Mythos

"For fifty years she rocked that babe / It's said she rocks him still / A mother of a changeling child from 'neath the fairy hill" ― H. Dale

We take a look at the different iterations of 'The Little Mermaid' and the influence folklore played in Hans Christian Andersen's writing.

Each country has their mythical monsters, and this week we take a look at some of the terrifying creatures from Japanese legend.

"Kelpies eat people. They may not play with their food as creatively as the Each Uisge, but dead is dead.” ― E.J. Stevens

We take a look at Kristen O'Neal's 'Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illness' and explore the link between lycanthropy and illness.

Dying and then living again, the Phoenix is an important symbol of rebirth and renewal that remains popular in cultures around the world .

"They say monsters can be beautiful too, and if that is the case then truly there was none more monstrous than he."

This week, we take a look at Disney's 'You're Welcome' and its introduction to one of Polynesia's biggest heroes - Maui.

This week we taking a look at some of the different fairies, spirits and gods thought to have protected households around the world.

"Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his." ― W. H. Auden

This week we take a look into the shapeshifting women of European mythology with Sharon Blackie's novel, Foxfire, Wolfskin.

Loki the Trickster is one of the more famous deities in the Norse Pantheon, we take a look at the myths and history of this iconic figure.

"Fashion a man equal to Gilgamesh An untamed man to tame the tyrant An untaught man to teach him secrets." ― Jenny Lewis

Telling the story of three sisters, stolen to fairyland, Black draws on myths of evil fairies and the ways that people protected themselves.

For centuries, tales of the Kraken have been frighten sailors. But where did these myths come from? And is there any truth to the myth?

"You carry both lightning and thunder / in that space between your bones and soul. / Become the storm you are hiding from" ― Nikita Gill

It may have made $449.3 million at the Box Office, gaining positive reviews, but how similar was the third Thor movie to myths of Ragnarök?

Trickster gods are key figures in mythology and appear in myths around the globe. We take a look at a few such gods, from African myth.

"Sirens lurk in the dark depths of the pupils as they lurk at the bottom of the sea, that I know for sure" – Jean Lorrain

Mira Grant's 2017 horror novel sees a crew of scientists travelling to the Mariana Trench, where killer mermaids lurk beneath the waves.