Hay Festival 2017: Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry - Myth Makers

[@spoonlamp]

Now I need to find all the audio books Neil Gaiman has produced - such a great reading voice.

[@jameshughes7946]

spoonlamp He does most of his own, I'd suggest American Gods he doesn't read it all but narrates some chapters that are utterly brilliant

[@kalevala1778]

Neverwhere and the Graveyard Book are also great

[@silaspoulson9935]

@@kalevala1778 The BBC Neverwhere radio play is also very good

[@josephgogan4828]

For-mid-able

[@razinahmedkhantalha936]

Try out the Sandman audiobook

[@wsj1887]

This is so endearing of Fry. He seems so tickled to share his work. I love it.

[@Liz86000]

Stephen Fry's "Mythos" is amazing. I love the audiobook especially...

[@TheClassicWorld]

You love Greek mythos, you mean to say?

[@Liz86000]

Of course, but I also love the way Stephen Fry tells them.

[@drwatsonca6945]

Came to the Shaw festival in Ontario and see Stephen perform Mythos.

[@kennylogins4688]

Espestholy

[@jimb1453]

Love Mythos and Heroes... Bought but not listened to Troy yet

[@heartframesTV]

The name of the brilliant graphic artist is Chris Riddell, if anyone is interested (Shame they didn’t even mention him in the title here) I found it very fascinating to watch his drawings evolve...

[@tomhorwat5313]

The announcer did mention Mr Riddell at the beginning.

[@rossthorburn5978]

Only Neil Gaiman can make you feel sorry for Fenris Wolf

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

you weren't already sorry for them

[@lesbiansaregoodandch]

@@judeconnor-macintyre9874 i know i always was and always will be.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

Lol, amen!

[@peterwelsh1932]

I'm just worried about stumpy 🙀😿

[@karenjohannessen8987]

55:44 - "Observe EVERYthing! and RECORD it for the FUTURE - that's the very essence of Science" (Neil Gaiman) 💖 Thank you for reading this, Amanda. Thank you for writing it, Neil!

[@s.f.694]

He kind of has that Alan Rickman-ish beautiful rich baritone voice :-D good stuff good stuff

[@aalin5701]

Four of my biggest inspirations on life on stage at once. How I wish I could have been there :(

[@sharmilachakravorty]

My two favourites voices (and writers)!

[@lavane26]

how does this have so few views!!!??? this video overflows with brilliance...

[@ninfarose]

[@toqa6735]

Blame KZbin algorithm

[@StefanosVlas]

I guess Stephen Fry is more an insider in Greek Mythology than Greeks themselves. Such an inspiring figure. Neil Gaiman is an amazing author. I like that kind of debates and discussions...

[@wsj1887]

A story. I was lost in deep, often times frightening end of KZbin. And then i saw the face of an angel, a redeemer. I clicked on the thumbnail image of Neil Gaiman and was escorted kindly to this lovely video. Wonderful.

[@rossthorburn5978]

I think 🤔 Chris Riddel’s drawings are awesome 😎

[@julieluepke1952]

little Neil looking for sticks that might turn him into Thor....i love that

[@ethanvercellono4668]

“Ahhhh...you lie, Allfather...” bone chilling

[@vincenzodeconcilio7610]

I was there :-) nice memories of the festival

[@felixvenus666]

Two of the best voices together at last

[@amelialikesfrogs5778]

i loved both mythos and the norse mythology books. playing the mythical segments of assasincs creed valhallah just after reading Neil's book was incredible. they put so much thought into it.

[@greekejones8406]

Actually, quite a few Norse scholars have grievances with AC:V and I'm sure even Neil would like to have a word with the game's makers

[@MythopoeicNavid]

My older brother got me this book signed back in 2017 :')

[@iangarner8857]

What a wonderful meeting of two great minds.

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

What a lovely hour.

[@akiragomes]

Neil Gaiman was traying really hard to withold his tears at the end os the poem.

[@quanghuytran3717]

This is how I imagine if Bilbo Baggins would have a conversation with Master of the Lake-town xD

[@diegooland1261]

Oh, I like this idea, very good.

[@mamonyamo]

2 of my favourite people

[@o0Bellzeboss0o]

Amazing lecture! Thanks for the upload. Neil and Stephen are always great to watch and listen to.

[@zu_1455]

Happy Birthday Neil Gaiman!

[@mightyd42]

"Have we reached peak Ragnarok yet?" 2020 says Hold My Beer.

[@MythopoeicNavid]

Mead* :'(

[@henbane2247]

😄

[@howardkoor2796]

Please make more. This is lovely 🙏🙏

[@beatriznascimento4332]

UM GÊNIO!

