The perseverance of the Irish people in maintaining their language, history and values created a world of oral tradition ...

Those familiar with Harry Potter will have heard of the mythical grindylow, described in the JK Rowling novels as a small, ...

Glasgow’s Riverside Museum has unveiled a fresh exhibit that celebrates the history of South Asian seamen, known as lascars, who sailed British seas and were regular figures around the ...

The story of baseball runs through the United States and Japan. It’s a ribbon threaded through the history of the sport and its greatest players, connecting the two nations for more than 150 years.

Technically, the documentary that aired on Monday night on HBO was Part 2 of a nine-part series. And judging by the first two episodes, the length and depth of the “Celtics City” should be celebrated.

In the annals of Victorian heroism, Florence Nightingale stands as a near-mythic figure: the “Lady with the Lamp,” a beacon of mercy amid the gore of the Crimean War (1853–56). To the Western ...

In Hamilton, George Washington is portrayed as a towering and mythic figure who becomes a father figure for the brash and impetuous Alexander Hamilton. He is revered by the soldiers he commands ...

The Pemon believe tepuis to be sacred, and that Mount Roraima is the stump of a supernatural tree that held all the fruit and vegetables of the world until a mythical figure named Makunaima felled ...

I’m interested in the historical, mythic, female characters ... she’s like this giant, really interesting figure. She represents the landscape, she anoints kings and approves them to rule over the ...

He jokes that he suffered the wrath of the mythical figures as they tried to force the fearless crew to abandon the trek. But eventually, the gods smile on the sailors as they crossed the Equator.