Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Discover Mothman, the famous American cryptid — a large winged humanoid with glowing red eyes that terrorised Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966–67 and
Discover the Jersey Devil, the famous American cryptid of the New Jersey Pine Barrens — a winged, hooved, horse-headed monster born as the cursed
Discover the Skunk Ape, the American cryptid of the southern swamps and Florida Everglades — a large hairy ape-like creature similar to Bigfoot, famous
The myth of Perseus: son of Zeus who beheaded the Gorgon Medusa with a mirror-shield, rescued Andromeda from a sea-monster, and fulfilled the prophecy of
The myth of Theseus: the founder-hero of Athens who cleared the bandit road, slew the Minotaur with Ariadne's thread, and unified Attica — whose forgotten
The myth of Jason: captain of the Argonauts on the quest for the Golden Fleece, saved by the sorceress Medea's love and magic — and ruined when he broke
The myth of Bellerophon: the hero who tamed Pegasus with Athena's bridle and killed the fire-breathing Chimera from the air, then fell to ruin trying to
The myth of Achilles: the near-invulnerable hero of the Iliad with his one fatal heel, who chose glory over long life, slew Hector to avenge Patroclus,
The myth of Odysseus (Ulysses): the cleverest Greek who devised the Trojan Horse and endured a ten-year journey home past the Cyclops, Circe, the Sirens
The myth of Orpheus: the greatest musician of Greek legend whose songs charmed all creation, who descended to the underworld to win back his wife Eurydice