[@sharkamov]

_What an ensemble . . . What a treat! . . . ._ (PS: For anyone that hasn't yet: go & get & read Gaiman's ''American Gods''! . . . .)

[@dziugasdj]

Charming real-world Severus Snape

[@evelynbaron2004]

A disclaimer; I agree with all with the articulate fans of Neil Gaiman's work forever and from the bottom of my heart. I am a person who once begins talking, finds it hard to stop. It's hard to navigate. I love this conversation between 2 people I admire inordinately, saw Stephen Fry's Mythos at the Shaw Festival in Canada a while back and was blown away. Neil Gaiman you are a treasure but you talk more than I do. I know this qualifies as the squeak of a mouse but squeak I must!

[@geirhelgelian5294]

Neil Gaiman.....What a genius, what a voice. Thx from a Viking

[@Robustacap]

As a Finn (and huge Gaiman fan, Fry also) Norse mythology is quite familiar to me. But I do like the Finnish mythology "Kalevala", composed from stories and songs that were passed down by speech. In Kalevala there is no pantheon, but the main "hero" is a shaman type "sage forever-being" "Väinämöinen. Who for example "sings into swamp" one younger challenger, "Lemminkäinen" (roughly translated as 'loverboy', whom with they have many a song contest). Väinämöinen goes on abducting virgins and stealing a cornucopia-type mill from the hag of the North and is unique collected tribal-based shamanistic book of Finnish mythology.

[@Robustacap]

There's even a national instrument, the kannel, a string instrument you play on your lap. Väinämöinen had a kannel made from a jaw-bone of a monstrous salmon.

[@williamboruws4155]

2 gifts of god got together and the resulting story !!

[@ThePopy70it]

This is heaven indeed

[@p1rgit]

exactly my thought, friend. that _maybe_ this world here is not hell at all, as it has in it such as neil gaimand and excetra. :D

[@howardkoor2796]

Thank you

[@cezartb]

Props to the person who thought of this duo.

[@nh8444]

It looks like Stephen is getting a bit healthier. Great to see.

[@TheClassicWorld]

I read that myth as not being a punishment but a blessing, as it were, or pity. I just briefly came across it when studying into mythology myself for my own world/novel series (it has been noted in relation to Tolkien's giant talking spiders, where, he may have invented such things, although, as Fry just said, the Greeks had a giant spider myth, but, it's assumed that Tolkien had no knowledge of this (also worth noting, therefore, that this means Jo's giant talking spider in Harry Potter is a Tolkien myth, although, this doesn't mean she 'stole' it, this is very narrow strange thinking, it seems).

[@user-jf1kd6fi1q]

Wonderful 🌹❤

[@rossthorburn5978]

I also like the story of Midas

[@5Andysalive]

The old Walhalla comic books actually showed the north mythology like that. Despite being comics and funny and stuff they were probbaly closer to the real mythology than many other books with that topic. Especially Loki being a rather complicated character far from being plain evil.

[@gryphon8483]

@Vanessa: Yes, brilliant! Why so few views?

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Wow!

[@foyble]

Well that was a terrific hours entertainment.

[@gryphon8483]

Writers ~ this is essential listening. Wonderful! Listen to Amanda reading Science at 56:20 Marvelous.

[@diegooland1261]

Yep, this is a free master class on how the greats do it, discuss it, read it. Good grief, absolutely amazing.

[@anthonywritesfantasy]

My favorite version of Arachne has her actually winning against Athena. Punished for that victory, making it all the more tragic.

[@phily8093]

I've oft heard mention of Neil Gaiman's wife, but never had the pleasure of seeing what she looked like. I'm never sure if Neil is a creation of Tim Burton, or if it's the other way around, but to see that she appears as though she was dragged through a chandelier backwards is of no great surprise, and complementary to his own strong aesthetic.

[@dlc1119]

Find a copy of 'Hrolf Kraki's Saga' by Poul Anderson.

[@Robustacap]

Who the hell are those 35 thumbs down? Never mind, don't even want to know...

[@TheBunnyodeath]

Interpolation. . . Now that's a word many don't know. But here's the difference between a well educated wordsmith and some pull that knows how to sit in a cubicle and work for someone else this is niels plea to all of us.to dream imagine live and love.

[@lisamuller68]

3:22 that´s a beautiful laugh :D

[@rogerlephoque3704]

I thought it was Adam Philips and Stephen Fry. But it's Neil Gaiman & Fry. Doppelgangers.

[@jasonaus3551]

Fuck yes!!!!!!

[@Persnikity-yv3nh]

How the flying fuck did I only just find this

[@aljohnlaid8203]

Anyone knows the brand of the pencil the artist used?

