The neat labels of Greek text that accompany and identify many of the characters on the vase...
Mythology
What we know about this figure discovered in Neferibresaneith’s tomb. What’s an Ushtabi? Ushabtis are figurines that...
The term is often used in a generic sense to refer to any end of the world...
The earliest account of demon sex in Jewish and Christian traditions comes from the Book of Genesis....
In its broadest academic sense, the word “myth” simply means a traditional story. However, many restrict the...
Exploring believed what and the effect literal belief in myths had on given social orders. Introduction Anthropologists...
The name of the new god in ordinary everyday parlance was pa Aton, “the Aton.” By Dr....
Goddesses have traditionally protected against sickness and cured the ill, according to Hindu belief. But there’s a...
Achilles was too proud and bad-tempered for his own good, and his reckless rage would cost both...
Ships known as Barques of the Gods are associated with a number of different Egyptian deities. Introduction...
Gilgamesh was a brutal tyrant who foolishly tried to defeat death. The Epic of Gilgamesh has been read in...
Yggdrasil stands at the absolute center of the Norse cosmos. This article, Yggdrasil: The Sacred Ash Tree...
The most famous tale of Eris recounts her initiating the Trojan War by causing the Judgement of...
If you dig deep enough, you can find some truth to legends and creation stories. Introduction Myths...
Mesopotamian myths appear to have had a more practical purpose and were used to cure and prevent...
Meet one of the greatest of all the characters in ancient Greek drama. Elektra’s Story To understand...
A 2,700-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Iraq depicts the demon that the ancient Assyrians thought caused epilepsy....
It contains so many incredible violations of the laws of nature that it cannot possibly be accepted...
Introduction The mythology of any civilization reflects its core values, greatest fears, and highest hopes and so...
Analyzing how historical, legendary, and mythological elements are woven through the text of Beowulf? Originally published by...
The tale begins after Ra had created the world and was king of the gods and humanity....
The devil, once a part of the sacred truth, could now be seen as a fragment of...
Tablet with Instructions for the Deceased in the Underworld, 350–300 B.C., Greek. Gold, 7/8 × 1 7/16...
Head of Janus, Vatican museum, Rome / Photo by Loudon dodd, Wikimedia Commons Sage advice from the ancients...
Detail from The Temple of Janus by Peter Paul Rubens. Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons On January 1, we...
Illustration of the ancient palace of Malkata The grandeur that early European explorers had come to expect in...
Passing lion, brick panel from the Procession Way which ran from the Marduk temple to the Ishtar...
/ An Aztec ceremonial knife with a cedarwood handle and flint blade. The figure of the handle is covered...
Fragment of an inscripted clay cone of Urukagina (or Uruinimgina), lugal (prince) of Lagash. The inscription reads: “He [Uruinimgina] dug...
The Tauroctony / Photo by CristianChirita, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Wikimedia Commons The Roman deity Mithras appears in the historical record in the...