Atalanta’s Footrace and the Golden Apples of Hippomenes
OriginGreek Mythology
To avoid a prophesied marriage, the swift huntress Atalanta challenged her suitors to a deadly footrace, only to be outwitted by Hippomenes and three divine golden apples.
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OriginGreek Mythology
To avoid a prophesied marriage, the swift huntress Atalanta challenged her suitors to a deadly footrace, only to be outwitted by Hippomenes and three divine golden apples.
OriginNorse Mythology
Following the mysterious disappearance of her husband Óðr, the goddess Freyja wanders through distant lands in a desperate search to find him. In her profound grief, she weeps tears that undergo...
OriginGreek Mythology
When the mortal hero Peleus married the sea-nymph Thetis on the slopes of Mount Pelion, the gods gathered for a celebration of unprecedented scale. However, the exclusion of Eris, goddess of...
OriginNorse Mythology
The trickster god Loki sneakily shaves off the golden hair of Sif, the wife of Thor, leading to a confrontation that forces Loki to seek a replacement from the master smiths of the dwarves. This...
OriginNorse Mythology
After the trickster god Loki shears off the golden hair of Sif, Thor's wife, he is forced to seek a replacement from the master craftsmen of the subterranean world. He visits the Sons of Ivaldi,...
OriginGreek Mythology
To escape the murderous plot of their stepmother Ino, the royal children Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a divine Golden Ram sent by their mother Nephele. During their flight across the sea,...
OriginNorse Mythology
The trickster god Loki steals the vast treasure and a precious golden ring from the dwarf Andvari to pay a blood-fine. Devastated by the loss of his livelihood, Andvari places a terrible curse...
OriginGreek Mythology
King Midas of Phrygia is granted a wish by Dionysus and chooses that everything he touches turn to gold, only to find it a deadly curse when he cannot eat or drink. After being cured by the River...
OriginGreek Mythology
The Judgment of Paris is a pivotal event in Greek mythology where the Trojan prince Paris was forced to decide which of the three Olympian goddesses—Hera, Athena, or Aphrodite—was the most...
OriginGreek Mythology
As his eleventh labor, the hero Heracles was tasked by King Eurystheus to steal the sacred golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides. These apples, a wedding gift from Gaia to Hera, were...
OriginGreek Mythology
Jason and his crew of Argonauts must navigate the Symplegades, two massive cliffs that crash together to crush any ship attempting to enter the Black Sea. Following the advice of the blind seer...
OriginGreek Mythology
To claim the Golden Fleece, the hero Jason was tasked by King Aeëtes of Colchis with taming two fire-breathing, bronze-hoofed bulls known as the Khalkotauroi. With the assistance of the sorceress...