was DJ right about Apophis taking over the Oracle of Delphi? No, of course not. Other topics include both host being bested by the book description, the framing device breaking down again, dreaming of the day when Riordan will finally tear down the walls, Sadie seriously over sharing, that fella Walt, acknowledging that Percabeth is, in fact, the greatest love story ever told, justice for vultures, and trying to nuance our ...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 7Ep. 2
“All major snakes in mythology are just the same fucking snake.” Time to enter the land of the pharaohs! Join Darien (she/they) and DJ (he/him) as they start their journey through Rick Riordan’s The Kane Chronicles. Other topics include a sort of muddy lore, DJ trying to uncover the mystery of why the Kane Chronicles audiobooks aren’t readily available, when exactly Bast was hanging out in Manhattan, a good, old fashioned “My God is stronger than your god” fight, obvious traps, age gaps in ficti...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 7Ep. 1
We're off for a while, so we're unlocking some favorites from the Patreon! Here's something from January 2023: Darien's Take Two Check out Standby Line's fabulous episode that inspired this accidental series: https://open.spotify.com/episode/56XCIkpuSMkDXX4jrMNo3n?si=sVv_tqWYR0qFuOggNusRYw About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart Love ...
Mar 25, 2025•27 min
We're off for a while, so we're unlocking some favorites from the Patreon! Here's something from January 2023: Darien and DJ create Pokemon regions inspired by Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter. Only one of the siblings actually plays Pokemon. Can you guess which one? Shout out to Standby Line Podcast for inspiring this episode! Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/56XCIkpuSMkDXX4jrMNo3n?si=sVv_tqWYR0qFuOggNusRYw About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smar...
Mar 11, 2025•39 min
We're off for a while, so we're unlocking some favorites from the Patreon! Here's something from May 2024: DJ is playing the Hades 2 early access. Darien has watched DJ play the Hades 2 early access. So let's talk about it! Spoilers for the first five-ish hours of Hades 2 About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart Love the podcast? Suppo...
Feb 25, 2025•45 min
We're off for a while, so we're unlocking some favorites from the Patreon! Here's something from 2023! Charlie (they/them) and Raye (they/them) from Of The Eldest Gods podcast swing by Bunker 9 for Darien's birthday bonus episode! We all lose our minds over Hades and Hades 2. Enjoy! NOTE: This episode was recorded after the first Hades 2 trailer dropped, but long before early access. Get more Charlie and Raye: https://linktr.ee/oftheeldestgods About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hoste...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 33 min
“Odin is a Horse Girl, confirmed.” It’s episode 100!!! Tim (he/him) and AJ (he/they) from The Standby Line Podcast join the show to talk about (read: aggressively dunk on) Odin! Other topics include the deal with runes, the Eye of Odin often being more prominent in media than Odin himself, Mimir being the “head guy,” Odin’s obsession with Undercover Boss , Frigg’s perplexing history, the goal of the show to be a tasting tray and not a comprehensive lecture, Odin’s many animal friends, Darien’s f...
Jan 28, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 24
“I cast fall into an open chasm!” Robert (they/them) from TheDamMemePage is Finally!! One silly lil guy here to talk about another silly lil guy, Loki.* *Citation needed. Other topics include a group mourning session for Uncle Randolph, the lack of agreement regarding the meaning of Loki’s name, the lack of agreement regarding the role of Loki’s parents, which ancient Icelandic poet DJ would most like to have a beer with, the amount of horsepower in an eight-legged horse, the amount of evidence ...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 6Ep. 23
"The fact that Thor didn't solve this problem by hitting him with Mjolnir is shocking." It's a big one! Perhaps THE biggest topic of Norse mythology. Other topics include the trend of naming kids after Thor during the Viking Age, all the things Snorri (probably) invented, Thor's strategy for dealing with unwanted potential-in-laws, Darien not liking most of Rick Riordan's Choices regarding adapting Norse mythology, and DJ spending too much money to get a Thor SMITE skin. Spoilers for Marvel Riva...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 22
“This hand is mine now.” It's time to tackle the original Big, Bad Wolf, Fenrir! Other topics include the under-examined tragedy of Fenrir's backstory, a collection of no longer perplexing paradoxes, the foot guy, super cool natural phenomena that may have inspired the legend of Fenrir's sons, and a satisfying conclusion of the DJ Interrupts the Show to Talk About the Time Wolves Sieged Paris bit. Spoilers for Hogfather, SMITE, Puss and Boots: The Last Wish, and The Amazing Maurice and His Educa...
