The Odyssey is set in a world of Gods and monsters. Learn about the mythical figures and creatures who threaten and tempt Odysseus on his journey home.

The highly-anticipated Christopher Nolan film hit theaters on July 17 and has reintroduced Homer's ancient Greek epic to the masses. The movie stars Matt Damon as King Odysseus as he embarks on a ...

From Polyphemus the Cyclops to Calypso the nymph, here are the mythological creatures that define Odysseus' journey in ...

Dive into the world of the 25 craziest mythical creatures ever conceived! From dog-handed beasts to skeletal whales, explore ...

A mythical Pennsylvania creature will be celebrated at a festival Saturday in. Squonkapalooza will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Bottle Works, 411 Third Ave. in the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ever since we started telling stories, mythical creatures have fascinated and terrified humans with their ...

Mythology is full of weird and wonderful creatures. From dragons causing havoc to mermaids luring mariners, and everything in between, stories of mythical creatures prevail to this day. But where do t ...

When the animal kingdom met the artistic imagination, the result was a whole zoo full of fantastical creatures from dragons to unicorns, phoenixes to sphinxes. These strange mythological beasts haven ...

The gryphon, or griffin, is a legendary creature dating back to classical antiquity, sporting the body, legs, and tail of a lion and the wings, head, and front talons of an eagle. Since the 1980s, a ...

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Smartphone users may soon see new gender-neutral figures, a citrus fruit and a mythical creature in their emoji list. Unicode, the nonprofit behind emoji creations, drafted “four new gender-neutral ...