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Scholar Minor
Hosted by Ursula Lynn Hebert · EN
Scholar Minor is a weekly podcast about myth, magic, and miscellany. My name is Ursula, and I'm an amateur historian and fan of all things otherworldly. In these bite-sized episodes we will explore a variety of topics, and listeners are encouraged to continue engagement with the material on their own aided by the sources provided.
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A Bit About Bees
Apr 9, 202200:14:22Tap to summarizeSome myth and science about our pollinator friends!*Correction note! 3 million years, in reference to cave art, should be 300,000.*Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Overhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:Bartolotti, Laura and Cecilia Costa. "Chemical Communication in the Honey Bee Society." In Neurobiology of Chemical Communication. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2014. "Bees." The National Wildlife Federation. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Bees. "Bumblebees vs. Honeybees: What's the Difference, and Why Does it Matter?" Student Conservation Association. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.thesca.org/connect/blog/bumblebees-vs-honeybees-what%E2%80%99s-difference-and-why-does-it-matter?The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Bee." Encyclopaedia Britannica. December 13, 2021. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/animal/bee.Hirst, K. Kris. "Ancient Maya Beekeeping: The Stingless Bee in Pre-Columbian America." ThoughtCo. May 11, 2018. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-maya-beekeeping-169364.Horn, Tammy. Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005."The Sacred Bee: Ancient India." Planet Bee Foundation. December 5, 2017. Accessed April 6, 2022. https://www.planetbee.org/planet-bee-blog//the-sacred-bee-bees-in-ancient-india-and-china-7tmcx. Weber, Ella. "Apis mellifera: The Domestication and Spread of European Honey Bees for Agriculture in North America." University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal 9 (2012).
Transcribe →More Irish Myths: Cú Chulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill
Mar 20, 202200:17:05Tap to summarizeAnother look at some legends from the Emerald Isle!Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Overhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:“The Boyhood Deeds of Cu Chulainn.” Ancient Irish Tales. Edited and translated by Tim Cross and Haris Slover. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1996. The Boyish Exploits of Finn. Translated by Kuno Meyer, edited by Beatrix Farber. University College, Cork. Cartwright, Mark. "Cu Chulainn." World History Encyclopedia. February 3, 2021. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/Cu_Chulainn/#:~:text=Koo%2Dkul%2Din)%2C,from%20only%20a%20single%20strike."Cycle of the Kings." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford Reference. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095655734. The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "The Cattle Raid of Cooley." The Encyclopaedia Britannica. September 25, 2007. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Cattle-Raid-of-Cooley. The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Cu Chulainn." Encyclopaedia Britannica. October 17, 2021. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cu-Chulainn."Fionn Mac Cumhail." Discovering Ireland Vacations. 2022. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.discoveringireland.com/fionn-mac-cumhail/. "Giant's Causeway and the Causeway Coast." United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/369/.The Cattle-Raid of Cooley. Translated by Joseph Dunn and compiled by Steve Taylor, 1999. Accessed March 18, 2022. http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/Cooley/.Usman, Max. "Once Upon a Time, Irish Mythology Crash Course." Lewis and Clark University. 2019. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/blogs/68-once-upon-a-time-irish-mythology-crash-course#:~:text=Basically%20all%20of%20Irish%20mythology,the%20stories%20from%20those%20cycles.
