Join Emily Zarka, Ph.D. on a journey to discover humans’ unique drive to create and shape monster mythology through oral storytelling, literature and film.
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In Greek mythology, Typhon wasn’t just another beast, he was a force powerful enough to bring the gods themselves to the brink of collapse. Typhon was described as a towering storm of fire and serpents, the father of countless monsters, and the one creature capable of defeating Zeus himself. So why would a culture imagine a monster powerful enough to destroy its own strongest god? ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateStoried ***** Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka Creative Director: David Schulte Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Executive Producer: Dr. Emily Zarka Producer: Thomas Fernandes Editor/Animator: Steven Simone Illustrator: Samuel Allan Executive in Charge (PBS): Maribel Lopez Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming (PBS): John Campbell Additional Footage: Shutterstock Music: APM Music Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monstrumpbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bibliography Antonescu, Bogdan, et al. “Theories on Tornado and Waterspout Formation in Ancient Greece and Rome.” Weather, Climate, and Society, vol. 11, no. 4, October 2019, pp. 889–900. Doniger, Wendy, The Ring of Truth: And Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry. Oxford Academic, 2017. Encyclopedia of World Religions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated, 2006. Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies: Dialogues and Discourses. Edited by Naoíse Mac Sweeney. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome, edited by Brian Kinsey, Cavendish Square Publishing LLC, 2012. González, Irune Valderrábano, and Francisco Javier González García. “Ares and Other ‘Mothers’ Sons’ in Greek Mythology: A Structural Analysis.” The Classical World, vol. 114, no. 2, December 2021, pp. 119–43. “Greek Myths, True Stories: Episode 2.” BBC Worldwide Learning, 2010. Monstrous Reflection, edited by Petra Rehling, and Elsa Bouet, BRILL, 2019. Patterson, Cynthia. “‘Not Worth Rearing’: The Causes of Infant Exposure in Ancient Greece.” Strauss, Barry. Fathers and Sons in Athens: Ideology and Society in the Era of the Peloponnesian War, Taylor & Francis Group, 1993. Syropoulos, Spyros. A Bestiary of Monsters in Greek Mythology. Archaeopress, 2018. Walsh, Lisa. “Between maternity and paternity: Figuring ethical subjectivity.” Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 2001, pp. 79-111. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Material Religion in the Ancient Near East and Egypt. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023. Brody, Aaron. "Sail, Pray, Steer." Advances in Ancient, Biblical, and Near Eastern Research 1.2, 2021, pp. 1-30. Roy, Jim. "Polis and Oikos in Classical Athens1." Greece & Rome, vol. 46, no. 1, 1999: 1-18.