We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

A world without stories and the trickster Anansi

from Myth Matters Season 3 by Dr. Catherine Svehla

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

about

Who controls the stories that we tell? Why is it important to reach beyond our personal experience, to hear the stories of those who are different from ourselves?

This entertaining Ashanti story about the trickster spider Anansi reveals the threads between story, imagination, and possibility.


"It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope." –Ursula K. LeGuin

The image is an illustration by Gerald McDermott from his book Anansi the Spider. McDermott was a friend of Joseph Campbell and created a number of beautiful story books.

A transcript of this episode is available at www.mythicmojo.com.Thanks for listening!

credits

from Myth Matters Season 3, released January 1, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Dr. Catherine Svehla Fort Collins, Colorado

Storyteller, scholar, artist, & desert activist with a PhD in mythology & depth psychology.

Myths & stories contain the wisdom of the human race. I want to know how we can keep the mystery in life alive? How can myths connect us to a larger sphere of being & meaning?

Many of these tracks are Myth in the Mojave programs that first aired online on Radio Free Joshua Tree.

Thanks for listening.
... more

contact / help

Contact Dr. Catherine Svehla

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Dr. Catherine Svehla, you may also like: