Earth Lore: The Underworld

Mythos Podcast by Nicole Schmidt

Mar 24, 20240:55:35Society & Culture

Here is the Russian tale of Ivan Bears-Son. With origins in a cave and what seems to be a fated encounter with darkness and then an underworld teeming with light and life, this story has all the mythic elements that perm...

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