Originating in European folklore, the basilisk is a fearsome monster that can strike its victims dead with just one look. The legend of the basilisk dates back to ancient times and has been ...

Perun is undoubtedly the highest god of the Slavic Pantheon. Worshipped across wide expanses of Slavic Europe and even beyond (as Perkunas he also appears in Baltic mythology), Perun is the reigning ...

(Photo credit: Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, 2018) In Western European folklore, humans could be transformed into swans as a curse, or swans could shape-shift into humans at will, becoming swan maidens.

Western Europe and North America Understand the processes underlying the codification of Old Norse mythology and how the literature was interpreted in Christianity Recognize, recall and distinguish ...