Myth & Human Podcast – Sterrenbeeld VissenSterrenbeeld Vissen markeert de overgang van Aquarius naar een nieuw begin. In deze aflevering van Myth & Human duiken we in de Babylonische en Griekse wortels van Pisces, het verhaal van de Twee Vissen, en de diepe symboliek van water, offer en wedergeboorte. Dit is een verhalende aflevering, rustiger en dichter bij de bron, opgenomen in het juiste moment van de dierenriem. Luister en reis mee door sterren, mythen en innerlijke beelden. Meer afleveringen: Myth & Human – Odin’s Mead of Poetry. / De maand van Aquarius / Midwinterverhaal ( over Capricorn) / De 13e Maan ( over het sterrenbeeld De Slangendrager #SterrenbeeldVissen #Pisces #Astrologie #MythHuman #BabylonianStarLore #ConstellationMyths #Aquarius #Mythologie #Sterrenbeelden #PodcastNederlandAls je deze podcast wilt steunen, stellen we je steun zeer op prijs: paypal.me/Aswind999 Support Myth & Human on Patreon: patreon.com/bronwereld

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Pisces – Myths of the Two Fishes | Myth & HumanIn this episode we dive into the ancient waters of Pisces – from Babylonian star-lore to Greek myth and the hidden link with Aquarius, the Water-Bearer. The two fishes swim through memory, ancestors and the deep ocean of imagination.Topics in this episode:Babylonian constellations and early star-namesGreek stories of Aphrodite, Eros and the riverThe transition from Aquarius to Pisces in the Western ZodiacMythic symbolism and storytelling for our timeMore episodes: Check out the Myth & Human Podcast Subscribe for new myth-stories every zodiac transition.#Pisces #Astrology #Mythology #BabylonianStarLore #GreekMyths #zodiac

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The Mead of Poetry – Odin, Kvasir, and the Hidden Source of Inspiration

In this episode, I explore the Norse myth of Odin and the Mead of Poetry: how divine inspiration comes into being, how it is hidden, guarded, transformed, and finally released into the world.

The story begins with Kvasir, born from the reconciliation of the Æsir and the Vanir — a being formed from shared substance, embodying distilled wisdom. After his death, his blood is mixed with honey by the dwarves, creating the mead that grants poetic insight and inspired speech.

This mead passes into the hands of the giant Suttung, who hides it deep within a mountain, guarded by his daughter Gunnlöð. Odin does not seize it by force, but reaches it through patience, labor, transformation, and risk — drilling into the mountain, entering through a narrow opening, and escaping at great cost.

The episode reflects on the meanings of key names and objects in the myth — Kvasir, Óðrerir, the mountain, the drill, the act of guarding — and reads the mead not as intoxication, but as concentrated insight: inspiration that demands effort, responsibility, and discernment.

Alongside the Norse material, I briefly touch on a parallel current in Greek mythology — Aquarius and Ganymede, the divine cup-bearer — not as a direct equivalence, but as an ancient resonance: different cultures circling the same question of how divine insight is carried, poured out, and made accessible to the world.

This is not a moral tale, but a myth of transmission:
how wisdom is formed,
why it is hidden,
and what it costs to bring it into speech.

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