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Hannahanna was a mother goddess in Hittite religion whose name means “Grandmother.” Associated with childbirth and fertility, she appears in Anatolian myths as an elder deity whose advice could succeed…
Mursili II was a Hittite king who ruled during the late fourteenth and early thirteenth centuries BCE, when the empire faced widespread rebellion and a prolonged epidemic. The son of…
Suppiluliuma I was the Hittite king who transformed a recovering Anatolian kingdom into one of the most powerful states of the ancient Near East during the fourteenth century BCE. An…
The Voyage of Bran is an early Irish legend about Bran mac Febail, who sails across the sea in search of a mysterious land where sickness, sorrow, and death are…
The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne is an Irish legend from the Fenian Cycle about love, loyalty, and a conflict that divided the warriors of the Fianna. Gráinne, daughter of…
The First Battle of Mag Tuired tells how the Tuatha Dé Danann defeated the Fir Bolg and took control of Ireland in Irish mythology. According to the medieval tale Cath…
Deirdre of the Sorrows is one of the most tragic figures in Irish mythology, known for her relationship with Naoise and the betrayal that led to the deaths of the…
Forseti was the Norse god of justice and reconciliation, remembered for settling disputes and restoring agreement between opposing parties. The son of Baldr and Nanna, he presided over Glitnir, a…
Ullr was a Norse god associated with skiing, archery, and hunting. The son of Sif and stepson of Thor, he was praised for his skill with a bow and his…
Sif was a Norse goddess best known as Thor’s wife and for the golden hair that became her defining feature. In Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda, Loki cuts off her hair,…
Bragi was the Norse god of poetry and eloquence, celebrated for his command of language rather than his strength in battle. In the Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson describes him as…
Toutatis, also known as Teutates, was a Celtic deity whose name derives from a word meaning “people” or “tribe.” He is generally understood as a protector of the community, although…
Taranis was a Celtic god of thunder worshipped in ancient Gaul. His name comes from a Celtic root meaning “thunder,” and Roman-era inscriptions associate related divine names with Jupiter. He…
Fionn mac Cumhaill, also known as Finn McCool, was a legendary Irish warrior, poet, and leader of the Fianna, a band of hunters and fighters celebrated in the Fenian Cycle…
Illuyanka was a powerful serpent that defeated the Storm God in one of the best-known myths of the ancient Hittites. In the first surviving version, the goddess Inara arranges a…
Inara was a Hittite goddess of Hattian origin, associated with wild animals and the protection of Hattusa, the Hittite capital. Identified in Hittite mythology as the daughter of the Storm…
Vidar (Old Norse Víðarr) is the son of Odin and the giantess Gríðr in Norse mythology. Known as the Silent God, he is described by Snorri Sturluson as second only…
In 476 CE, Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus, ending imperial rule by a western emperor in Italy. But the Western Roman Empire had been weakening for decades. It had lost control…
When Telipinu, the Hittite god associated with fertility and agriculture, vanished in anger, crops stopped growing, animals could no longer reproduce, and even the gods faced hunger. His disappearance brought…
Hattusa was the capital of the Hittite kingdom and later empire for much of the second millennium BCE. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale in central Türkiye. In the seventeenth…