From all over the world, the water gods are gathering. They’re attending the very important Water Conference (which might actually just be a pool party). For a few hours, they’ll discuss their legends, family ties, and the violent sea storms they often lord over. Since they can’t float in the pool and pour a piña …
Japan. The land of the samurai and one of the very few countries on earth that have never been colonized. This also means that their religious traditions are purely a product of the country itself. It explains why the country has a rich and distinct tradition of Japanese gods. Or, as the people of Japan …
This topic is not the choice entertainment of most people — after all, sitting between reapers and other grim sorties is nerve-wracking. But your TV guide reads like a dull sermon and you have guts of steel. While out walking, you notice a skeleton guy wearing a sandwich board outside a fancy hall; you read …
The ancient gods and goddesses of Celtic mythology remain unknown variables to the world today. Unlike the Greek gods, Roman gods, or Egyptian gods, we know very little about them. Who was their common forefather? What was the name of their mother goddess? What realms and domains did the Celts assign to these gods? Celtic …
Far away on Mount Olympus lives the… Well, the Olympians — the twelve most important Greek deities. In ancient Greece, the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses and the rest of their family were an important part of daily Greek culture. Each god and goddess ruled certain realms and also played their part in mythology; fascinating …
Norse mythology is full of supernatural beings. There are elves, dwarves, giants, and gods. Traditionally, myths and legends were relayed through oral tradition. Such myths were first recorded in the 13th-century Poetic Edda and translated into prose by Snorri Sturluson in his Prose Edda. Since written records were sometime after the Christianization of Scandinavia and …