mythology

Are there parallels between Paul Bunyan and Poseidon? First, and most importantly, they both sport impressive beard growth. They are both normally depicted with chiseled physiques. Both have blue animals ...

Ancient Greek and Roman mythologies have influenced artists around the world for centuries, and one of the most ...

One of the most important components of our life as human beings is the feeling and the knowing ...

Spectacular photos show a glowing sun setting behind an ancient rock formation in the Shropshire Hills—made famous by ...

It is a fairly safe guess that our forebears, blessed with less information but more fantasy, wisdom, and ...

Commentary We flatter ourselves that we are sophisticated about sex, but that sophistication is, at most, a technical ...

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's fantastical world of Middle-earth may be make-believe, but for Tolkien it had a real ...

Muscular, bearded, and trident-wielding, Jason Momoa’s portrayal of the titular Aquaman in the forthcoming DC film draws on ancient Greek ...

A story passed down in my family for generations may be the clue to finding a lost Norse ...

Iceland's medieval literature is rich in many regards: in Eddas and sagas, it tells us about early Scandinavia ...

The ancient Greek myth of Cadmus battling a snake could be an allegory for the discovery of the ...

"Here be dragons" was a phrase once used on ancient maps, often accompanied by mythical sketches, to highlight ...

Mystery surrounds the most famous pair of lovers in ancient history.

Inspired by Greek Mythology Annie  Leitzinger Sells Apothecary of Clever Cosmetics   The shop owner of Arachnes Demise ...

Hesiod's description of the ancient Greek dwelling place of gorgons seems to match the mysterious labyrinth ruins of ...

Did a Native American set foot on European soil long before we previously thought?

Rare Chinese and Japanese bronze mirrors have the strange property of seeming both opaque and transparent at the ...

It was considerably more difficult to file a customer complaint when you had to chip it into stone ...

Will the history books change? Evidence suggests the Chinese got to America before the Europeans.

Many Mongolians believe exhuming a corpse will destroy its soul. Genghis Khan went to great lengths to prevent ...

A Buddha statue dating back to the 11th or 12th century was examined by CT scan and endoscopy ...

People in ancient times had more advanced levels of scientific understanding than we commonly give them credit for.

The mysterious metal spoken of in ancient Greece, said to glimmer with a reddish light in Atlantis, may ...

Perhaps the most elusive and legendary among America’s mythical creatures is the thunderbird, a giant eagle-like bird with ...

Who built the Derinkuyu underground city and why? One among several theories is that it was a shelter ...

Archaeologists in Cyprus have unearthed a 1,500-year-old amulet in the ancient city of Nea Paphos in Cyprus, which ...

Amateur treasure hunters struck it rich when they unearthed a massive hoard of more than 5,000 silver coins ...