History Blog / MythsRetold

* BoringInvincibleHero: Ovid sees Sir Galahad as this.
* ClusterFBomb: The F-words are plentiful.
* {{Edutainment}}: Sort of.

* NiceHat: In the videos.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: Ovid notes that the princess from ''Prince Ivan and the Grey Wolf'' is an ''extreme'' example of this, considering she ''does not say or do anything in the entire story''.

* SpoofAesop: Each story ends with this kind of moral, generally a SpaceWhaleAesop (see above), or a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop (see below).

* ClusterFBomb

* NoPunctuationIsFunnier

* RunningGag: Dwarves sure do love themselves some gold. Like, carnally.
** Also, consulting the Oracle at Delphi is a terrible, stupid idea.
** Ovid sniggering at anything that sounds a little dirty.

* BlackComedyRape: Inevitable and unavoidable with the content of many of the myths, especially ones concerning Zeus. Ovid goes out of his way to laugh only at the ridiculousness of the rapes (as many involve weird myth stuff like turning people into animals) or people reacting to it in blase or irrational ways (such as falling in love with the rapist), rather than just laughing at the act of rape in itself.

* SpoofAesop: Each story ends with this kind of moral, generally a SpaceWhaleAesop (see above), or a WarpedAesop (see below).

-->and [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy i dont think youd even be asking me to break this]]
-->[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy if you had not magicked up some ridiculous bullshit]]

Blog by "The Great Ovid" in which he recounts myths and legends from various cultures in his own irreverent vernacular. Also features some multi-part video retellings.

Found [[http://bettermyths.blogspot.com/ here]].

A collection of the myths (along with several new ones) has been published as ''Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology''.

The mythologies covered on the blog include ClassicalMythology, NorseMythology, Literature/TheBible, [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian Mythology]], [[FairyTale Fairy Tales]], Myth/CelticMythology, Literature/ArabianNights, Myth/NativeAmericanMythology, Myth/EgyptianMythology, Myth/HinduMythology, Myth/JapaneseMythology, [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos The Cthulhu Mythos]], the works of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, and more.

The mythologies covered on the blog include ClassicalMythology, NorseMythology, Literature/TheBible, [[KingArthur Arthurian Mythology]], [[FairyTale Fairy Tales]], CelticMythology, Literature/ArabianNights, NativeAmericanMythology, EgyptianMythology, Myth/HinduMythology, JapaneseMythology, [[CthulhuMythos The Cthulhu Mythos]], the works of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, and more.

The mythologies covered on the blog include ClassicalMythology, NorseMythology, Literature/TheBible, [[KingArthur Arthurian Mythology]], [[FairyTale Fairy Tales]], CelticMythology, Literature/ArabianNights, NativeAmericanMythology, EgyptianMythology, HinduMythology, JapaneseMythology, [[CthulhuMythos The Cthulhu Mythos]], the works of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, and more.

* WarpedAesop: The other natural result of trying to synthesize morals out of mythology.
-->moral of the story
-->if a charismatic religious figure offers you a pill
-->eat it
-->even if it has been clearly demonstrated
-->numerous times
-->to be deadly poison
-->in fact
-->especially in that case
-->take two if you can
-->take a dozen
-->take all of them
-->come on don't you want to be immortal

* CargoShip: Dwarves take their love of gold a touch too far.

* BlackComedyRape: Inevitable and unavoidable with the content of many of the myths, especially ones concerning Zeus. Ovid goes out of his way to laugh only at the ridiculousness of the rapes (as many involve weird myth stuff like turning people into animals) or people reacting to it in blase or irrational ways (such as [[RapeIsLove falling in love with the rapist]]), rather than just laughing at the act of rape in itself.

A dead-tree edition is in the works.

* ShallowLoveInterest: Ovid notes that the princess from ''Prince Ivan and the Grey Wolf'' is an ''extreme'' example of this, considering she ''does not say or do anything in the entire story''.

The mythologies covered on the blog include ClassicalMythology, NorseMythology, Literature/TheBible, [[KingArthur Arthurian Mythology]], [[FairyTale Fairy Tales]], CelticMythology, Literature/ArabianNights, NativeAmericanMythology, EgyptianMythology, HinduMythology, JapaneseMythology, [[CthulhuMythos The Cthulhu Mythos]], the works of WilliamShakespeare, and more.

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The mythologies covered on the blog include ClassicalMythology, NorseMythology, TheBible, [[KingArthur Arthurian Mythology]], [[FairyTale Fairy Tales]], CelticMythology, Literature/ArabianNights, NativeAmericanMythology, EgyptianMythology, HinduMythology, JapaneseMythology, [[CthulhuMythos The Cthulhu Mythos]], the works of WilliamShakespeare, and more.

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* {{Exactly What it Says on the Tin}}: These are myths. They are being retold.

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The mythologies covered on the blog include ClassicalMythology, NorseMythology, TheBible, [[KingArthur Arthurian Mythology]], [[FairyTale Fairy Tales]], CelticMythology, ArabianNights, NativeAmericanMythology, EgyptianMythology, HinduMythology, JapaneseMythology, [[CthulhuMythos The Cthulhu Mythos]], the works of WilliamShakespeare, and more.