Older Than Fire

Older Than Fire
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Before there was history, there was story — the flood that drowned the world, the trickster who stole the sun, the god who died and came back changed. Older Than Fire retells the myths and folklore of the world, one culture at a time, the way they were meant to be heard. New episodes weekly.

  1. 1d ago

    Older Than Fire — Cupid and Psyche: The Wife Who Was Forbidden to See Her Husband

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! A god sent to punish a mortal falls in love with her, visits only in darkness, and asks one thing: never look at his face. Apuleius's tale of Psyche, the lamp, Venus's impossible tasks and a journey to the underworld, the soul winning back love it lost to doubt.

    Older Than Fire — Cupid and Psyche: The Wife Who Was Forbidden to See Her Husband

  2. 3d ago

    Older Than Fire — Nala and Damayanti: The Princess Who Knew Her Husband Among the Gods

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! From the Mahabharata: a swan carries love between a king and a princess, four gods disguise themselves as the groom, and a spirit of misfortune costs Nala everything at dice. One of India's oldest love stories, about losing yourself and being found again.

    Older Than Fire — Nala and Damayanti: The Princess Who Knew Her Husband Among the Gods

  3. 5d ago

    Older Than Fire — The Gorgon's Head and the Mirrored Shield

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! A king once locked his own daughter in a bronze underground chamber to keep her from ever having a child, because a prophecy had warned him that her son would kill him.

    Older Than Fire — The Gorgon's Head and the Mirrored Shield

  4. 6d ago

    Older Than Fire — The White Buffalo Who Brought the Sacred Pipe

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Two hunters once met a woman walking alone across the plains, glowing so strangely that one of them wanted her for himself, and never got the chance to touch her.

    Older Than Fire — The White Buffalo Who Brought the Sacred Pipe

  5. Nov 3

    Older Than Fire — The First Man and Woman Born From Bamboo

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! A single piece of bamboo once washed up against the legs of a great bird standing in the shallows, and inside it, the bird heard something knocking to get out.

    Older Than Fire — The First Man and Woman Born From Bamboo

  6. Nov 2

    Older Than Fire — The War Between Light and Darkness Before Time

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Before there was a single day of history, before there was even the possibility of choosing between right and wrong, two forces were already locked in a war that had no beginning.

    Older Than Fire — The War Between Light and Darkness Before Time

  7. Nov 1

    Older Than Fire — The Storm God's Battle With the Eight-Headed Serpent

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! A god banished in disgrace from heaven found, at the bottom of a river, an old couple who had already lost seven daughters to the same monster, and had only one daughter left to lose.

    Older Than Fire — The Storm God's Battle With the Eight-Headed Serpent

  8. Oct 31

    Older Than Fire — The Woman Made Entirely of Flowers

    Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Two wizards once built a wife for a man out of nothing but flowers, and the flowers never forgot what they had agreed to become.

    Older Than Fire — The Woman Made Entirely of Flowers
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Before there was history, there was story — the flood that drowned the world, the trickster who stole the sun, the god who died and came back changed. Older Than Fire retells the myths and folklore of the world, one culture at a time, the way they were meant to be heard. New episodes weekly.

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  • Creator
    Older Than Fire
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    125
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Older Than Fire 2026
  • Show Website
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