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The Táin Bó Cúailnge, usually translated as The Cattle Raid of Cooley, is the central epic of the Ulster Cycle and one of the most important surviving stories from medieval…
Baldr is one of the most tragic figures in Norse mythology, a son of Odin and Frigg whose death becomes one of the great turning points in the story of…
Aengus Óg is one of the best-known figures in Irish mythology, the son of the Dagda and Boann and a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He is closely associated…
If Athens had lost the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, the immediate consequence would probably have been political crisis at home rather than the conquest of all Greece. The…
The Aesir-Vanir War is one of the earliest major conflicts in Norse mythology, fought between the two groups of gods known as the Aesir and the Vanir. Unlike Ragnarök or…
Nefertiti’s tomb has never been securely identified, and no confirmed discovery has yet revealed where the famous Egyptian queen was buried. Interest in the mystery returned in 2026 after new…
Cú Chulainn is the greatest warrior of the Ulster Cycle and one of the most famous heroes in Irish mythology. Born as Sétanta, he earns the name Cú Chulainn after…
Tyr was one of the major gods of Norse mythology, best known for his courage, his connection with warfare, and the hand he lost while helping bind the wolf Fenrir….
Nuada was one of the major divine figures of the Tuatha Dé Danann in Irish mythology and is best known as their king with the famous Silver Hand. His story…
In the Enūma Eliš, Marduk’s victory over Tiamat does far more than end a divine war. It gives him supreme authority, allows him to reshape the cosmos from Tiamat’s body,…
The Odyssey is one of the most famous stories to survive from ancient Greece, but its plot is often reduced to a simple image: Odysseus wandering from island to island,…
Valhalla is often described as the Viking version of heaven, where every warrior who died bravely in battle was rewarded with an eternal feast. The Norse sources give a more…
The Aos Sí are the supernatural people of Irish tradition, closely associated with ancient mounds, hidden places and the Otherworld. In English they are often called “fairies,” but that word…
Frigg is one of the most important goddesses in Norse mythology and the wife of Odin. She is closely associated with marriage, motherhood and fate, but the surviving sources present…
Manannán mac Lir is one of the most distinctive figures in Irish mythology. Best known as a god of the sea, he also appears in stories of the Otherworld, supernatural…
Sekhmet came closer than almost any other Egyptian deity to destroying humanity. In the myth preserved in the Book of the Heavenly Cow, Ra sends his divine Eye to punish…
Ragnarök is the great catastrophe of Norse mythology, the moment when the old order collapses. A terrible winter grips the world, social bonds break down, Fenrir and Jörmungandr are unleashed,…
The Celtic Otherworld was not a single hidden kingdom with one name or one entrance. Medieval Irish and Welsh literature describes a variety of supernatural realms, some reached across the…