Michael Witzel (born July 18, 1943) is a German-American philologist, comparative mythologist and Indologist. Ricketts also influenced the mythologist Joseph Campbell. Outside of his work in music, Seigfried writes and teaches as a Norse mythologist. The show is based on Indian mythology and presented by mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. He assisted mythologist Joseph Campbell for several years at seminars. The other characters see him as the family mythologist.