Myths & Monsters

Stories of heroes and the villains encountered on their adventures are among the most thrilling in all mythology.

The tragic Greek myth of Actaeon, who stumbled upon the goddess Artemis; the Celtic Otherworld, an idyllic place of magic and beauty; the Kraken; venturing into the woods of the Brothers Grimm.

Romulus and Remus; Vikings and the Valkyries who ushered them to the next world; the Trojan War; how Homer's "The Iliad" influenced Alexander the Great; Vlad the Impaler.

The medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde; how the abandonment of Dido by Aeneas paved the way for Rome; Norse attitudes of sex and marriage in "Lay of Thrym"; Medea murders her children.

How does a community form? How does it survive and adapt to change? How the role myths and legends have played in establishing the rules of society.

The ancient Greek myth of Antigone, who defied laws to bury her dead brother; the Norse god Baldr; flood narratives found in myth; fascination with the undead; history of the vampire.