Comic books are often considered to be the mythology of modern times, with the tropes and the archetypes of the superhero landscape entering the public consciousness through a variety of ...

The hulking Hercules is a star of Marvel comics and the eponymous character in an animated Disney movie. But the legend of Hercules is actually thousands of years old. Renamed by the Romans he was ...

Homer's Iliad has a vast cast of characters. Many of these names are less familiar to mainstream audiences than mighty ...

with a team of illustrators and artists who reimagined and brought to life—through their artwork—traditional characters from Bangla mythology. A group of researchers also aided in creating the ...

As many would know, stories based on Greek mythology always include the 12 Olympians in some way, because they are the most well-known characters. The trope has become predictable at this point ...