As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When a total solar eclipse crosses Ohio next month, modern astronomers will use the world’s most sophisticated computers and telescopes to measure, track and record it. But ancient ...

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SAN DIEGO — The total solar eclipse is one week away. Before there was scientific reasoning behind the astronomical event, there were cultural myths and superstitions for why the sun disappeared. Long ...

Across centuries and cultures, cats and dogs have carried powerful symbolic roles beyond companionship ...

Cultures around the world have often seen trees as gifts or manifestations of gods. Cultures around the world have venerated trees for thousands of years, often seeing them as gifts from or ...

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had to form their own beliefs over what happened during this brief, but awesome, event.

The human qualities of power and pride, are retold through gold and gems in Veil of Myths ...