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Season 1, Episode 3: On Being Human: The emergence of myth in early hunter-gatherer societies

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"On Being Human" moves from the psychological origins of myths to the origins of human beings in prehistoric times. By tracing the development of mythic symbols from our earliest ancestors forward, we begin to see the themes that link all of us together into what Campbell calls the one great story of human kind.

All Episodes - Season 1

Psyche & Symbol: The psychological impulse for and response to myth
Episode 1
Psyche & Symbol: The psychological impulse for and response to myth
 The Spirit Land: How myths awakened American Indians to the mystery of life
Episode 2
The Spirit Land: How myths awakened American Indians to the mystery of life
 On Being Human: The emergence of myth in early hunter-gatherer societies
Episode 3
On Being Human: The emergence of myth in early hunter-gatherer societies
 From Goddesses to God: The gradual shift from the Goddess to male, warlike deities
Episode 4
From Goddesses to God: The gradual shift from the Goddess to male, warlike deities
 The Mystical Life: Non-biblical mythic strains that helped shape the Western spirit
Episode 5
The Mystical Life: Non-biblical mythic strains that helped shape the Western spirit
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