Episode #361: Flood Myths and the Vaults of Hermes

Summary

In this episode, Russ explores flood myths from various cultures, highlighting the intriguing similarities found across different civilizations. The discussion delves into how these stories have shaped cultures and belief systems throughout history. By examining these narratives, listeners gain insights into our shared human experience and the value of mythological storytelling.

Key takeaways

• 1Common elements found in flood myths across different cultures
• 2The significance of myths in cultural identity
• 3The role of storytelling in preserving history
• 4Examination of specific flood myths from various civilizations

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Transcript excerpt

Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, angels and demons and monsters and serpents. This is Brothers of the Serpent podcast, and we are coming to you live from the 10x10x10 Tangent Cube of Science, where we are nestled amongst the dusty bones of an ancient seabed high atop the Edwards Plateau. I am glad we had time to do this. Like, this is the one day, probably, that we're going to be able to do anything like this, because we're leaving. Yeah. So we have bottling coming up for the wine. So before we go, we have to bottle several thousand bottles of wine, which we're going to be working on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, I don't know. And then we're headed to Peru, and that's going to be amazing. I'm really looking forward to that. There's all kinds of interesting stuff going on at Sexy Huaman. You know, the digging right there. I can't wait to see what's going on there. Yes. And then I think we're going to do some expeditions in between the tours. Maybe. We'll see. It's going to be cool. It's going to be great. And you haven't seen any of it yet. No, I haven't. This will be the first time where I get to, like, I'll get to watch you and be like, yeah, you're going to be like, oh, my God. Yeah. But, no, it's great because, like, I've told you guys this many times. Like, one of the reasons we started this podcast was because I would read some crazy stuff about ancient mysteries, and then I would come down to talk to Kyle about it. He has a much more, like, a, I don't know, practical mind than I do. ...

Excerpt from Brothers of the Serpent, Oct 4, 2025. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.