The Wendigo of Native American lore, the Sphinx of ancient Egypt, the Kraken said to terrorize the ocean — discover these and ...

From the goblin shark to a tiny wasp named after a creature in Harry Potter, discover the animals that take their names from folklore or fiction. The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) gets its name from ...

In Greek mythology the Titan Atlas bore the ... use lots of description to describe the setting to the reader. Remember mythical creatures or supernatural humans were used to make sense of things ...

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was commissioned by King Minos to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a terrible beast with a bull head. When Athenian hero Theseus penetrated the labyrinth and ...

Helen Wilcox Elementary School art teacher Mikaela Gutierrez started an art project with her second grade students while they ...

A visitor views a clay chest larnax decorated with marine creatures and vegetal motifs from 1300 to 1200 BC.[Photo provided by Jiang Dong/China Daily] "Daedalus, the mythical craftsman ...