Hello there, weary travelers, winding your way — LOTR-like — toward the glimmering horizon that is the weekend. Isn’t this is thing we call life one, big adventure? Nah, we didn’t think so. That’s why we’ve decided to make this week’s YouTube roundup theme Mythology — so as to inject a dash of adventure and glamor into the grayscale mundanity of our workaday existence.

Go out into the world, ye mortals, and slay some dragons or something. Or at least change up your brunch order for once…

FALCOR - the URiNATOR (TROGDOR Parody)

Amy-Mae Elliott: It's an oldie-but-a-goodie. You know seeing the dragon dog napanating on the pee pad will only improve your Friday afternoon. Faaaalcor!

OEDIPUS (starring... vegetables)

Erica Swallow: Oedipus, starring vegetables. I've never felt so sorry for a potato.

Mythology - Lord Shiva

Jolie O'Dell: Pros include bad early-'80s animation styles, hypnotic-bordering- on-somnolent voiceovers, and educational value. If you were ever forced to watch life-of-Jesus cartoons in Sunday school as a kid, well, this is what a few bajillion kids elsewhere in the world have to watch.

Dan Telfer: "The Best Dinosaur"

Zachary Sniderman: Going way back to the folklore of Jurassic Park: "The velociraptor was the Tanya Harding of the dinosaur kingdom. Ok? F*ck that piece of sh*t." (NB: Language NSFW)

Hercules - Zero to Hero (English Sing-along)

Stefanie Rennert: Who put the glad in gladiator? Hercules! Who doesn’t love a good underdog story? This will put you in a great mood for the weekend!

Drunk History Vol. 6 Featuring John C. Reilly, and Crispin Glover

Brenna Ehrlich: Like many YouTube videos, this one was discovered on Facebook, where my FB friends share things allllll day. Anyway, it features Crispin Glover (rad). Consequently, it's probably not that SFW -- especially since it's called "Drunk History."

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