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Myths in the Movies: Excalibur (1981)
Boorman borrows the medieval idea that a king is a weather system, then rewires the Grail into a cinematic switch you can flip, trading theology for…
Myth of the Day: Zhu Bajie
Zhu Bajie is a fallen celestial marshal from Chinese mythology who was reborn as a pig-man and became a disciple in Journey to the West.
Myth of the Day: Wild Man (Geilt)
The Wild Man or geilt is a Celtic mythological archetype of a king or bard driven mad by battle who gains prophecy in the wilderness.
Night Contracts: Adze and Asanbosam
Vampires as boundary law at the forest edge
Myth of the Day: Loveland Frogman
The Loveland Frogman is a bipedal, frog-like cryptid reportedly sighted near the Little Miami River in Loveland, Ohio, since 1955.
Myth of the Day: Oshosi
Oshosi is the orisha of hunting and justice in Brazilian Candomblé, a divine archer of Yoruba origin whose arrow never misses.
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Myth of the Day: Panes
The Panes were goat-legged nature spirits of Greek mythology, offspring of Pan, who guarded highland flocks and fought in Dionysos' war against the…
Who Comes for You When You Die: The Guides Between Worlds (Part 1)
Every culture invented someone to meet you at death — jackal, ferryman, winged goddess, shield-maiden, hound. Here's who does death's administrative…
Myth of the Day: Wa-won-dee-a-megw
Wa-won-dee-a-megw is a shapeshifting horned snail spirit from Abenaki mythology that can become a serpent, alligator, or scaled humanoid.
Myth of the Day: Tsuchigumo
Tsuchigumo is a giant shapeshifting spider yōkai from Japanese folklore, born from centuries of political demonization and immortalized in the legends…
Myth of the Day: Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary single-horned beast appearing across Greek, Persian, Chinese, and medieval European mythology as a symbol of purity and…
Mythology: Gods and Monsters
Mythology: Gods and Monsters
A new myth every day, from every culture that ever told one. Gods, monsters, heroes, and the weird cosmic machinery behind them.
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