[@Asha_Viczsarai]

Conte a Paris - Pierre Noire

[@boopiloopi]

neil your stick/hammer of thor´s the pen :).

[@QRS666]

I also tried to be thor by finding sticks when I was a kid lol

[@TheTodsBread]

Bad weather makes you paranoid. Mythology explained.

[@Ratty2480]

If anyone could, ever, dare, to replace Alan Rickman as Prof. Snape. It could, possibly, be Neil Gaiman. His got the facial dimensions, got the wit, could get the, drawling, snobby-snarl, down pat if he practised I'm sure too. Hello, Professor.

[@Ratty2480]

This whole event was ruined and marred by the entrance, and then incursion by force, of feminism. Shame. Shame on you for making this political, as feminists are want to do.

[@TheFourthWall14]

Wtf was that last thing?

[@jimb1453]

Would have been great without the distraction of the drawings, they're fantastic but they're detracting from the conversation rather than enhancing it.

[@aaronfort8760]

British jimini short, blue

[@noahvansciver5661]

Drawing during a live discussion is distracting.

[@ecaepevolhturt]

The drawing is distracting. If it was a static image it might be okay but really the audience should be aiming their focus on Fry and occasionally on Gaiman.

[@nickrice5819]

We can concentrate on more than one thing at a time can't we ?

[@Wingedmagician]

Agree. It is distracting. It makes you think should they be looking back and addressing it. Ugh. Dumb choice

[@Curiosity96]

occasionally on Gaiman?Excuse me but Gaiman touched now all grounds of entertainment and creative plains,Fry is good but not ever on his level.

[@jessica5497]

@@Curiosity96 I agree, Gaiman is amazing nothing less

[@joyharmon1110]

I found it amazing! He's visualizing the talk in real time. I especially liked the beginning before they started noticing what was behind them.

[@sharonjansen6875]

Chinese Buddha.

[@augustblock3981]

The most ridiculous myth was the one at the end

[@bloodhound9638]

i would rather just hear them without the drawings as a distraction

[@jasonaus3551]

His wife ruined it at the end with her talk

[@jkg466]

holy shit.. I was just about to say that..

[@learnttobe7653]

She most certainly did...

[@zooksy4541]

it wasn't her talk... it was a poem that Neil wrote. Your negative comment only serves to point a giant flashing sign at your frail male ego. Did the thought of female scientists hurt your feelings? Awww... poor little thing.

[@ErichBaltzellProductions]

@@zooksy4541 Very impressive, you're a feminist. Here's an interesting concept: not every insult towards a woman is based solely on her gender. Amanda Palmer is a nauseating human being. That has nothing to do with her being a woman or the poem she was reading. Accusing people of being misogynists because they don't like a person who happens to be a woman is not real feminism. What you think is standing up for "feminism" is actually alienating people who aren't misogynists and in turn, making people think less of feminists.

[@JimC]

@@zooksy4541 Yeah, the men just went hunting blindly. They never learned the best places and times to find animals, how to track animals, how to identify animals by their spoor, the best materials to use for bows and arrows, etc.

[@phosphoros60]

A Gaiman and a gay man...

[@Hermy1138]

The artist is really distracting

[@eyegorestravinsky9150]

I enjoyed this until the "fantastic feminist" part.

[@christopherhamilton3621]

Oh you poor soul…

[@morthim]

every time i see stephen fry i like him less

[@eclairz9275]

How come?

[@morthim]

@@eclairz9275 he has been getting steadily more politically opinionated, and more out of date. In one of the more recent things i saw, he was wondering how the brexit refferendum would turn out. So i double checked that it wasn't from before, and it wasnt. Then in a couple things after the referendum and in the last year or so, he was talking all sorts of shit about the different parties. It would be fine if he was informed and was critical of less informed people, but he isn't. He is critical of things he doesn't understand, but not even in a humorous way. It isnt that the world is maddeningly complex, though it relatively is compared to his time as a comedian. Its that he doesn't have the capacity to destinguish between different types of opinions. So if some fisherman says he hates how fishing rights went to the eu, that guy must be a liar who is really a racist. The guy angry that police are going after nonviolent offenders instead of grooming gangs, also a racist. The person frustrated that the world is slipping into automation and a cctv state, clearly a misogynist. The criticisms are out of date, the narrative is stale and cliche, and unlike real comedy it doesn't reflect anything remotely true. He just didn't realize you cant use plurality views ironicly.

[@stevenlennon12]

GO TRUMP!!

[@josef2012]

Go Away,Trump! Hahahahahah 🤡👋

[@kennethmatthew9638]

Feminist ? well ive lost respect for you

[@christopherhamilton3621]

I’m sure he’s simply gutted by your comment/opinion…. 🙄