The Wizard Gandalf from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was inspired by Merlin from Arthurian legend and Odin from ...

Kelpies are shapeshifting water spirits from Scottish mythology that can take the form of both a horse and a human ... fights ...

Birds and Their Spiritual Meaning Birds bring freedom, hope, and new beginnings. Many see them as a spiritual guide, offering messages from the divine. Some believe they connect to passed loved ones, ...

The 12 who made it in order of appearance are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat ... Slithering into the heart of mythology, religion and folklore worldwide, snakes have ...

"If someone told me that my birthday was wrong and I was actually born in 1966, the Year of the Horse, I would not be ... a female snake spirit who in Chinese mythology risked everything to ...

A chamber of commerce for Xinjiang-native businessmen who live in Xiantao said it will select another white horse and send it to Yilibai as a gift. The grieving owner is from the Xinjiang Uygur ...

Celtic mythology is comprised of legends and lore ... His Tudor heritage is represented via the flag’s green and white background, which are the Tudor livery colors. Leprechauns are best-known ...

(Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America East) Dark Horse Comics have announced ... including American Gods and Norse Mythology. Earlier this month, further details ...

As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly discovered powers he can't control, a destiny he doesn't want, and a mythology textbook's worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus's ...

When it comes to one particular recent knife release, a helluva lot. In Norse mythology, Fenrir is a son of Loki. He also happens to be a monstrous wolf who helps set the world on fire during ...

Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker’s art editor, presents a seminar on how the magazine’s famous covers are crafted each week, joined by the cover artists Sarula Bao and Adrian Tomine.