# Dodgy Deities: Problematic Pagan Goddesses and Gods

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Ronald Hutton
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Religion
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/dodgy-deities)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Pan started as a shepherds’ god in a wild and backward area of Greece, but became one of the best-known in the Greek and Roman world. This was partly because the leading city of Athens imported him as a saviour, and partly because he came to represent the freedom, peace and simplicity of the countryside to urban people. He was the most earthy of Greek deities, summing up wild nature in its beauty but also its danger. He was a god of both liberation and menace, and this lecture faces up to him as both.

## Lectures

1. [The Great God Pan: Lord of the Wild](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-dodgy-deities/73e47379847c) (Audio)
2. [Hecate: Mistress of Magic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-dodgy-deities/1f18fd30c58e) (Audio)
3. [Mithras: Master of Mystery](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-dodgy-deities/cf16bb09ad6a) (Audio)
4. [Bridget: Goddess and Saint](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-dodgy-deities/58225bb747d3) (Audio)
5. [Dionysus: Lord of Misrule](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-dodgy-deities/a48d32f47839) (Audio)
6. [The Morrigan: The Nightmare Queen](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-dodgy-deities/ccc21a42b6f5) (Audio)