Follow the links below for just a couple of the offerings from LibriVox. Search the site for much much more!
Celtic Fairy Tales: Listen to 25 fairy tales from Ireland and Scotland.
Canadian Fairy Tales: Listen to tales from the Native peoples of our neighbor to the North.
Terracotta Neck-Amphora with Mythological Scenes, ca. 525-500 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The streaming video services listed on this page are also excellent sources for scholarly and popular films about these topics. Visit the Podcasts page of this guide for even more audio content.
Who's Who in Greek & Roman Mythology by
Provides information about the various Greek and Roman gods through the use of archaeological remains and animation.
Cinderella by
Cinderella comes to life in this enchanting version of the most beloved fairy tale.
Here you can find hundreds of educational films in dozens of academic disciplines. It is a powerful collection of online educational videos and video clips accessible to GWC students, faculty and staff. The collection is available both on- and off-campus (with a Coast Username and Password). The videos can be viewed either by segments or in their entirety.
Like Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, the anonymously authored Sir Gawain and the Green Knight represents a watershed in the development of the Arthurian tradition. This program explicates this complex alliterative poem, examines its treatment of familiar Arthurian themes, and illustrates why it is considered one of the finest romances of the Middle Ages. A Films for the Humanities & Sciences Production. (24 minutes)
The Arabian Nights or A Thousand and One Nights has influenced world literature and enthralled readers for centuries. Its legend tells us that the beautiful Scheherazade prevented her own murder at the hands of a sultan by telling him a never-ending tale of adventure. This classic from the Middle East introduced us to Aladdin, Sinbad, and Ali Baba. This absorbing program from Ancient Mysteries examines the origins, impact, and mystery of this seminal work of literature. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes) Distributed by A&E Television Networks.
Bly explains that mythology and fairytales are useful for men to understand the experience of maleness because they are not connected to one god. They are a social form that contains universal themes. The poet "filters the available mythology."
Producer: Bill Moyers. Educational Video. 1 hour and 27 minutes. 1990.
Peter Jackson is also known as a schlock horror director to whom "plot is all." The master of this genre is Stephen King. Jackson discusses King's fiction. A BBC Production.
Longer than Troy’s fabled siege, Professor Manfred Korfmann’s excavation yielded a royal Hittite seal that corroborates the city’s location. But does it prove Homer’s Iliad is no myth? This program traces the course of the modern search for Troy, beginning with a look at Heinrich Schliemann’s controversial 1870 expedition, reviewing subsequent digs by others, and focusing on Korfmann’s truly groundbreaking research, a meticulous excavation begun in 1988. On-site footage, artifacts, photographs, reenactments, and commentary from Professor Korfmann and other experts help piece together one of Western civilization’s oldest archaeological puzzles. ZDF Productions. Documentary Film. 30 minutes. 2002.
This program marks the beginning of Michael Wood’s quest as he ventures into the world of an exotic and mysterious woman of power. Immortalized in the Hebrew Bible, the Muslim Koran, and in many Christian traditions, the tale of the queen's journey to meet King Solomon has been told and retold for nearly 3,000 years. He discovers the legend has been told with variant detail: in Africa, she is black—and a woman of power; in Arabia, she's half-woman, half-demon. A part of the series In Search of Myths and Heroes.
PBS Distribution. Documentary Film. 56 minutes. 2005.
In this special edition of Nightline, Elizabeth Vargas follows Nathaniel Newman's amazing story of transformation: Newman was born with the facial anomaly Treacher Collins syndrome and endured 53 surgeries by age 11. Also interviewed is Wonder author R.J. Palacio, who tells the story behind her inspiration for the acclaimed book—which the Newmans credit with easing Nathaniel's move up to middle school. And, finally, Christina Aguilera surprises the family who was inspired by her song "Beautiful."
An ABC News Production.
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