Set: The Egyptian God of Chaos Who Murdered His Brother, Defends the Sun Every Night, and Has an Animal Nobody Can Identify
Set is the villain of Egyptian mythology. He murdered his brother Osiris, dismembered the body and scattered it across Egypt,
Horus: The Falcon God Whose Left Eye Is the Moon and Whose Face Has Been on Every Pharaoh in Egyptian History
For nearly three thousand years of Egyptian history, every pharaoh who took the throne took on the identity of Horus.
Ra: The Egyptian Sun God Who Dies Every Night and Has to Fight His Way Back to Dawn
Ra does not simply move across the sky. Every morning he is born. Every noon he reaches the fullness of
Osiris: The Murdered King Who Became the Judge of the Dead and Why His Story Is the Foundation of Everything in Egyptian Mythology
The Osiris myth is the most important story in Egyptian mythology. Not because it is the most dramatic, though it
The Real Norse Mythology Behind God of War: What the Games Got Right, What They Changed, and What the Eddas Actually Say
God of War 2018 and God of War Ragnarök are two of the most successful video games ever made, and
Sköll and Hati: The Wolves Who Chase the Sun and Moon and Why They Have Not Caught Them Yet
The sun and moon move across the Norse sky because they are being chased. Sol, the sun goddess, drives her
Fimbulwinter: The Three Winters That End the World and the Real Climate Catastrophe That May Have Inspired Them
Ragnarök does not begin with a battle. It begins with a winter. Fimbulwinter, from the Old Norse fimbulvetr meaning the
Brokkr and Eitri: The Dwarves Who Forged Mjolnir, Won a Bet Against Loki, and Settled for Sewing His Mouth Shut
The most powerful weapon in the Norse cosmos exists because Loki cut off a goddess’s hair for no particular reason.
Mímir: The Wisest Being in Norse Mythology Who Was Beheaded Because His Colleague Was Useless
Mímir was the wisest being in the Norse cosmos. He was the guardian of the well beneath Yggdrasil that contained
The Aesir-Vanir War: The Conflict That Shaped the Norse Pantheon and Created All Poetry From Combined Spittle
The Norse gods as most people know them are a single community: Odin, Thor, Frigg, Freyr, Freyja, Njörðr, all living