Transcribe →Some Citrus-y History
Feb 19, 202200:15:01Tap to summarizeA little history of the fruits we take for granted! Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Overhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:"Buddha's Hand Citron." Citrus Variety Collection. University of California at Riverside. Accessed February 14, 2022. https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/buddha.html"Citrus Fruits 2020 Summary." United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. August 2020. Accessed February 15, 2022. https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/cfrt0820.pdfEncyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences. Edited by Cora Linn Daniel and Prof. C.M. Stevans. University Press of the Pacific: 1903.Geisseler, Daniel and William R. Horwath. "Citrus Production in California". UC Davis. Accessed February 15, 2022. https://apps1.cdfa.ca.gov/FertilizerResearch/docs/Citrus_Production_CA.pdfLanggut, Dafna. "The Citrus Route Revealed: From Southeast Asia into the Mediterranean." HortScience 52 no. 6, 2017. Mansky, Jackie. "Why We Should Bring Back the Tradition of the Christmas Orange." Smithsonian Magazine. December 21, 2018. Accessed February 14, 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-we-should-bring-back-tradition-christmas-orange-180971101/Meer, Wouter van der. "The History of Citrus in the Low Countries During the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age." In Agrumed: Archeology and History of Citrus Fruit in the Mediterranean. Edited by Veronique Zech-Matterne and Girolamo Fiorentino. Naples: Publications du Centre Jean Berard, 2017. Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia. Edited by John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq. London: Taylor and Francis, 1855. Scora, Rainer W. "IX. On The History and Origin of Citrus." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 102 no. 6, 1975. 369-375. White, Marcus. "James Lind: The Man Who Helped to Cure Scurvy with Lemons." BBC News. October 4, 2016. Accessed February 14, 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-37320399
Transcribe →Cats
Jan 22, 202200:13:38Tap to summarizeThe history and superstition surrounding our feline companions!Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Overhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:"Black Cats Shunned for Purr-fect Selfies." BBC. January 30, 2018. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42871851Brulliard, Karin. "Long Before They Conquered the Internet, Cats Took Over the World." The Washington Post. June 19, 2017. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/06/19/long-before-they-conquered-the-internet-cats-took-over-the-world/Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences. Edited by Cora Linn Daniel and Prof. C.M. Stevans. University Press of the Pacific: 1903."How Did Cats Become Domesticated?" Library of Congress. November 19, 2019. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/how-did-cats-become-domesticated/Hutchinson, Sean. "13 Writers Who Really Loved Cats." Mental Floss. August 8, 2018. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49302/11-writers-who-really-loved-cats Mark, Joshua J. "Cats in the Middle Ages." World History Encyclopedia. May 20, 2019. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1387/cats-in-the-middle-ages/Porck, Thijs. "Paws, Pee and Mice: Cats among Medieval Manuscripts." Medievalfragments. February 22, 2013. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://medievalfragments.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/paws-pee-and-mice-cats-among-medieval-manuscripts/Simpson, Frances. The Book of the Cat. London, Paris, New York and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1903. Smith, Casey. "Cats Domesticated Themselves, Ancient DNA Shows." National Geographic. June 19, 2017. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/domesticated-cats-dna-genetics-pets-science
Transcribe →Greek Myths, Part 3: Wind
Jan 8, 202200:10:56Tap to summarizeGreek deities for blustery days!Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Overhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Forest Walk" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:"Anemoi/Venti." The British Museum. Accessed January 4, 2022. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG206272 Atsma, Aaron J. Theoi Project. 2017. Accessed January 4, 2022. https://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/sky-gods.htmlBulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch's Mythology. Avenel Books: New York, 1979.Gill, N.S. "What Is the Classical Origin of the Aurora Borealis?" ThoughtCo. March 9, 2019. Accessed January 5, 2022. https://www.thoughtco.com/classical-origin-of-aurora-borealis-118328Ovid. Metamorphoses. Translated by Charles Martin. W. W. Norton and Company: New York, 2004. Vigil. Virgil: Eclogues-Georgics-Aeneid Books I-VI. Translated by Fairclough, H. Rushton. Harvard University Press, 1916. Virgil. The Aeneid. Translated by Day-Lewis, C. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1953.
