(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.

(For the Slavic Myth of Creation, go here.) 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 ...

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 ...

This online mythology course is an introduction to the religion of the Vikings as it is recorded in Old Norse and Scandinavian literature from the medieval period. You will learn about the different ...

"Slavic mythology, compared to other mythologies from Europe, it's still so mysterious, there's so little known about it, so little has been recorded that there's some incredible mystery in it.