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Podcast: For the Love of History - world history, women’s history, weird history
Episode: Badass Hippo Goddesses of Ancient Egypt: Ammit & Taweret
Description: What happens when a troll on the internet calls you a “bleached hippo”? You make it your brand.
After my first viral video came with its fair share of hate comments, one insult changed everything—it sparked my love affair with hippos. Today, that pettiness has come full circle as we dive into the myth, magic, and chaos of the Egyptian hippo goddesses Ammit and Taweret.
In this episode of For the Love of History:
How one hate comment turned into a hippo tattoo and this episode.
The truth about Ammit, the so...