And that love can continue through the teen years. There's more than just Greek and Roman mythology, too. The fantastic (in every sense of the word) books on this list draw from Indian, Norse, ...

These names offer a window into Japanese folklore's spiritual and mysterious aspects, where darkness is feared and embraced as part of the natural cycle of life and the afterlife. Tuko.co.ke has ...

In the classic Parthenope myth, the siren whose voice brought sailors to their doom throws herself into the sea after Ulysses successfully resists her temptation. Her body is discovered on the ...

Or you might buy a cooking pot that screamed when you put it on the fire and revealed itself to be a tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog), badly burnt and probably dead. (Tanuki are rather inept shape ...

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Other divinities in Greek mythology often associated with them include Hades, Hekate, and Hestia. Zeus of Otricoli Ancient Roman copy of Hellenistic Original. credit: Wikimedia commons/Public domain.

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Alternatively, Japanese mythology developed independently of western mythology. The gods, figures, creatures, characters, and meanings are all unique to those that westerners are used to. The books ...

Japanese mythology is full of amazing stories and characters — from the gods that rule over nature to the monsters that dwell in the depths of hell. You probably read bedtime stories about these ...

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Based on a myth first told in Greece over 2,500 years ago, Hadestown is a modern retelling of the story of lovers Orpheus and Eurydice. In ancient Greece, Orpheus was considered the greatest of ...