Myths
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Great Children's Books About Vampires and Ghosts
Read about vampire society and "real" haunted houses in these great books for kids about vampires and ghosts. more...
From Stage Play to Young Adult Novel
Laurie Brooks talks about how her fascination with Scottish myths and legends led her to write a play about the selkie seal people -- then adapt the play into a YA novel. more...
Review of Selkie Girl by Laurie Brooks
Award-winning playwright Laurie Brooks crafts an all-new legend of the selkie folk - mythical seal people who transform into humans. more...
Review of The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh
Katherine Marsh reinterprets Greek myths and legends in her haunting story of one boy's journey through New York's ghostly underworld. more...
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By: Erin O'Connor
Marvel's rendition of Thor, the God of Thunder has gone through many changes and artistic revisions. Learn the original myths of Thor and his fellow Gods of Asgard. more...
The lofty themes of Greek tragedy, namely fate and destiny, man and gods, wrongdoing and consequence, originated in the myths. more...
The Ojibway myth laments the tragedy of human wrongdoing but concludes with the hope of a final purging of human sin and divine reconciliation. more...
The Raven – Benefactor or Destroyer?
Throughout their troubled history, the Raven and Crow become synonymous with death and devilry. Yet, for the Haida of British Columbia, such birds become legendary gods. more...
Isis – the Prototype Goddess-Heroine
The Egyptian goddess Isis had an unusual role in Egyptian myth. A protope of the goddess-heroine, she would influence later myths. more...
Ancient Egypt's Influence on the Demeter Myth
Egypt's plethora of spiritual and philosophical discourse captured the Greek imagination. Nowhere is this reflected more passionately than in the myths. more...
By: Joshua Benson
To prevent human immortality, Zeus struck Asclepius down with a thunderbolt. However, in order to appease Apollo, Zeus turned Asclepius into the constellation Ophiuchus. more...
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