Episode
A Prehistoric Figurine of Problematic Possibilities, or Or, Mythogram for Mother Goose
- Published
- Jan 26, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2181
- Processing state
not_requested
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/episodes/a-prehistoric-figurine-of-problematic-possibilities-or-or-mythogram-for-mother-goose/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-the-ancient-near-east-3467259/a-prehistoric-figurine-of-problematic-possibilities-or-or-mythogram-for-mother-goose.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
The discovery of a teeny tiny figurine at the 12,000 year old site of Nahal En Gev II has us asking uncomfortable questions. Why is the woman carrying the goose on her back? Why does the goose seem pleased about this? Are women and geese separate parts of nature or sort of the same? Wait, what? It’s the Mother Goose mythogram of the millennia!