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Introduction to Mythology

A 5 Week Course into living Stories

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Myth as memory, ritual, & relationship

This five-week course explores myth as a living cultural system shaped by land, ecology, and relationship, rather than as something humanity has outgrown. We move through creation stories and the mythic architecture of the Lower, Middle, and Upper worlds, exploring themes of death, initiation, responsibility, power, balance, and renewal. The course approaches myth not as an object of belief or disbelief, but as a way cultures have oriented themselves to the cosmos, to the unseen, and to the forces that shape human life. Together, we engage myth as a living practice that speaks to imagination, memory, and belonging in a world undergoing profound change.

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Weekly Outline

  • Each week: 1 video lesson, course reader, and discussion (2–3 hours total)

  • Live community calls: Weeks 1, 3, and 5

  • Optional Go-Deeper: Practices, Ritual, Research & Creative Exploration

Week 1 – Introduction: What Is a Myth?

Myths are land-based cultural systems, not fictional tales, that shape cosmology, social order, and ritual practice, allowing communities to relate to forces beyond the human world while reflecting the ecological and political conditions from which they emerge.

Week 2 – Underworld: Death, Ancestors, Initiation

Underworld myths show that death is not simply something to fear or avoid, but a necessary passage that strips away identity and makes maturity and renewal possible.

Week 3 – Middleworld: Humans, Limits, and Responsibility

Middleworld myths explore the human journey as one of trial, error, and relationship, where heroes, tricksters, guides, and guardians teach that maturity comes from knowing one’s limits, accepting responsibility, and discovering a place within the world rather than seeking supremacy over it.

Week 4 – Upperworld: Sky Gods, Order, and the Problem of Light

Upperworld myths explore vision, order, and authority, while also warning of the dangers that arise when light, transcendence, or hierarchy become absolute.

Week 5 – Balance, Ecology, and Renewal

Myths of collapse and renewal show that balance is maintained through reciprocity, and that destruction, loss, and upheaval often prepare the ground for new life.

Myths & Traditions Included

This course brings together mythic traditions from across the world, each shaped by the land and cultures from which they emerged. From the snowy landscapes of the Inuit to the temples of the ancient Mediterranean and the savannas of Africa, our journey moves through stories rooted in place and relationship. Along the way, we will encounter over 44 myths, while going deeper with 13 primary stories, exploring enduring human questions of creation, death, responsibility, power, and renewal, and the many ways humans have learned to live within a living world.

44 Myth from Global Traditions

14 Regions

  • Each week we will have 1-3 primary myths that we will deep dive into and another 4-6 myths that will be support the themes of each week.



    MESOPOTAMIA / ANCIENT NEAR EAST

    • Enuma Elish

    • Epic of Gilgamesh   

    • Inanna’s Descent

    • Utnapishtim (Flood)

    ANCIENT EGYPT

    • Osiris’s Dismemberment

    • Ra’s Nightly Descent

    ANCIENT GREECE

    • Olympian Pantheon

    • Rape of Persephone

    • Orpheus and Eurydice

    • Medusa

    • Hecate

    • Zagreus

    • Deucalion (Flood)

    NORSE / GERMANIC

    • Death of Baldr

    • Ragnarök

    HEBREW / ABRAHAMIC

    • Yahweh

    • Sheol

    • Noah (Flood)

    SOUTH ASIAN / INDIAN / HINDU

    • Trimurti

    • Mahabharata

    • Ganesha’s Head

    • Manu (Flood)

    CHINESE

    • Pangu

    • Meng Po’s Tea

    JAPANESE (SHINTO)

    • Izanami in Yomi

    • Amaterasu

    POLYNESIAN / OCEANIA

    • Māui

    • Rangi and Papa

    INDIGENOUS AMERICAS

    • Sky Woman

    • Haudenosaunee Peacemaker

    • Coyote

    • Medicine Wheel

    • Inuit Eagle Hunter

    • Quetzalcoatl

    • Kay Pacha

    • Ayni

    WEST AFRICAN / AFRICAN & AFRICAN DIASPORA

    • Dogon Cosmology

    • Dagara Ancestor Traditions

    • Anansi

    • Papa Legba

    CELTIC (IRISH / BRITISH)

    • The Fisher King

    • Finn MacCool

    • Tír na nÓg

    SLAVIC / EASTERN EUROPEAN

    • Baba Yaga

    PERSIAN / ISLAMIC 

    • The Simurgh and Zahhak

    • The Conference of the Birds

ZACH

I work with myth as a living, animist practice shaped through land, ritual, and long apprenticeship with the more-than-human world, including plant-based ways of learning that echo ancient traditions of perception and knowing. I host and teach a Myth Club and classes at a mystery school, drawing on over 25 years of study across global myth traditions, formal training in history and theology, and more than a decade of academic teaching. This course grows from that meeting place of study and practice, and if you’d like to know more about my path, you can find it on the About page.

