For as long as we’ve told stories, we’ve mixed fact with fiction: cities swallowed by the sea, warrior women, forgotten civilisations. While there is a lot of fantasy thrown in, there is usually some ...

The Aztecs has about 200 deities — and in this article, we're uncovering the 13 most important Aztec gods and goddesses you ...

This video explores the full mythology of Hermes, one of the most complex figures in Greek mythology, examining his rise from ...

Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later traditions.

This book explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers a reexamination of the mid-16th-century “Popol Vuh,” long considered an authoritative text, which is better ...

Dark myths express the fear that our creations are beyond our control. Among them, the Golem, born of medieval Jewish mysticism, perfectly embodies this concern. In the legend, a rabbi fashions a clay ...

Novels that take on the marginalized or vilified women in mythology are flooding bookstores and reigniting questions about who gets to tell these stories, and how. By Alexandra Alter For centuries, ...

The second largest of the Cook Islands is preserved in the past. July 27, 2010— -- In the 1620's the descendants of the Aitu clan returned to Mangaia hungry for revenge. According to oral history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A relief depicting a row of captives, carved into the Sun Temple at Abu Simbel in Egypt. Richard Maschmeyer/ Design Pics via Getty ...