Episode Fifteen: Mythical Morphemes of Legendary Language 🔱🌋

Have you ever wondered why we use words like “herculean” to describe something really hard or “narcissist” for someone overly self-focused? This episode is about the influence of ancient myths and ledges on the everyday English language.

References:

Narcissus and Echo

Narcissist - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

Etymology of narcissism by etymonline

What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?

What's in a name? Months of the year | British Museum

Roman Calendar



Music and Sounds in this episode:

"Fuzzball Parade" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Generation Yes by Matt Oakley is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

I love Myself More Than Anyone Else by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.

Echo II. by Crowander is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

The Unknown Legend Of The Nobles by LaFaena is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

January by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.

Elements - IV Volcano by Aitua is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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