Incidental Mythology
Vivian AsimosIncidental Mythology is the anthropological study of mythology, but not old narratives - we're looking at our popular culture. These are our myths, not because someone struggled to make them so. But because they are... incidentally.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 105 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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The Pitt-Rivers Museum and the Chaotic Anthropological Mind
A couple weeks ago, I went on a small day trip to Oxford. I spent most of the time walking around the Ashmolean. But I also walked around one more museum: The Pitt-Rivers museum, a museum dedicated to anthropology. Instead of it being focus...
Fullmetal Thoughts - looking at Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
What an anthropologist sees...
August 2026 Recap
August has continued the extensive heat this summer has been. I was trying to think the other day if there had been a single day less than about 24 degrees this whole month. Its a miracle I’m able to type and haven’t just reverted to being...
Nuancing the Politics of Taylor Swift
Being quite a left leaning person, my algorithm has done a lot to situate itself around me. As such, I am quite accustomed to scrolling through instagram or substack to find post after post speculating on whether or not Taylor Swift is secr...
Implicit Mythology
I hope one thing so far in all the things I’ve talked about here - mythology is not simple. It’s never simple, never just a story, never something to underestimate or forget ever existed. Or worse, forget is still actively around us every d...
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Researcher, Writer and Pop Mytholographer. Interested in all things mythology and all things pop culture.
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