A monstrous worm that features in English mythology shares remarkable similarities with the watery serpents of Indigenous stories.
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Sex was central to life in ancient Mesopotamia. And the authors of Sumerian love poetry, depicting the exploits of divine couples, showed a wealth of practical knowledge about the stages of female sexual arousal.
From the Thirteen-Storey Treehouse to the Magic Faraway Tree, kids loves treehouses. These books tap into a rich tradition of mythology, which takes characters into forests to come to terms with life.
The Superman character has endured and continues to be popular because he is a symbol of renewal and hope.
Superstition holds that Friday 13th is the day to stay in bed and avoid taking risks. But it’s all in our heads.
The sun was worshiped as a deity in many cultures – and witnessing it get extinguished could be a particularly terrifying event.
How the idea of a hyper-connected society could quickly go from utopia to dystopia and why neither scenario is likely to last.
James, aged 8, of Sydney wants to know: are zombies real?
Love, it is said, is a battlefield, and it was no more so than for the first goddess of love and war, Ishtar. Her legend has influenced cultural archetypes from Aphrodite to Wonder Woman.
Norse mythology is having a moment as a leading author re-tells the tales for a new generation.
From witch-hunts to the suffragettes, belief in womanly werewolfs has flourished at times when the female gender was under threat. But in contemporary fiction, film and art, werewolf lore is evolving in surprising ways.
Collective environmental guilt could be leading to a rise in werewolf sightings in the English countryside.
It’s difficult to ignore the proto-religious fervour that has accompanied Corbyn on his whirlwind tour of top-level politics.
New research suggests a mythical flood in China really happened about 4,000 years ago. It’s the latest case of scientists matching ancient tales to actual local natural disasters.
Why we’re being asked to decide whether Amber Heard is one of two archetypes: the gold-digging, manipulative siren or the innocent female victim.
Fantasy often meets reality when we try to find explanations for mythological creatures.
Film sagas like Star Wars transcend the screen, connecting viewers to their pasts, to one another and to the hero within.
There are some surprising parallels between the characters in ancient Viking-era stories and modern popular culture.
Brutal sexual threats against perceived trespassers, made anonymously, with the expectation they will be seen as “humorous”. Sound familiar? Modern-day trolls belong to a long, and troubling, lineage.
We need to move beyond assumptions that religion is simply about dogmatism, and should continue teaching religion within a secular educational structure.
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Honorary Professor of Classics and Ancient History, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor of Research, University of Hertfordshire
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PhD student, University of Newcastle
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Director, Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University
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Head of the Marketing Innovation and Distribution Program at EMLV, Pôle Léonard de Vinci
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Professor in Screen Media and Creative Arts, Macquarie University
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Assistant Professor, Film; Department of Theatre, Film & Communication Arts, Whittier College
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Professor and Tutorial Fellow in English, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor of Physics, Colorado State University
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PhD Candidate - Classics, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College