The Manicheans proposed a powerful, if somewhat mythical and philosophically awkward explanation of the problem of evil: there is a perpetual struggle between co-eternal principles of Light and Darkness (good and evil, respectively), and our souls are particles of Light which have become trapped in the Darkness of the physical world.
Some even call themselves 'gender unicorns' -- rare, fantastical, almost mythical creatures that defy explanation.
In a classically psychedelic form, the group has provided some more explanation to the video, which of course invokes themes of astrology, mythical latin tales, and a whole bunch of other trippy shit that's nearly giving us an acid flashback.
The peak-time series, which Ms Heggessey described as a "landmark" project for BBC1 and should answer criticism that the corporation has marginalised religious debate, also provides explanations for gospel stories which many rationalists believe to have been mythical.
However, even though Anaximander's ideas drew on the religious and mythical ideas of his time, he was still one of the first to attempt an explanation of the origin and evolution of the cosmos based on natural laws.
From mythical skeletons to historical relics that never were, all his quasi-scientific constructions encourage questioning over explanation, myth and legend over fact.
Explanations for the phenomenon vary: legend says it is the breath of a mythical serpent; a scientific theory involves underwater gasses.
He didn't stop there: eight more novels and at least half a dozen short stories were set in Yoknapatawpha, which Faulkner eventually mapped; he drew up genealogies and wrote afterwords and explanations, detailing the fates of the three families at the centre of his mythical world: the aristocratic Compsons and Sartorises, and the parvenu Snopes.
Things go south when the quasi-mythical Euro gangster known only as "Big Vern" (Werner Herzog) turns up in Walford, asking for an explanation in an icy manner that suggests he knows only absolute obedience.
Typical shows aimed at both audience types were built around themes such as space travel, the mythical stories behind the constellations, and around Christmas-time, a show that investigated theories on stellar explanations for the Star of Bethlehem.
