The Witchcast - Episode 83 - Achilles goes to Hollywood: Love, Deities and Destiny in Troy

The Witchcast With Lucy Cavendish

Witches, you know how the pentacle has become Hollywood shorthand for evil, when it’s not? You know how people still think we’re suspect because, well, movies? Turns out it’s not just magickal folk who get worked over by Tinseltown. Even the greatest of Gods and Goddesses can get misrepresented.The Trojan Wars really begin with a golden apple, a disgruntled Chaos Goddess and a very strange beauty contest between Hera, Aphrodite and Athena. That. and the love of the most beautiful mortal woman in the world was behind the horror of this awful War, with its plagues, sacrifices, and terrible glory. The Greek Myth, through its exploration of Achilles, half man, half God, the formidable warrior driven to madness through an indescribable loss, gives us a story of redemption, and a battle that is as much between the Gods as it is between the Greeks and the Trojans. But what happens to the Gods when Hollywood gets its hands on mythic history? Well, essentially they get some things kind of right, and the rest… is a bit of a mess! Lucy does a deep dive into one of the biggest films of the noughties, discovering the differences between how the Greeks felt about fate, and the way this Hollywood blockbuster portrayed destiny, diminished the role of priestesses, sorely neglected the Gods, and changed the sexuality of one of the greatest warriors and demi-Gods ever. Because…that’s Hollywood. But don’t worry - this episode offers a whole lot about what the Gods and Goddesses did do, and why, when they chose to take sides in human affairs.Featuring music by Princess Nokia, Junip and Runfell, this episode also features Lucy reading from her new Oracle Card deck, Into the Lonely Woods.

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Songs
Freya’s Forest - Runfell
Young Girls - Princess Nokia
Walk Lightly - Junip

The intro music is "We Are One" by the band Nordic Daughter. Find the band on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordicdaughter/

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Music throughout the show includes tracks from Darksphere EmpireDownload the Darksphere Empire album here - https://darksphere-empire.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain

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