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Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.

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Greek Mythology

Laestrygonians

The myth of the Laestrygonians: a race of giant man-eating cannibals ruled by King Antiphates who destroyed eleven of Odysseus' ships in their

Jul 6, 202613 min read

Greek Mythology

Onocentaur

The myth of the Onocentaur: a hybrid with the upper body of a man and the body of a donkey, the asinine cousin of the horse-centaur, moralised in the

Jul 6, 20269 min read

Greek Mythology

Stymphalian Birds

The myth of the Stymphalian Birds: a flock of monstrous man-eating birds with bronze beaks and dart-like feathers infesting Lake Stymphalia, the sixth

Jul 6, 20267 min read

Hindu Mythology

Naga

The myth of the Naga: the divine serpent-beings of Hindu and wider Indian myth, semi-divine half-human half-serpent beings of immense power, beauty and

Jul 6, 20268 min read

Greek Mythology

Stheno

The myth of Stheno: the eldest, immortal Gorgon sister of Medusa, said to be the deadliest of the three, who pursued Perseus after he slew the only mortal

Jul 5, 20267 min read

Greek Mythology

The Graeae

The myth of the Graeae: the three grey-haired witch-sisters of the Gorgons who shared a single eye and tooth, robbed by Perseus at the moment of exchange

Jul 5, 20267 min read

Greek Mythology

Campe

The myth of Campe: the monstrous composite she-dragon Cronus set to guard the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handers in Tartarus, slain by Zeus to free the allies

Jul 5, 202610 min read

Greek Mythology

Amphisbaena

The myth of the Amphisbaena: the venomous serpent with a head at each end, born of Medusa's blood, that moves in either direction and can never be

Jul 5, 202613 min read

Greek Mythology

Catoblepas

The myth of the Catoblepas: the heavy African beast whose head was too heavy to lift — fortunate, since its downward gaze and poisonous breath killed any

Jul 5, 20268 min read

Greek Mythology

Hippocampus

The myth of the Hippocampus: the "sea-horse" with a horse's forequarters and a fish's tail that drew the chariots of Poseidon and the sea-gods — namesake

Jul 5, 20268 min read