Just watched the last episode of Crash Course Mythology (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmpDK-8ib2Y). It was on words and idioms related to Greek mythology. It was way too short for my taste. I like that video and it's content. I am in the same line of thought as the host. I would had like to know if there was other idioms related to mythology, not just the Greek one. Okay, there was already a lot with the Greek myths.
My intention now that this serie had ended? I am tempted to look the serie again, as a rerun and to takes notes. Espcially for the last episode. There is an interest in mythology in the last few years. I find that there isn't much quality products that introduce mythology to the world. there had been a lot of video, book, strip cartoon (http://olympiansrule.com/), tv show (Hercules and Zena, even if it not totally 100% up to the original stories). There is a lot of myths and I think they can be exploited more. Most of them started on oral tradition and each storyteller put his own spin to it.
I just wonder how myths could be if they where updated to our world? Would be an interesting twist. Would be fun to write about that. Modern setting, modern situation. Zeus would be at ease with his multiple affairs, for sure. There been something done along the way with Norse mythology on a tv show named The Almighty Johnsons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Almighty_Johnsons)
Well, it was a start, even if they didn't had all their powers.
Now, I am waiting for the Greek myth version, only with it's own drama...
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