An interdisciplinary research team led by the Leibniz-HKI in Jena has discovered a new group of bioactive natural compounds ...

SPC plans a theatrical release of Nuremberg on Nov. 7, 2025, timed around the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials by the ...

There are at least fourteen major operas that are based on Greek mythology, showing how much it still speaks to us today over ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a “spectacular” ancient temple housing hundreds of statues dedicated to the Greek God Apollo.

Greek City Times German Hiker Dies in Fall on Mount Olympus A 60-year-old German hiker died after falling on Mount Olympus in ...

Wagner drew on Germanic mythology, but the idea stuck that the related Norse, some of whom were Vikings, also wore helmets with wings. The notion that Viking helmets had horns originated in 19th ...

the name Easter a survival of Germanic mythology and derived from the Hebrew name of the Passover festival. Both Judaism and Christianity rest firmly on the stories associated with their ...

In German mythology it’s also said that a bird was injured and a goddess came along and took pity on the poor bird turning it into a rabbit so it could run away escaping impending danger.

However, Thorvaldsen acknowledges that this remains speculative. Norse mythology probably has roots in ancient Germanic mythology, according to the Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Thorvaldsen points to ...

Krampus's name is derived from the German word krampen, meaning claw, and is said to be the son of Hel in Norse mythology. The legendary beast also shares characteristics with other scary ...

There, Jacob published “German Mythology” (1835). He believed that, just as etymologists could identify features of ancient languages through modern descendants, he could approximate ancient ...