Articles
Building a Pantheon for a Fantasy World: A Mythologist's Tips
How real-world mythologies become the foundation of a convincing fictional pantheon — archetypes, domains, and how power gets distributed among gods.
Using Mythological Creatures in Games
A practical guide for game designers: how to adapt mythological creatures like Baba Yaga without reducing them to a hollow set of clichés.
Norse Mythology in Film and Games
Odin, Thor and Loki have long since stopped being just characters from the sagas — today they are heroes of blockbusters and video games. We look at what pop culture keeps from the myths, and what it invents.
How Greek Myths Shaped Modern Literature
From Homer to modern young adult bestsellers — why stories about Zeus and Perseus keep inspiring writers thousands of years later.
The Underworld Across World Mythologies
From the Greek Hades to the Egyptian Duat — how different cultures imagined the afterlife, who guarded its gates, and what awaited the soul of the dead.
Thunder Gods Across Cultures: Zeus, Perun and Thor
Almost every culture had its own thunder god. We compare the Greek Zeus, the Slavic Perun, and the Norse Thor — and explain why storm gods so often end up ruling the whole pantheon.