Mythology

Vasilisa was a beautiful girl but her stepmother and 3 evil step-sisters had different plans for her. Plans that sent her deep into the woods and into the house of the dark witch named Baba Yaga. A witch who liked snacking on wayward travelers, bringing p...

The Griffin is a mythical creature known as a half-eagle, half-lion in various cultures. In legends and folklore, the beast guards the gold of the kings, as well as other priceless possessions. Moved into the far north, this ancient creature watches over...

The “Terror of the Plain,” this emaciated, whistling devil is cursed to wander the South American countryside carrying the bones of his victims. Intimately tied to the cattle ranching history of Latin America, the myth of El Silbón remains an active albei...

Did you know there are two different types of chupacabras? Or that these bloodsucking monsters only starting popping up 25 years ago? Sightings of el chupacabras, the “goatsucker,” began in Puerto Rico in 1994 for a very real reason—the unexplained deaths...

This cannibal monster hunts during the coldest time of the year, traveling with the snow to terrorize humans with its insatiable hunger. Armed with sharp claws and teeth, and capable of running with incredible speed, the windigo, or wendigo, is a lesson...

Grimacing, gaping, grinning, mischievous creatures perched close to Heaven, they invite us, dare us, to raise our gaze.

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Greek Mythology Stories

Imagine being the mother to every single living thing. What would you do if one of your children threatened the safety of the others? Would you kill or imprison your progeny to save the world? Gaia would know. As Greek mythology’s original Mother Earth, w...

From Creation to Ragnarok

Here we take a look at another of the lesser known and under appreciated Goddesses of Greek mythology. Iris the Goddess of the Sky, the Sea and Rainbows.

If you are unlucky enough to summon Bloody Mary, there’s no real standard of what you’ll see. By some accounts, she’s hideously mutilated but in others she is beautiful but bloody—more commonly though—every aspect of her appearance is vague. There’s even...

These headless monsters of Celtic lore are connected to horses, carriages, and graveyards—and they cannot be defeated. Oscar Wilde even called them “the most terrible thing in the world.”

You might not think a crying, screaming ghost is a good thing, but you’d be wrong. The Irish banshee does predict death, but she also serves as a cathartic symbol and has a long history going all the way back to the 8th century.

Some of the most frightening and disturbing creatures ever imagined come from stories told in the British Isles of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. From the Banshee to cries at the arrival of death, to the forever hunted Questing Beast. This program...

Greek Mythology was part of the religion of Ancient Greece. Stories about gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters were an important part of everyday life to explain everything from the weather to seasons, wars, natural disasters, life, and death. The g...