Adrienne Mayor
@amayor.bsky.social
Historian of Ancient Science & Human Curiosity, author of
Mythopedia
Flying Snakes
Gods and Robots
The Amazons
Poison King
First Fossil Hunters
Fossil Legends
Greek Fire Poison Arrows
Mythopedia
Flying Snakes
Gods and Robots
The Amazons
Poison King
First Fossil Hunters
Fossil Legends
Greek Fire Poison Arrows
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If you’re into myths and nature, I highly recommend Mythopedia from @amayor.bsky.social . Such a huge amount of knowledge and tales in a handy little package! 📚🏺
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you’re into myths and nature, I highly recommend Mythopedia from @amayor.bsky.social . Such a huge amount of knowledge and tales in a handy little package! 📚🏺
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#2. Gods and Monsters: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, by @amayor.bsky.social . Just what it says, & a pure delight. As I expect, from Mayor, full of info & perspectives new to me despite a life of nerding out. She keeps making me want to do fiction or RPGing looting her work.
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
#2. Gods and Monsters: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, by @amayor.bsky.social . Just what it says, & a pure delight. As I expect, from Mayor, full of info & perspectives new to me despite a life of nerding out. She keeps making me want to do fiction or RPGing looting her work.
Perfect gift for everyone on your list!
Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths
about amazing Nature
wonderfully illustrated and fun
Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths
about amazing Nature
wonderfully illustrated and fun
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Perfect gift for everyone on your list!
Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths
about amazing Nature
wonderfully illustrated and fun
Little encyclopedia of fantastic myths
about amazing Nature
wonderfully illustrated and fun
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How might we today visualize the appearance of people who fled enslavement? We asked a modern artist, Adrienne Mayor, to imagine and sketch Jack, who took flight from slavery in Virginia in 1730.
Read Billy Smith’s telling of Jack’s story: freedom-seekers.org/story/jack/
Read Billy Smith’s telling of Jack’s story: freedom-seekers.org/story/jack/
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
How might we today visualize the appearance of people who fled enslavement? We asked a modern artist, Adrienne Mayor, to imagine and sketch Jack, who took flight from slavery in Virginia in 1730.
Read Billy Smith’s telling of Jack’s story: freedom-seekers.org/story/jack/
Read Billy Smith’s telling of Jack’s story: freedom-seekers.org/story/jack/
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New on Heat Death! I caught up with folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor to talk about her new compendium of “geomythology,” the warnings encoded in folklore, and the oral tradition of the future. Super fun conversation.
Science Before Science with Adrienne Mayor
Historian of science Adrienne Mayor on how fossils become folklore and how stories can save your life.
heat-death.ghost.io
October 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New on Heat Death! I caught up with folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor to talk about her new compendium of “geomythology,” the warnings encoded in folklore, and the oral tradition of the future. Super fun conversation.
@drjackbrown.bsky.social please analyze the body language!
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@drjackbrown.bsky.social please analyze the body language!
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“Written with wit and erudition, [Mythopedia] delights.” Read the full @publisherswkly.bsky.social review of @amayor.bsky.social’s “captivating” collection of geomyths:
Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore by Adrienne Mayor
In this captivating volume, folklorist Mayor (The First Fossil Hunters) guides readers through the emerging field of geomytholog...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Written with wit and erudition, [Mythopedia] delights.” Read the full @publisherswkly.bsky.social review of @amayor.bsky.social’s “captivating” collection of geomyths:
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From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor comes Mythopedia, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders—and disasters—of the natural world.
Out now. Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#AncientWorld #Mythology #Myths
Out now. Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#AncientWorld #Mythology #Myths
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor comes Mythopedia, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders—and disasters—of the natural world.
Out now. Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#AncientWorld #Mythology #Myths
Out now. Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#AncientWorld #Mythology #Myths
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Thanks to @ichnologist.bsky.social Tony Martin for figuring out that the rodent of the Rat/Squirrel Hole of Chicago escaped a "cement overcoat"!
#Mythopedia p 121
#Mythopedia p 121
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Thanks to @ichnologist.bsky.social Tony Martin for figuring out that the rodent of the Rat/Squirrel Hole of Chicago escaped a "cement overcoat"!
#Mythopedia p 121
#Mythopedia p 121
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Grateful to @amayor.bsky.social for sending me a copy of her new book "Mythopedia," a fascinating A-to-Z explainer of multicultural lore inspired by geology, paleontology & other facets of natural history. A fun & mind-expanding read! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 🧪📚🪨⚒️🦣🦖
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Grateful to @amayor.bsky.social for sending me a copy of her new book "Mythopedia," a fascinating A-to-Z explainer of multicultural lore inspired by geology, paleontology & other facets of natural history. A fun & mind-expanding read! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 🧪📚🪨⚒️🦣🦖
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Interesting. Now that polling shows that voters are largely blaming the GOP for the shutdown, Trump is calling for the Senate to use the nuclear open and reopen the government.
