Various Professors

The best thing about this lecture series was how diverse the mythology covered in it was. It touches on myths from all over the world, though it does feature Greek and Roman myth more heavily than any other, and some cultures are notoriously absent (for example, I don't think Slavic myth was mentioned at all). The thing I liked least was how non-diverse the lecturers were. I was less than thrilled with hearing about, for instance, Incan myths from a white man, Indian myths from a white woman, or Chinese myths from a different white man. I appreciated that they all seemed to try to see the myth through the lens of the culture that it belonged to, but it still felt wrong. It was worth it for the overview, but I'll get my deeper look at these mythologies elsewhere.… (mais)