Transcribe →The Siberian Ice Maiden
Dec 18, 202100:16:32Tap to summarizeThe amazing story of a nomadic storyteller, frozen in time. Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Follow on Instagram @ursulalynnsongsOverhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:"Conservation of the Sacred Ukok Plateau." The Altai Project. December 4, 2020. Accessed December 14, 2021. https://www.altaiproject.org/2020/12/sacred-ukok-plateau-conservation/"Exposing the Mummy". National Museum of the Republic of Altai. Accessed December 14, 2021. http://www.musey-anohina.ru/index.php/ru/component/k2/item/403"Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden". NOVA. PBS. November 24, 1998. Transcript Accessed December 14, 2021. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2517siberian.htmlLiesowska, Anna. "Iconic 2,500 Year Old Siberian Princess 'Died From Breast Cancer', Revails MRI Scan." The Siberian Times. October 14, 2014. Accessed December 14, 2021. http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/iconic-2500-year-old-siberian-princess-died-from-breast-cancer-reveals-unique-mri-scan/Mosbergen, Dominique. "Now We Know What Killed The Ancient 'Ice Princess,' And Why She Had That Marijuana." Huffington Post. October 16, 2014. Accessed December 14, 2021. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/siberian-ice-princess-cancer-cannabis_n_5993052Raygorodetsky, Gleb. "Maria and the Ukok Princess: Climate Change and the Fate of the Altai." United Nations University. July 21, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2021. https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/maria-and-the-ukok-princessThorne, Sam. "Siberia Ice Maiden Guards Her Secrets." The Moscow Times. June 4, 2002. Accessed December 14, 2021. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/archive/siberia-ice-maiden-guards-her-secrets
Transcribe →Johnny Appleseed
Nov 27, 202100:11:53Tap to summarizeThe wandering apple advocate of legend!Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Overhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:Cornett, Peggy. "Encounters with America's Premier Nursery and Botanic Garden." Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants. Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://www.monticello.org/house-gardens/center-for-historic-plants/twinleaf-journal-online/prince-nursery/Editors of the Ecyclopaedia Britannica. "Johnny Appleseed." Encyclopaedia Britannica. September 22, 2021. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-ChapmanHolleb, Josh. "That's Where My Apples Come From? The Basics of Grafting." Ceres Greenhouse Solutions. May 15, 2014. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://ceresgs.com/thats-where-my-apples-come-from-the-basics-of-grafting/"Johnny Appleseed Planted Stories Of Myth, Adventure." All Things Considered. NPR. April 14, 2011. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://www.npr.org/2011/04/17/135409598/johnny-appleseed-planted-stories-of-myth-adventureMalesky, Kee. "The Strangely True Tale Of Johnny Appleseed." NPR. October 20, 2012. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://www.npr.org/2012/10/20/162862456/the-strangely-true-tale-of-johnny-appleseedMeans, Howard. Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, and the American Story. Simon & Schuster, 2011.
Transcribe →The Hippocratic Oath
Nov 19, 202100:13:36Tap to summarizeA little look into the Hippocratic Oath while I recover from surgery. Thank you for your patience, friends! Apologies for a few little audio gremlins in the recording this episode! Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Overhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Hippocratic Oath." Encyclopaedia Britannica. December 4, 2019. Accessed November 16, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hippocratic-oath"Greek Medicine." U.S. National Library of Medicine. February 7, 2012. Accessed November 16, 2021. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.htmlShmerling MD, Robert H. "First, do no harm." Harvard Health. June 22, 2020. Accessed Novemebr 16, 2021. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/first-do-no-harm-201510138421Tyson, Peter. "The Hippocratic Oath Today." NOVA. March 26, 2001. Accessed November 16, 2021. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/hippocratic-oath-today/
Transcribe →Ghosts, Part 2: Residual Hauntings
Oct 22, 202100:13:36Tap to summarizeGhostly imprints and The Stone Tape Theory!Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Overhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:Babbage, Charles. The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. United Kingdom: J. Murray, 1837."Historic Hauntings at Hampton Court Palace." Historic Royal Palaces. Accessed October 20, 2021. https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/historic-hauntings-at-hampton-court-palace/#gs.ece812The Stone Tape. Directed by Peter Sasdy, written by Nigel Kneale. 1972; United Kingdom: BBC Two."Who Was Charles Babbage?" Charles Babbage Institute. University of Minnesota. Accessed October 20, 2021. https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/who-was-charles-babbage
Transcribe →The Brothers Grimm, Part 1: Cinderella
Oct 9, 202100:14:33Tap to summarizeOne (of many!) strange stories preserved by the German folklorist brothers. Visit Scholar Minor at http://www.ursaminorcreations.com!Say hello at ursaminorcontact@gmail.com!Overhead forest photo by Spencer Watson via Unsplash.Book spine photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash.Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Bibliography:Bronner, Simon J. The Meaning of Folklore: The Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes. University Press of Colorado, 2007.Denecke, Ludwig. "Brothers Grimm." Encyclopaedia Britannica. December 29, 2020. Accessed October 8, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Brothers-GrimmThe Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Grimm's Fairy Tales." Encyclopaedia Britannica. March 9, 2021. Accessed October 6, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Grimms-Fairy-TalesGrimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. German Popular Tales and Household Stories. United States: Crosby and Ainsworth, 1865.
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