It would appear in later works such as the Atrahasis, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and – most...
Mythology
Hathor was a multifaceted goddess, appealed to for a wide variety of needs, who provided many of...
The author of Enuma Elish drew on the earlier Sumerian goddesses, Nammu and Inanna, to create the...
Yggdrasil stands at the absolute center of the Norse cosmos. This article, Yggdrasil: The Sacred Ash Tree...
Examining nine different civilizations that practiced ritual human sacrifice. Originally published by ESRI, republished with embed permission...
Thirty of the Achaeans’ best warriors hid in the Trojan horse’s womb and two spies in its...
The most famous tale of Eris recounts her initiating the Trojan War by causing the Judgement of...
One of the earliest creatures to appear in the tales and legends of ancient China, the dragon...
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...
Looking at the treatment of myth in ancient Greece may help us navigate what is true, and...
Meet one of the greatest of all the characters in ancient Greek drama. Elektra’s Story To understand...
The lure of Aphrodite still resonates in Western popular culture today. Introduction Aphrodite is the ancient Greek...
Erotic spells were a popular form of magic in ancient Greece and Rome. Ancient spells were often...
According to folklore, such tiny, hairy people as her once roamed the tropical forests alongside modern humans....
Is this statue at the Vatican actually the ancient sculpture mentioned by Pliny, or rather a clever...
It is often referenced as a Zoroastrian heresy because it departed significantly from central Zoroastrian beliefs. Introduction...
Ancient Persia had the same interest in what happens after death as any culture in the present...
The ancient Persian religious tradition was passed down orally, and the only written texts relating to it...
The blood moon myths are many and varied, but, at the end of the day, it’s just...
A 2,700-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Iraq depicts the demon that the ancient Assyrians thought caused epilepsy....
Hepatic regeneration was well known to ancient Greeks, and this natural ability was established in the tales...
It contains so many incredible violations of the laws of nature that it cannot possibly be accepted...
Written down in the mid-17th century BCE, the Atrahasis can be dated to the reign of the...
How the early Persians worshipped their gods is unknown except that it involved fire and outdoor altars....
Introduction The mythology of any civilization reflects its core values, greatest fears, and highest hopes and so...
Hesiod (c. 700 BCE), writing in his Theogony, tells us that the Cyclopes were the children of...
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Asclepius was the ancient Greek god of medicine and he was also credited...
These women were mythologized as the “mad women” who were nurses of Dionysus in Nysa. Introduction In...
In mythology, the Amazons were daughters of Ares, the god of war. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction In...