Twelve Labors

10B-Hercules: Labor Intensive

Finishing up the twelve labors, Hercules fights way, way too many things: a giant boar, a giant bull, vicious birds, man-eating horses, the three-headed hell hound Cerberus, and more, all as penance for his crime. The creature of the week are invisible weasel brothers that might give you a small cut or two...or might cut off [...]

10A-Hercules: Going into Labor

By Jason Weiser|2021-02-10T09:14:09-05:00September 23rd, 2015|Categories: Podcast|Tags: goddesses, gods, Greek mythology, Hera, Hercules, Hydra, Mythology, Nemean Lion, Penance, Twelve Labors, Zeus|

The story of Hercules is one part gritty, serious tragedy and two parts over-the-top monster fights. This week, in the origin story of one of the greatest mythological heroes of the western world, we get to see the human side of the demigod before the story goes completely off-the-rails and it's just one big monster fight [...]