For many fantasy enthusiasts our passion for fairy tale inspired literature doesn’t fade away as we grow gray, and we spend our literary lives in constant pursuit of that feeling we once had while reading fairy tal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/06/02/10-Modern-Books-Keeping-The-Fairy-Tale-Tradition-Alive/Atlas Obscura talked with Sigurður Atlason, Ma... ...d the elves …all part of ancient Icelandic mythology
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/05/13/The-Revenge-Zombies-of-Iceland/(Image Via TovMauzer)They're an iconic symbol of St. Patrick's Day, they wear short pants, a buckled top hat and guard their pot o’gold with their lives, but how much do we really know about those wily little lepre...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/03/17/Fifteen-Lucky-Facts-About-Leprechauns/The Greek god Zeus was a busy fellow and a shameless adulterer. It would be hard for him, let alone us, to keep track of his affairs. This chart, made by Viviana Ferro, Ilaria Pagin and Elisa Zamarian, attempts to visual...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/30/A-Comprehensive-Chart-of-Zeuss-Affairs/Modern monsters seem pretty mundane when compared to the monsters of the past, especially the ones found in the Monstrorum Historia by Ulisse Aldrovandi.You know what to expect from today's slasher or fang faced beast, b...
https://www.neatorama.com/halloween/2012/12/03/Obscure-Historical-Monsters/Illustrator Scott Benson created an awesome poster/chart that celebrates space exploration and travel. It changes with the light!This illustrated chart was designed by me and hand-printed by my dear friends at Commonweal...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/30/Travelers-of-the-Solar-System/In 1733, French illustrator Bernard Picart produced a book called Neueröffneter Musen-Tempel, (Temple of the Muses) with 60 copperplate engravings, mostly illustrating stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The image he...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/11/the-temple-of-muses/Ever wondered about the origin of the Japanese Kirin or the waving Lucky Cat? If so, then this article by Matt Alt will amaze and astound with it's short yet concise descriptions of 10 of the best known Japanese mythical...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/07/a-menagerie-of-japanese-mythical-creatures/Ed Wozniak, who brought us lists of Norse and Hawaiian dieties, has a list of gods in the pantheon of the Inuits, whose homelands stretch all around the northernmost regions of the world. Some have downright scary storie...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/07/deities-from-inuit-mythology/The following is an article from the science humor... ...uman component). (See Figure 8.)A staple of Greek mythology , Centaurs have made many appearances throughout t...
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