Ancient Religions & Mythologies

An immersive and mesmerizing narrative that reimagines the Mesopotamian myth of the Great FloodA long time ago, the gods grew tired of humans and d...

Hailed as a feast (Washington Post) and a modern-day bestiary (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptua...

This volume publishes in full for the first time all known cuneiform manuscripts of an Akkadian calendar treatise that is unified by the theme of B...

A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras. Mystery cults are...

Explore the spiritual practices, legends, and traditions of various Indigenous tribes throughout the North American continent. The Indigenous peop...

Japans origin story dates from the eight century CE, written in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. From the first creation of heaven, earth and the Japane...

Stories of Gods and Monsters   Scandinavians of the Viking era explored the mysteries of life through their sagas. Folklorist Helene Adeline Guerbe...

An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman worldWhat did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Roman...

  Discover all the cut-throat facts about the Angry Aztecs with historys most horrible headlines: Aztec edition.  Jump into Az...

'Charlotte Higgins's Red Thread is a masterwork' Ali SmithA thrillingly original, labyrinthine journey through myth, art, literature, history, arch...