Every city in Greece had a 'patron' god or goddess. People believed patron gods protected them from harm. A Greek coin showing Pegasus and the goddess, Athena. The Greeks thought the gods lived ...

and moral values by passing down mythological tales of powerful yet fallible Greek gods and goddesses. Some of these figures — Adonis, Orion, Athena — have lived on not only through stories ...

In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled the gods of Greek mythology. Although they kept Latin names and images ...

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The Aztec civilization may have peaked more than 500 years ago, but all the Aztec gods and goddesses remain culturally ...

The play “Cracking Zeus” brings a mythical take on a drug-ravaged neighborhood.

As a scholar of South Asian religions, I know that stories found in the “Puranas,” religious texts likely composed between the second and 10th centuries, describe why gods and goddesses favor ...

In India where light skin is coveted, a new campaign is re-imagining popular Hindu gods and goddesses with a darker skin, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi. The desire for fairer skin is not ...

Khorne, the god of war in Warhammer 40K ... This psychic manifestation recently emerged as the Goddess T’au’va. She is the embodiment of the Greater Good and has begun to appear before ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Nadja Sayej writes about fashion, wellness, beauty and culture. Fashion has always been obsessed with mythology. Whether it’s Medusa on ...

Hera, the mother of gods and goddesses, is still the termagant matriarch ... And if you are weaned on Greek mythology, by way of Homer and Edith Hamilton (remember the book for required reading ...