As the most important aspect of human civilization, fire plays an essential role in many different mythologies around the world. These types of myths and ...

For thousands of years, thunder and lightning were mysterious events, personified as gods to be worshipped or considered the acts of certain angry gods. ...

Every ancient religion has a god of love. The Celtic god Aengus is that for the people of Ireland. He doesn’t shoot people with arrows of love but, instead, ...

Cupid-like deities exist in many mythologies, and they are often portrayed with a bow and arrow. Yet few are as colorful and extravagant as Kamadeva – the ...

Several eastern mythologies have monkey gods but the Hindu Hanuman is arguably the oldest of all of them. A very powerful and highly revered deity, Hanuman ...

Kubera is one of those gods that has made his name known throughout multiple religions. Originally a Hindu deity, Kubera can be found in Buddhism and ...

Veles is one of those ancient Slavic gods that can be found in virtually every Slavic pantheon. From the Kievan Rus to the Balkans and to Central Europe, ...

A lady, a miss, or an outright goddess, Columbia has existed as the literal personification of the United States since before its creation as a country. ...

Slavic mythologies belong to that special category of ancient religions that are not well-known today but are at the same time incredibly influential for ...

Earth deities can be found in any religion and mythology around the world. It’d be a mistake to think that they are all similar, however, as they are as ...