Holding the Stories

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Weekly Rhythm & What You’ll Receive

This course is built to be accessible, spacious, and adaptable, whether you engage lightly or choose to go deep.

  • 5 pre-recorded presentations (10+ Hours total of material)

  • Supplemental Deeper Storytelling on Selected Myths

    (Professionally Recorded)

  • Optional Live Community Calls • Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday (5 PM EST) • 90 minutes • Participant-driven discussion & integration sessions

  • A downloadable designed course reader featuring 13 primary myths

  • Ongoing access to course materials

  • A shared container for reflection and dialogue

  • Optional Going Deeper Practices that honor myth as lived, felt, and relational.

Each week includes:

  • One pre-recorded presentation (60-90 minutes), released weekly, grounding you in the mythic theme, cultural context, and key stories of the week.

  • 13 primary myth from the course reader (approximately 30=45 minutes of reading per week), presented in an accessible, story-forward format rather than dense academic translation.

  • One guided reflection prompt, shared through the group WhatsApp space, inviting personal, imaginative, or relational engagement with the myth. Write and Comment on other’s posts.

  • Alongside the recorded material, we gather live as a community every other Tuesday for optional 90-minute integration calls. These sessions are conversational and participant-led rather than formal lectures. They are spaces for questions, reflections, artwork, storytelling, practices, difficult material, myth-sharing, and whatever is emerging for you as you move through the course.

    The live calls do not follow the exact pacing of the course, so you are welcome to join regardless of where you are in the material. The course itself can absolutely be completed asynchronously and at your own rhythm. Sessions are recorded whenever all participants are comfortable with that.

    Because this is a smaller cohort, participants are asked to confirm attendance beforehand so sessions can be planned accordingly.

    4 PM Peru / 5 PM Eastern / 11 PM Paris / 7 AM Melbourne

  • For those who want to explore further, optional pathways are offered each week, including:

    • Supporting myths and cultural references

    • Curated podcast or video links

    • Additional reflection prompts

    • A cumulative integration project, which may take the form of:

      • Mythic reflection (writing or audio)

      • An altar or ritual practice

      • Somatic or embodied exploration

      • Dream journaling

      • Creative or artistic work

    All optional practices are invitations, not requirements.

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Is This Course Right for You?

  • This course is for people who are curious about mythology and want to spend time with the stories themselves, not just ideas about them. It’s for those who enjoy listening, imagining, reflecting, and noticing how stories land in the body, emotions, and daily life, rather than racing toward conclusions or fixed interpretations. You don’t need any background in mythology to take this course. It works both as an accessible global survey of mythic traditions and as a deeper invitation into how myths were told, practiced, and remembered through ritual, storytelling, and altered states of attention.

    This course is not for those looking for a strictly academic or theory-heavy approach, nor for people seeking clear moral lessons, self-help frameworks, or a belief system to adopt. While we touch on social, political, and cultural context, the focus is on myth as something lived and practiced, not just studied. You may be an artist, educator, therapist, ritualist, student, or simply someone who feels that modern life is missing older ways of making sense of death, power, responsibility, and belonging.

  • Brinson (San Francisco, CA)

    I was the resident artist in Zach’s live myth classes, and the space he creates is filled with art, mystery, and deep care for the stories themselves. His teaching made the myths feel textured and alive, and through the setting and storytelling, I was able to integrate the somatic and emotional dimensions of the myths directly into my art.

  • Laura (France)

    I want to thank you from my heart for the mythology club sessions. I absolutely loved your enthusiasm, the setting, and the way you told the tales and drew out their essence. You created the space in a way that made it easy and fun to learn and reflect. I especially loved how we could embody all aspects of the work, and how it helped me integrate the wisdom of the myths in my bones. I can’t wait for more.

  • Morgan (Tampa, FL)

    Zach is an incredible mythology professor who tells stories in a deeply engaging way. He weaves together myths from cultures all over the world and connects them through common themes, often relating them to what’s happening in modern society. This makes ancient myths feel relevant and shows how these timeless themes continue to echo across generations. His storytelling style always left me curious, entertained, and wanting to learn more. Highly recommend his course if myths intrigue you!

  • Sofia, Malmö (Sweden)

    I attended Zach’s mythology workshops as often as I could in Peru, and they were magical - the atmosphere, his engaging way of telling the stories, and the interesting and unexpected themes. His classes inspired me to dive deeper into myth and story, both on a personal and professional level.