Human beings have always been mythmakers. Theologian Armstrong here investigates myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters, up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand...

Margaret Atwood returns with a shrewd, funny, and insightful retelling of the myth of Odysseus from the point of view of Penelope. Describing her own remarkable vision, the author writes in the foreword, “I've chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids. The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus, which focuses on two questions that must pose themselves after any close reading of the Odyssey:

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As the bombs of the Blitz rain down on Britain, one young girl is evacuated to the countryside. She is struggling to make sense of her new wartime life. Then she is given a copy of Asgard and the Gods -- a book of ancient Norse myths -- and her inner and outer worlds are transformed.

The Myth of Atlas and Heracles retold and performed by Dick Hill and Susie Breck. Weight turns the familiar on its head to show us ourselves in a new light.

Girl meets boy. It's a story as old as time. But what happens when an old story meets a brand new set of circumstances? Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold. It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations.

Presents the mythology of sub-Saharan Africa, including beliefs on creation, birth, death, and oracles, with texts of some legends and animal fables.

Discusses the myths and legends about zombies.

A retelling of several key ancient Greek myths, with background information describing the history, geography, belief systems, and customs of the ancient Greeks.

Discusses the various origins of the Greek myths, and tells stories of the Greek gods and heros, tracing the development of the myths from primitive to sophisticated versions.

Discusses the religious beliefs and legends of the Mexican and Central American Indians in pre-Hispanic times.