Before, he was telling us he GOP to “hold firm” and not cave to anything Dems wanted.
Before, he was telling us he GOP to “hold firm” and not cave to anything Dems wanted.
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Interesting. Now that polling shows that voters are largely blaming the GOP for the shutdown, Trump is calling for the Senate to use the nuclear open and reopen the government.
Before, he was telling us he GOP to “hold firm” and not cave to anything Dems wanted.
Before, he was telling us he GOP to “hold firm” and not cave to anything Dems wanted.
so much fun talking about geomyths & my new book Mythopedia with Moira Gunn on NPR Tech Nation!
Interview starts at 7.15 min
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Interview starts at 7.15 min
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Episode 25-42 What are Ancient Myths Telling Us About Planet Earth ??
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford University Research Scholar, Adrienne Mayor, what do ancient myths tell us about the deep history of planet earth in her book "Mythopedia". Then ...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
so much fun talking about geomyths & my new book Mythopedia with Moira Gunn on NPR Tech Nation!
Interview starts at 7.15 min
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/tec...
Interview starts at 7.15 min
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/tec...
pet rabbits/hares in ancient Greek vase paintings
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
pet rabbits/hares in ancient Greek vase paintings
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Ancient art has suggested that brown bears were among the animals that gladiators fought back in Roman times, but a scientific research team working in Serbia has now found direct evidence of this in bones. buff.ly/gDXBi9U
September 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ancient art has suggested that brown bears were among the animals that gladiators fought back in Roman times, but a scientific research team working in Serbia has now found direct evidence of this in bones. buff.ly/gDXBi9U
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Can a mountain really be cursed? @amayor.bsky.social explores the folklore behind natural history.
Cursed Mountains and Deathly Lakes: When Nature Is Explained By Myth
The drive to explain perplexing things in nature, and the desire to understand earthshaking events of unfathomable scale are timeless human impulses. Found in cultures around the world, geomyths at…
buff.ly
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Can a mountain really be cursed? @amayor.bsky.social explores the folklore behind natural history.
A couple of cool stripey cats!
Ancient Greek vase paintings, 5th century BC
Ancient Greek vase paintings, 5th century BC
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A couple of cool stripey cats!
Ancient Greek vase paintings, 5th century BC
Ancient Greek vase paintings, 5th century BC
not happy that bsky slaps warnings on any images of ancient Greek art that shows nudity WTF
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
not happy that bsky slaps warnings on any images of ancient Greek art that shows nudity WTF
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“Mythopedia”, une anthologie A-Z de 50 légendes inspirées par des événements naturels, couvrant des royaumes engloutis, des villes perdues, des montagnes maudites et des lacs mortels… ou quand la nature est expliquée par les mythes. Le nouveau recueil de l’historienne Adrienne Mayor
October 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“Mythopedia”, une anthologie A-Z de 50 légendes inspirées par des événements naturels, couvrant des royaumes engloutis, des villes perdues, des montagnes maudites et des lacs mortels… ou quand la nature est expliquée par les mythes. Le nouveau recueil de l’historienne Adrienne Mayor
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Me to 5yo: Please walk faster, I want to get home. Also me: 5yo, hold my bag, and the umbrella, and the raincoat, I have to chase down this insect and confirm it is not a bee. 15 minutes later... Look at this beauty. Bumblebee robberfly, not currently assassinating anything smaller than a raisin.
July 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Me to 5yo: Please walk faster, I want to get home. Also me: 5yo, hold my bag, and the umbrella, and the raincoat, I have to chase down this insect and confirm it is not a bee. 15 minutes later... Look at this beauty. Bumblebee robberfly, not currently assassinating anything smaller than a raisin.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Courting scene:
Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift
to Amazon Penthesilea.
The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes.
5th century BC Greek vase
Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift
to Amazon Penthesilea.
The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes.
5th century BC Greek vase
October 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Courting scene:
Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift
to Amazon Penthesilea.
The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes.
5th century BC Greek vase
Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift
to Amazon Penthesilea.
The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes.
5th century BC Greek vase
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Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
Courting scene:
Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift
to Amazon Penthesilea.
The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes.
5th century BC Greek vase
Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift
to Amazon Penthesilea.
The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes.
5th century BC Greek vase
October 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Courting scene:
Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift
to Amazon Penthesilea.
The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes.
5th century BC Greek vase
Maenad huntress offers a hare, typical love gift
to Amazon Penthesilea.
The heron suggests that the couple intends to form a household: herons were common pets in Greek women's courtyard scenes.
5th century BC Greek vase