An Opera Theatre Proves That Librettos Can Be a Total Drag The word “diva” is Latin for “goddess.” Back when that dead ...

While his children, Freyr and Freya, are quite well known, Njord will be an obscure name to most who play Age of Mythology: ...

Two vaulted tombs with rare Greek drawings dating back at least 1,700 years are soon to be revealed to the public in Israel.

Two vaulted tombs dating back at least 1,700 years are soon to be revealed to the public for the first time in Ashkelon, ...

Flora is the Roman goddess of flowers and spring ... Best known as the name of the mythological Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, Persephone may derive Sanskrit and mean "thresher ...

Nepal’s monthslong festival season has begun with tens of thousands of devotees pulling a wooden chariot with a young girl ...

Goldblum is a brilliant Zeus, but the standout performances are the three mortal characters who push, pull, drag and cajole ...

In Charlie Covell's Greek mythology-based series, Prometheus gives you a one-liner introduction to each figure and location, but the show's not Greek Mythology 101 by any means — there's ...

Hey Parents! If you have a mythology aficionado in the house or want your kids to discover Greek mythology, check out Nat Geo Kids Greeking Out! It’s a podcast for the whole family that retells ...

Every city in Greece had a 'patron' god or goddess. People believed patron gods protected them from harm. A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena. The Greeks thought the gods lived ...

A smile dimples her cheeks when I ask her what she’ll do if, later today, she’s chosen to be a kumari, or living goddess, a role that will bring people to their knees before her.

We meet Homer, famous writer of Ancient Greece, who introduces us to the Olympians - twelve of the most important gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece - and also Ancient Greek beliefs about the ...