Mythology

The Greeks believed in many gods: more than 3,000 appear in the ancient sources. The most important were the 12 Olympian deities and primordial gods.

The Norse goddess Idunn represented eternal youth, and she kept the gods young with golden apples. But was she even really a goddess?

Balder was the son of Odin and a true prince of Asgard. But the most important thing the god seems to have done — is die.

Nine stories from Greek mythology about the Olympian goddess Demeter, the Lady of the Golden Sword and the goddess of agriculture.

The Eye of Horus—not to be confused with the Eye of Ra—was a powerful symbol of royal protection and kingship in ancient Egypt.

In Roman polytheism, one god stands out as uniquely Roman with a unique place in the hierarchy of gods: Janus.

For his ninth labor, Eurystheus ordered Heracles to obtain a magical girdle from Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons.

Anubis was the ancient Egyptian god of mummification and guided souls as they transitioned from the world of the living to the underworld.