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 6Ep. 21
Is A Christmas Carol still the best Christmas tale ever told? Yes, and we will continue to not take feedback at this time. MUSEMAS RETURNS!! We start with an Academy Award-winning animated short that does A LOT in 28 minutes. Enjoy the rest of our holiday event over the next 11 days!! Patreon.com/c/musesofmythology Spoilers for A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Support the show No portion of this episode may be used for AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express writt...
Dec 12, 2024•45 min
“Were the Norse a fatalistic people?” Is this episode Fates 2.0? Not exactly… Other topics include the Norn as caretakers of the World Tree, which Norn is working two jobs, a more nuisance interpretation of name meanings, and examining Riordan's choice to use the Norn the same way the Fates were used in PJO (we don't love it). Spoilers for Kingdoms of Amalur, American Gods (novel), Wicked + Divine, and Ys 10. Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death, fate,...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 6Ep. 20
“There’s always a prose section in these poems.” We’ve come full circle to the topic that almost broke the podcast! Other topics include Darien spending way too long trying to figure out why Gunilla turned into a swan, Rick Riordan skipping over a very important detail in the Helgi/Hunding “rivalry,” poetic devices that may be responsible for the rumor of valkyries riding on wolves, an uncommon example of incense in Norse mythology, Darien explaining why it’s silly for Gunilla to have turned int...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 6Ep. 19
“Hymir, Gam Gam’s not doing so hot.” Did you know the Bifrost is ON FIRE? We certainly didn’t. Other topics include the lack of time spent beyond the walls of Hotel Valhalla, Asgard definitely not being Troy, scholarly speculation on the long lost legacy of Tyr, the true classes of humanity, Heimdall being weird (not for the reasons you think), and another rant about Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (we were due). For legal reasons, comments about grave robbing in this episode are al...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 6Ep. 18
“That’s quite the glow up.” It’s a brand new guest! Elliot (any) from The Demigod Pod joins the show to expound on their observations about the gnomes in Medusa’s garden. What better time to do so than in an episode about dwarves and elves in Norse mythology? Other topics include tricky homophones, some sweet dwarven crafts, casual homicide, the differences (if any) between dwarves and dark elves, Alfheim being uncomfortably Antebellum, pondering the art of turning eyes into jewels, whether Medu...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 6Ep. 17
To celebrate Wrath of the Triple Goddess releasing (and because Darien was on vacation this past week), we're sharing our May 2023 ReMyth episode about another recent Riordanverse release: From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro. (Wow, that's a mouthful, huh?) Spoilers for The Sun and the Star (obviously) and the then-recent run of Amazing Spider-Man (Honestly, we have no idea why ASM is brought up, so we're just as excite...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 34 min
“That’s some Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote sh*t.” DJ (he/him) takes over the episode, guiding Darien (she/they) through a land of adventure: Jötunheimr. Other topics include Darien learning Frost Giants aren’t a Norse Mythology thing, another round up of Thor Adventures, comparing an Icelandic pagan poem to the Book of Genesis, DJ’s challenges to remembering which Edda Snorri wrote, and theories about why Loki really stopped being friends with everybody. Learn more about Pride Foundation: https://p...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 15
“I would die for these ducks.” Queer author of queer stories Fran McMahon (they/them) returns to the pod to muse about the most mid place in all the realms: Midgard. Other topics include the unfortunate optics of the “Vikings reached the United States” theory, lore behind a duckling statue that helped ease US-Soviet tensions during the end of the Cold War, the base elements of the realms AKA some dead dude, speculation regarding the length of a world-circling serpent, DJ’s new favorite inappropr...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Season 6Ep. 14
It's the very first live episode of Muses of Mythology! Recorded at Boise Comic Arts Festival on Saturday, August 24, 2024. Huge shout out to our co-host of the panel, Leo the Geek Scorpio!! Get more Gaming Theater Presents: https://www.instagram.com/gamingtheaterpresents/ Slide Show Visual Aid: https://tinyurl.com/bdz7y3mz Battle Bracket: https://tinyurl.com/5c7ua729 Content warning: This episode contains mention of death, dying, physical violence, and the afterlife. Spoiler warning for just so...
