mythology

The mother of Athena in the earliest extant Greek tradition is Metis , the Titan goddess of counsel, prudence, and wise counsel. In the Theogony , Metis is both the first wife o...

Merpeople are mythic aquatic beings with a human upper body and a fishlike lower body, commonly called mermaids and mermen. This concept appears across cultures as enduring symb...

Apollo, the far-shooting Greek god of music, prophecy, and healing, married the nymph Coronis in myth. In the earliest stratum of literary sources, their union produces a son, A...