Mythology

Mythology of Skoll and Hati Skoll (pronounced "SKOHL"; or Sköll in Old Norse, meaning "One Who Mocks") and Hati (pronounced HAHTEE; or Hati in Old [...]

The Japanese Lucky Cat is known in Japan as the Maneki Neko, which translates to 'The Beckoning Cat'. According to Japanese folklore, and as the [...]

Niflheim is pronounced "Nif-el-hame" and relates to the Norse word Niflheimr, which translates to "World of Mist". The word refers to one of the nine [...]

Thanks to movies like Thor many people are becoming better acquainted with Thor, Loki, and Odin, but there’s a whole world of Norse mythology that [...]

This folktale involves eighty-one princes and a hare. It can be found in the oldest surviving chronicle of Japan, the Kojiki, which dates from the early-8th [...]

Author: Zitkala-Sa Published: 1901 Publisher: Ginn and Company, Boston, London A man in buckskins sat upon the top of a little hillock. The setting sun [...]

Author: Sanni Metelerkamp Published: 1914 Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London “One day in the early morning, before any people were awake, [...]

Author: Rev. J. Macgowan, D.D. Editor: Andrew Lang Published: 1910 One day in the early dawn, a distinguished mandarin was leaving the temple of the [...]

The Kappa, otherwise known as the kawatarō, komahiki, or kawako is one of the yōkai (demons) of Japanese mythology. Silly enough, they would probably be [...]