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Ninhursag (also Ninhursaga) is the Sumerian Mother Goddess and one of the oldest and most important in the Mesopotamian Pantheon. She is known as the Mother of the Gods and Mother of Men for her part in creating both divine and mortal entities...

The celebration of Juneteenth – originally known as "Freedom Day" – began on 1 January 1866 in Texas and, since then, a number of myths have grown up around the event it commemorates: the issuance of General Order No. 3 in Galveston Texas...

Pandora and her jar or box a well-known figure from Greek myth, is known from the ancient literature as the first mortal woman who was crafted out of clay by the gods. The name Pandora can mean all- giving or the giver of all but also all-gifted...

Theseus was the legendary hero-king of Athens who had both mortal and divine lineage as the son of the mortal Aethra of Troezen, and either the god of the sea, Poseidon, or Aegeus the king of Athens. Theseus grew up in Troezen in the northeast...

Midas, the mythological king of Phrygia in Asia Minor or Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) was the son of Gordias, and in some accounts, Cybele, the Phrygian Mother Goddess. He is best known from the myth where he is given the gift of turning...

Dive into the Norse myth of how Loki tricked a stranger into building the great wall of Asgard to keep the realm safe from giants. — Asgard, a realm of wonders, was where the Norse Gods made their home. There Odin's great hall of Valhalla...

Dive into the Irish myth of Táin Bò Cuailnge, where Queen Meadhbh of Connaught seeks to capture the fabled brown bull of Ulster. Cú Chulainn, hero of Ulster, stood at the ford at Cooley, ready to face an entire army single handedly— all...

Dig into the Egyptian myth of Osiris, trapped by his brother, the warrior god Set, in a coffin and tossed into the Nile to die. — Long jealous of his older brother Osiris, the god who ruled all of Egypt, the warrior god Set plotted...

Dive into the world of Chinese folk tales with the myth of the white snake, a story of the demon Bai Su Zhen and her love, Xu Xian. (Part One of the myth of the white snake). — The talented herbalist Xu Xian had just started his own...

Dive into the Egyptian myth of Isis, a powerful goddess protecting her son from her murderous brother with the help of seven scorpions. — A woman in rags emerged from a swamp flanked by seven giant scorpions and approached a magnificent...