Hello, I decided to make a new place here devoted to the highly acclaimed tabletop wargame Mortem et Gloriam, devised by Simon Hall. The address is: https://mythoblogy.com/mortem-et-gloriam/ I am going to put here some content related to this wargame system, especially battle reports, which some of…
Angry glowing eyes, lightning in his hand. Who hides inside this armor? God of Thunder – you say? You are right! But tell me which one, because you know, there were many… The Thunderers. Characteristic deities of all Indo-European mythologies. Can we even count them? Encyclopaedia…
Hello Readers. Do you remember the painting of Phoenix and Dragon from “There’s no smoke without fire”? Sure you do – it looked like these two mythical creatures were fighting each other. Or maybe not? We’ll come back to this later. But these two are definitely…
Conan the Thunderer? There has never been such movie. If this was the first thought that came to your mind after reading the above heading, then – well – you are basically right. Actually, the post’s title image comes from the movie “Conan the Barbarian“. In…
Quora. Yes – that’s the place where I have been recently spending much time in order to figure out what people find interesting. And to draw their attention to our project. If you wish so, you can track my activity at my profile. Actually, I have…
And no fire without dragons! Well, maybe some bonfire, campfire, foxfire, wildfire… you could probably name even more “fires” out there that have nothing to do with a dragon. But if you want a truly epic and legendary fire, then you simply can not do without…
HOWL! Today we have here some really nice stuff, as we are going to look closer at the topic of lycanthropy. Off all the possible shapeshifters, the most popular nowadays are the werewolves. It seems that it was much the same way in the ancient times.…
Prepare yourself! For a Thunderer will roam the cinemas all over the world again. This time Chris Hemsworth will appear in “Thor: Ragnarok”. I wonder if guys at Marvel read the original myth and how far they want to follow it, as the very end of…
Great news from Milivoj Ćeran! I’ve been curiously watching his progress with the “Norse Mythology” artbook for some time and… I must say that if the author aims to keep all the artwork at the level of “Sköll and Hati” (title image of this post) it’s…
Hi there! By taking the next step on the Path of Trolls we came across the Alfar – archetype of Elves, Fairies, Sprites etc. Beautiful artwork was created by Helen Rusovich. Don’t forget to vote for the next step! Enter the Encyclopaedia to see the full…
The Warlike? Luis Royo is known for his mastery in painting girls with swords. Do you wonder why I put a girl with a sword to depict the goddess of love and beauty? Not only because the one on the picture is “kind of” beautiful. There…
Why nobody complains? All of you who already read the post on Achilles and Ajax. Didn’t you miss someone? Please don’t say that you didn’t notice this guy while reading Iliad. It is absolutely impossible. His role in the Trojan War was CRUCIAL. Not that he…
A lot of reading today! Did you know that Achilles and Ajax – the two greatest Achaean warriors of the Trojan War had namesakes? There will be not much talking from me, as both entries are quite substantial. First one – the killing machine – without…
Walking the Path of Hydra… We just left behind the cold corpse of Echidna, the Mother of Monsters. Now let’s meet her killer – Argus Panoptes – whose fate eventually turned out to be no better at all. It seems that his story did not differ…
…there was an Androgyne. Indo-European cosmogony assumes that it (=he+she) existed in the primal nothingness (void, vacuum, oblivion…) and somehow split into Heaven and Earth (male and female, Father and Mother), thus giving birth to the world. In fact, this belief is quite similar to what…
Hey middle-sized creatures! Did you know that the humans are only a medium-height temporary form that is not designed to last forever? We already wrote about giants as well as about dwarfs, thus it is high time to show you a more general view. Both “categories”…
A little confession. Taking the next step on the Path of Trolls required the preparation of the Encyclopaedia entry on dwarves. Surprisingly, it turned to be one of the most difficult tasks since we’ve put this website on the internet. Not because the entry was especially…
Searching and the blues. After long hours spent looking around internet for the right image to depict the Ajoj-Majoj, I have finally found one. Obviously by accident (thank you Anwar). Thus, I am sure now that whenever you look hard enough and do not find anything…
She Viper – in Greek language Echidna. Contemporary artists often like to depict women with serpent body waist down, probably due to the exciting mixture of admiration and disgust that they potentially arouse in the viewers. Indeed, well-painted snake-women might give you chills – take a…
Original Basilisk was not a Slav. You can feel a bit surprised, especially if you are Polish and more into folklore and traditional tales than into mythology. After all, every child in Poland knows the legend about the Warsaw Basilisk, which dwelt in a cellar of…
