Osiris, god of the dead and resurrection in ancient Egypt
Osiris, Egyptian god of the dead: Seth's murder, Isis's reassembly of his body, resurrection as the first mummy, and judging souls in the Hall of Two Truths.
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Ra, the Egyptian sun god: creator, solar cycle and Amun-Ra
Ra, the Egyptian sun god: creator deity, nightly journey through the Duat battling Apophis, syncretisms (Amun-Ra, Ra-Horakhty), and cult at Heliopolis.
Dionysus, god of wine and theater in Greek mythology
Dionysus, Greek god of wine, ecstasy, and theater: double birth, mystery cult, thyrsus and panther. The last of the Olympians.
Hephaestus, divine craftsman in Greek mythology
Hephaestus, Greek god of fire and the forge: painful birth, fall from Olympus, divine masterworks, and his role in the creation of Pandora.
Zeus, king of the gods in Greek mythology
Zeus, king of Olympus: attributes, genealogy, key myths, etymology of his name and ancient cult across the Greek world.
Achilles, hero of the Trojan War in Greek mythology
Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis: near-invulnerability, the quarrel with Agamemnon, the death of Patroclus and the fatal heel. Central figure of the Iliad.
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Eastern Mediterranean, the ancient Greek world
Greek mythology: gods, heroes, monsters and the great myths
A guide to Greek mythology: Titans and Olympians, heroes and monsters, the Trojan and Theban cycles, the Underworld, and the ancient sources from Homer to Ovid.
Northeast Africa — Nile Valley
Egyptian mythology: gods, myths and civilization of the Nile
A complete guide to Egyptian mythology: pantheon overview, cosmogony, Osirian cycle, major myths, ancient sources and religious traditions of ancient Egypt.
Scandinavia, Iceland, Germanic Northern Europe
Norse mythology: gods, myths, and the cosmos of the Norse
A complete guide to Norse mythology: the Asgardian pantheon, Odin, Thor, Loki, the Nine Worlds of Yggdrasil, Ragnarök, and the key sources of the Eddas.
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Greek mythology: gods, heroes, monsters and the great myths
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Europa, the Phoenician princess carried off by Zeus as a bull
Europa in Greek mythology: Zeus' white bull, the swim to Crete, her sons Minos and Rhadamanthys, the brothers who searched for her, and the continent named after her.
Heroes & mortals
Hippolytus, son of Theseus and devotee of Artemis
Hippolytus, son of Theseus and devotee of Artemis: Phaedra's false accusation, Poseidon's bull, his cult at Troezen and his revival in a later tradition.
Heroes & mortals
Phaedra, daughter of Minos and wife of Theseus
Phaedra, daughter of Minos and wife of Theseus: her love for her stepson Hippolytus, the false accusation, her death, and her afterlife from Euripides to Racine.