龙年庆祝之际,走亲访友时,您会用什么样的词汇恭贺亲友呢?龙凤呈祥、龙马精神、龙腾虎跃、祥龙献瑞这些耳熟能详的吉利贺词中,“龙”代表了一个什么样的意象?龙作为12生肖中唯一一个神话动物,它的形象是如何演变出来的呢?龙又是如何一步一步成为华人最喜爱的图腾之一呢?(点击播客收听采访)
Jan 2022
Dragons Exist In Nearly Every Culture’s Mythology As a Mirror of Their Fears. What Are Ours?
We live in the golden age of dragons – they appear in Game of Thrones, most film adaptations of the works of J.R.R. Tolkein, and nearly everything tangentially related to fantasy. They date back millennia, appearing in every cultures mythology, from ancient Greece and India to me ... Show More
50m 18s
Jun 2024
S1E6:The Dragon of the North? P1丨Estonia Fairytale丨Fairy Tales Around the World
??Our brave friend Xava has quite the story—facing dragons, talking to magical frogs, and even chatting with birds! ?? With lots of surprises and some unexpected help from the Swamp Sorceress, this tale is packed with excitement! ?♀️✨
?️Can she outsmart a dragon? Stay tuned to f ... Show More
9m 55s
Nov 2023
Human Evolution: Dragon Man
Homo longi, also known as Dragon Man, is an extinct archaic human species - with a nearly complete skull found near Harbin, China, dating back to at least 146,000 years ago. Discovered in 1933 during the construction of the Dongjiang Bridge, it remained hidden until 2018 due to w ... Show More
35 m
Mar 2018
325. How to Train Your Dragon Child
Every 12 years, there's a spike in births among certain communities across the globe, including the U.S. Why? Because the Year of the Dragon, according to Chinese folk belief, confers power, fortune, and more. We look at what happens to Dragon babies when they grow up, and why ti ... Show More
35m 30s
Nov 2023
Le cheval, le meilleur ami de l'homme ?
Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour !Centaures à torses humains, hippocampes à queues de poissons, pégases à aile d’aigles, et bien sûr licorne à corne torsadée : nous connaissons bien tous ces chevaux fantastiques. Comment expliquer leur présence dans notre histoire ? Pourquoi ... Show More
16m 51s