Mythology is science, or at least humanity’s earliest attempt at it. Both seek to answer all of the big How and Why questions that can only be asked by keen observers of the world around them. Both admit that their truth isn’t perfect—science through the error bars on its measurements and myth through the shifting otherworldly nature of the divine. Both are built on foundations of pattern recognition and communal cooperation. Myth and science have their superficial difference

As an eleven-year-old child, I was fascinated by Classical mythology, especially Edith Hamilton’s work which was required reading in my grade school at the time. As I grew older, I “forgot” about my interest in mythology and turned my attention and enthusiasm to history and archaeology instead. My renewed interest in mythology stems from my study of archaeomythology, and my use of archaeomythology as a methodology to investigate Bronze Age Crete (c. 3200-1070 BCE), a society

Perhaps defining myth is impossible. Unanimity on an exact definition cannot occur because it will leave out what someone, somewhere, considers important; too loose a definition will lack enough specificity to be useful. Also, a myth nailed down dies, like a pinned butterfly.

Right now Homer’s epic poem is everywhere: from Uberto Pasolini’s The Return and Jorge Rivera-Herrans’s EPIC: The Musical to Christopher Nolan’s upcoming The Odyssey (2026) and literary retellings like Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad. This isn’t new. Fascination with Homer’s homecoming epic is centuries—millennia!—old, and its influence so vast it’s impossible to list.

The dolls suggested the energy of primordial archetypes. They were also provocative in other ways – they could trigger personal associations

Mythology drew me in because it speaks to something deep within us—something beyond time and culture. These stories aren’t just entertainmen

The image catapulted me into the myth of the minotaur; a beast born from revenge, a princess (Ariadne) who sacrifices everything for a hero

McConnell’s vivid poem “Worm” brings alive an overlooked and vilified creature: the worm. Through tight, powerful words, the poem creates aw

Sitting under a starry night sky warmed by a campfire and sharing tales that intertwine nature with a feeling of belonging has been replaced