Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The myth of Shu: the Egyptian god of the air, wind and light, the firstborn of the creator Atum and the breath of life, who holds apart the sky-goddess
The myth of Tefnut: the Egyptian goddess of moisture, rain and dew, the lioness-headed twin sister and consort of Shu the air, one of the first two beings
The myth of Gullinkambi: the golden rooster of Valhalla, the cockerel with a comb of gold whose crowing will wake the slain heroes and the gods on the
The myth of the Hafgufa: the greatest sea-monster of Norse legend, a creature so vast that sailors mistook it for an island, which lured fish into its
The myth of the Kraken: the legendary colossal sea-monster of Norse and Scandinavian lore, a vast many-armed beast of the deep ocean off Norway and
The myth of the Lyngbakr ("heather-back"): a monstrous Norse sea-creature, a whale-like beast so vast that its back, overgrown with heather, was mistaken
The myth of the Troll: an enduring creature of Norse and Scandinavian folklore, a being of the wild mountains, forests and caves, often huge, ugly and
The myth of Horus: the falcon-headed god of kingship, the sky and vengeance in ancient Egypt, the son of Osiris and Isis who avenged his murdered father
The myth of Set: the Egyptian god of chaos, the desert, storms and disorder, the murderer of his brother Osiris and adversary of Horus, yet also the
The myth of Alviss ("All-Wise"): the immensely learned dwarf who came to claim Thor's daughter as his bride, only to be outwitted by Thor, who kept him
