Dan Flores

And so, I mean, that's— 1,500 years ago. Yeah, that's still evident at a time when Christianity is attempting to convert all these outback pockets of Europe. But even by that point 1,500 years ago, say the Vikings, for example, some of those Viking groups share this idea that they are related still to— to deities that are found in mountains and to various animals.

But there's been a progression already, and you can see it from this kind of animistic religious tradition in the Greeks, because the Greeks began about 2,500 years ago. sort of steadily moving from the idea of polytheistic animal or animal deities and deities that are found in landscapes. two human gods, but they don't have a single one.

But there's been a progression already, and you can see it from this kind of animistic religious tradition in the Greeks, because the Greeks began about 2,500 years ago. sort of steadily moving from the idea of polytheistic animal or animal deities and deities that are found in landscapes. two human gods, but they don't have a single one.

But there's been a progression already, and you can see it from this kind of animistic religious tradition in the Greeks, because the Greeks began about 2,500 years ago. sort of steadily moving from the idea of polytheistic animal or animal deities and deities that are found in landscapes. two human gods, but they don't have a single one.

They will have Demeter, for example, who becomes the goddess of the crops, and they'll have Poseidon, and they'll have Artemis, who is the goddess of the wild creatures. And so, but Artemis and Poseidon and Demeter are all in human form.

They will have Demeter, for example, who becomes the goddess of the crops, and they'll have Poseidon, and they'll have Artemis, who is the goddess of the wild creatures. And so, but Artemis and Poseidon and Demeter are all in human form.

They will have Demeter, for example, who becomes the goddess of the crops, and they'll have Poseidon, and they'll have Artemis, who is the goddess of the wild creatures. And so, but Artemis and Poseidon and Demeter are all in human form.

So there's been a progression from the idea that you have a creature like, say, Coyote, who is a Paleolithic deity in North America, who can stand on his hind legs and may have opposable thumbs, but he also has coyote snout, erect ears, he has coyote tail. So coyote is sort of in the process of doing the same thing in North America, sort of becoming human.

So there's been a progression from the idea that you have a creature like, say, Coyote, who is a Paleolithic deity in North America, who can stand on his hind legs and may have opposable thumbs, but he also has coyote snout, erect ears, he has coyote tail. So coyote is sort of in the process of doing the same thing in North America, sort of becoming human.

So there's been a progression from the idea that you have a creature like, say, Coyote, who is a Paleolithic deity in North America, who can stand on his hind legs and may have opposable thumbs, but he also has coyote snout, erect ears, he has coyote tail. So coyote is sort of in the process of doing the same thing in North America, sort of becoming human.

So the Greeks do that so that their deities ultimately become human-like deities. And then ultimately, of course, in Judeo-Christianity, the idea is there is a single... They narrow it way down. rather than in a mountain or in a population of animals.

So the Greeks do that so that their deities ultimately become human-like deities. And then ultimately, of course, in Judeo-Christianity, the idea is there is a single... They narrow it way down. rather than in a mountain or in a population of animals.

So the Greeks do that so that their deities ultimately become human-like deities. And then ultimately, of course, in Judeo-Christianity, the idea is there is a single... They narrow it way down. rather than in a mountain or in a population of animals.

picture compared to the small picture and sort of what you gain by looking at the big picture and what you lose without zeroing in on these like sort of epic human stories yeah well there i mean that's a obviously a great question and what i will say is that the the episode here that we're talking about is a highly distilled version of a chapter and

picture compared to the small picture and sort of what you gain by looking at the big picture and what you lose without zeroing in on these like sort of epic human stories yeah well there i mean that's a obviously a great question and what i will say is that the the episode here that we're talking about is a highly distilled version of a chapter and

picture compared to the small picture and sort of what you gain by looking at the big picture and what you lose without zeroing in on these like sort of epic human stories yeah well there i mean that's a obviously a great question and what i will say is that the the episode here that we're talking about is a highly distilled version of a chapter and

one of my books which is about four or five times longer than than what we presented here in the podcast and even that comes from a a book that was in its entirety 400 pages long and i realized that i could have easily written a 2 000 page book while i was working on this

one of my books which is about four or five times longer than than what we presented here in the podcast and even that comes from a a book that was in its entirety 400 pages long and i realized that i could have easily written a 2 000 page book while i was working on this

one of my books which is about four or five times longer than than what we presented here in the podcast and even that comes from a a book that was in its entirety 400 pages long and i realized that i could have easily written a 2 000 page book while i was working on this

And so it becomes, you know, sort of a matter of, all right, in terms of the book and the chapter particularly, and to a certain extent, the podcast as well. How many people are interested in reading a 2,000-page book? So I've got to make the book 400 pages. And how many people are interested in listening to a three-and-a-half-hour podcast? I've got to make the podcast.