One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

Flintica is a fantasy artist and creature designer on a mission to mystify nature, inspire dreaming, and raise awareness of ecological and social topics. “We are nature and art is what makes us so ...

British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

Given that the newsfeed these days reads like Yuval Noah Harari on a psychedelic trip, it’s understandable that a brilliant ...

The Spanish word for Easter is Pascua. In Italian, it’s Pasqua. French speakers have Pâques. All of these words derive from pascha —both Latin and Greek for Passover, the Jewish festival during which ...

Women demanding functional, capacious pockets in their garments is not a new phenomenon — but one stretching back hundreds of ...

Scholastic UK has acquired the rights to two books from Bethany Walker, with illustrators Katie Abey and Sophie Kent.

They came into conflict with the Assyrians, the Phrygians, and the Lydians, among others. Within Greek mythology, they make an intriguing appearance in a very unexpected location, which has caused ...

It is said that those who read live many lives, but those who immerse themselves in Namita Gokhale’s short story anthology Life on Mars may find that they have traversed entire worlds — worlds where ...

By Sam Thielman When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site ... $35), a retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus, in the mail for years now. The artist Anders Nilsen ...

Absolute Superman #5 closed out the series’ first arc with the destruction of Krypton, though those pale in comparison to the loss of Ka’s parents and support system. The reason that loss is ...