The Wizard Gandalf from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was inspired by Merlin from Arthurian legend and Odin from ...

A rumor has spread online for years that Vikings believed a goat whose udders produced an endless supply of beer awaited them ...

Loki, god of mischief, has kidnapped Dr. Bruce Banner and brought him to Asgard with the help of Amora, once Thor's lover, now the supervillain known as the Enchantress. Loki makes Banner angry ...

While all your favorite gods and Goddesses will eventually be ported over from the original game, it’ll take some time. For now, we’ll tell you who is already available. A major patch in SMITE ...

Aphrodite, the goddess of Love in Greek mythology, was furious that a mortal woman was the subject of the admiration of so many men. The jealous goddess asked her son, the young master of love, Eros, ...

Maha Kumbh Mela Mythology, History, Astrology: It is cold in Prayagraj, foggy with a chance of rain. Yet, on Monday (January 13), tens of thousands are expected to arrive in the city, to camp on the ...

As Viking expert Dr Eleanor Barraclough explained on the HistoryExtra podcast, these dates do not tell the whole story. Norse activity in Europe started sooner than AD 793 and continued well after the ...

According to Hamilton, he shows up more often in Greek mythology than any other god. As goddess of the harvest, Demeter’s story provided the Greeks with an explanation for why we have seasons. When ...

In fantasy manhwa, gods are often used for world-building or conflict, with many depicted as unseen influencers. Gods can be integral parts of the plot in some manhwa, interacting directly as ...

But while the Norse saw Greenland as their distant outpost, it was never really theirs to keep. By the 15th century, as the Viking Age had faded, Norse settlements on the island had vanished, ...

"We know about Norse identity, about Celtic identity, we know Greek mythology, but what about the Slavic one?" she asks, "This is the time, this is the moment when this Slavic identity, it really ...