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🌿 What if Jack’s beanstalk wasn’t just a fantasy… but a memory of something far older?
A story passed down through millennia—of giants, gods, and a perilous climb between worlds.

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🕯️ In this episode of The Resurrectionists, we peel back the leaves of Jack and the Beanstalk to uncover the ancient mythology hidden beneath its soil.

📜 From Norse World Trees to Bronze Age sky gods, this tale of beans and blood may be far older—and far darker—than you ever imagined. Because buried beneath this childhood fable lies a forgotten path into the heavens… and something monstrous waiting at the top.

⏱️ Chapters:
02:00 – The Classic Tale Retold
05:33 – Fee Fi Fo Fum: The Ancient Chant
06:49 – Giants in World Mythology
07:51 – A Different View of Jack
08:26 – A Groundbreaking Discovery
09:11 – The Proto-Indo-European Connection
10:52 – The Cultural Hero Motif
11:28 – Prometheus: The First Jack?
12:13 – Odin, Gilgamesh, and the Sacred Theft
12:51 – Castles in the Clouds and Sky Gods
13:38 – The Bean: A Portal to the Dead?
14:55 – Trees, Souls, and the Afterlife
15:59 – The Beanstalk as the World Tree
16:46 – Was Jack a Soul in the Underworld?

📚 Sources & Further Reading:
– Jack and the Beanstalk: Evidence of a 5,000-Year-Old Story (BBC):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35358487
– Fairy Tales Could Be Older Than You Ever Imagined – Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-…
– Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do…
– “Giants and the Beanstalk: A Folkloric Study” – Katharine Briggs
– Norse Myths – Kevin Crossley-Holland
– The World Tree in Indo-European Mythology – University of Iceland
– The Origins of European Fairy Tales – Marina Warner
– “Trickster Figures in World Folklore” – Alan Dundes

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