Aug 27, 2024•42 min
“You know what she could have been? A goddamn valkyrie!” Special guest Kelsey Dody “escapes” from Bunker 9 to join the show on the main feed to discuss the divine twins! No, the other divine twins: Freyr and Freyja! Other topics include the struggle to pronounce symbols not used in American English, Freyr being down so bad he rejects traditional social decorum, another Rick Riordan OC (Do Not Steal), the conflicting identity of Freyr/Surt’s sword, the crime of Magnus being denied a teacup boar, ...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 6Ep. 13
“We can’t use this kind of metal in our weapons!” Even the Norse scholars accuse Snorri of making things up! In this episode, Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) ask if that is the case when it comes to the Vanir and their home, Vanaheimr. Other topics include the strange timeline of Nine from the 9 Worlds , whether or not Snorri made up the idea of Vanaheimr, an excellent observation from Carter over at Seaweed Brain Podcast , Thor throwing the harshest, most needless burn at a poetic dwarf, how t...
Jul 30, 2024•53 min•Season 6Ep. 12
“He’s just Father from Codename: Kids Next Door!” Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) present the perfect episode for a mid-summer heatwave: Muspelheim, land of lava and fire. Other topics include the narrative choice to not include the book one villain in book three, origins of the universe, another examination into why stating that “Snorri made it up” fails to grasp the nuisance of oral traditions and evolving cultural mythologies, the importance of choosing translations with care, Surt’s impecca...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 6Ep. 11
“Loki is—I’m assuming—an insecure, jealous dick.” This week, Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) discuss how Baldr, the greatest guy ever, kicked the bucket because Loki just couldn’t deal with not being the center of attention for five minutes. Other topics include finally being able to read comments from Spotify listeners, Baldr being the god of ????, Loki being a insecure, jealous dick, the oversimplification of stating that Snorri “made it up,” legal ramifications regarding the age of mistletoe...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 6Ep. 10
“Snorri’s out here gatekeeping the real Norse mythology.” Time to take a journey to Hel, which isn't too far from Midgard! That's fortunate since the dead have to arrange their own transportation. Other topics include actually having the soul of the protagonist's mother before trying to make a deal, Darien leaving the recording not once but twice, directions to Hel, extrapolating cultural meaning from the differences in how souls arrive in the afterlife, Snorri doing his own thing (again), the c...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 9
“Couldn’t think of a name for an all-knowing eagle.” Yggdrasil, the World Tree, holds all things in its mighty branches. Even this very podcast episode, which features one extra sleepy host! Other topics include Snorri Sturluson doing whatever he pleases (again), a reminder that Iceland is very far away from Scandinavia, the hosts’ shocking lack of knowledge about trees, key elements of Norse mythology that are NOT native to Iceland, where the “nine worlds” came from, and how the World Tree migh...
Jun 04, 2024•55 min•Season 6Ep. 8
“Ragna-Rock-a-Doodle-Doo.” All right, let's do this one last time… Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) jump back into Norse Mythology by starting at the very end of all things—or do they? Other topics include Snorri Sturluson doing whatever he pleases, the Ragnarok Highlight Reel, Darien misremembering key details about an independent live-action/animated musical comedy film from 1991, analyzing if anyone but Odin knows the details of Ragnarok, DJ’s incredible Hadestown-esque approach for a Norse m...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 6Ep. 7
