Ever wished you could visit the locations of your favourite ancient myths and legends, or even modern works of fiction? From the mystery of the lost city of Atlantis and the enigma of the Bermuda ...

It's a good time to be a mythology nerd. The Norse gods Thor and Loki are major Hollywood hunks, Neil Gaiman's American Gods is coming to television, and it seems like it's far more socially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For as long as we’ve told stories, we’ve mixed fact with fiction: cities swallowed by the sea, warrior women, forgotten ...

To help understand the world around them, ancient peoples often used sacred tales or fables to explain the numerous aspects of what is known as the human condition. Today, we know these tales and ...

Preserved in the margins of ancient literary works are notes that reveal how the Greeks strove to map mythical places onto ...

Throughout history, people have come up with myths and legends to explain the world around them. Most stay exactly that: fascinating stories that are untrue, exaggerated, or only loosely based on ...

Editor Ailbhe Malone introduces her new anthology Banshee, which sees a formidable line-up of acclaimed female writers (amongst them Naoise Dolan, Megan Nolan, Wendy Erskine and Sarah Maria Griffin) ...

In this image from the Xbox PlayStation 2 game "Dawn of Mana," provided by publisher Square Enix, the character Keldy heaves a block at an enemy. (AP Photo/Square Enix) When future archeologists look ...