The Ice Age Hellhound: The Oldest Myth in the World?

The oldest myth in the world has its origins in the ice age and we see its descendants in the mythologies of Native American and European cultures. Native American mythology features a dog as an afterlife guardian as does Indo-European mythology (seen in Ancient Greek mythology as Cerberus and in Norse mythology as Garmr for example). To find out what ties these cultures together we look at dog burials in prehistoric Mesolithic Siberia and at the mammoth hunters of the Ice Age / Last Glacial Period the Mal’ta–Buret’ culture. And we look at ancient human migration across Eurasia and the Ancient North Eurasians as we reconstruct through comparative mythology the prehistoric origins of this truly ancient myth. *Support the channel* Patreon: PayPal: *My Books* Your FREE Bronze Age fantasy story the Wolf God ➜ Godborn ➜ Godborn Audible US ➜ Godborn Audible UK ➜ Not on Audible? Sign up for your free Audible trial and pick Godborn as your free audiobook: Try Audible US ➜ Try Audible UK ➜ *My Links* Website Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: *Music* Music by Lombus: All songs from the Survive the Nights Soundtrack album: Copyright Lombus © all rights reserved Used by permission *Video Sources* The Horse, the Wheel, and Language - David Anthony ➜ Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms: Interpretations of Mississippian Iconography (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies) ➜ The Dogs of War - A Bronze Age initiation ritual in the Russian steppes : Burying Dogs in Ancient Baikal: Canids as persons - Early Neolithic dog and wolf burials, Cis-Baikal, Siberia: The above links include affiliate links which means we will earn a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel.