Ancient Myths are very popular nowadays. Children and elders all around the world love to read about Gods and heroic adventures and feats of well-known champions. Perseus is a son of his mother Danae. Zeus himself is his father. Brave and powerful Perseus meets Evil and destroys it.The myth “How Perseus Slew the Gorgon” is about Perseus’s feat of slaying the evil creature Gorgon - one of the three Gray Sisters that were living in the Unshapen Land, in the place which had no name. T...

Ancient Myths are very popular nowadays. Children and elders all around the world love to read about Gods and heroic adventures and feats of well-known champions.Perseus is a son of his mother Danae. Zeus himself is his father. Brave and powerful Perseus meets Evil and destroys it. After Perseus slew the Gorgon he a was on his way back he suddenly saw a beautiful lady – Andromeda.Her arms were spread above her head and fastened to the rock with chains of brass, and her head...

Explore the major work of poetry of the Bible with this unabridged presentation of The Book of Psalms in the King James Version translation.The Book of Psalms is the longest book of the Bible and contains 150 psalms. Psalms were songs written as expressions of praise, declarations of emotions, laments of sorrow or guilt, celebrations of events, and more. The Psalms were written by many authors, and many of them are attributed to King David. Whether he did write them is still debate...

Hercules was the most famous ancient Greek hero. Zeus was his father. There were twelve labors of Hercules in total. Having married Deianira, the daughter of a powerful King of Calydon, Hercules was traveling home with her when he came to the banks of a river and was at a loss how to cross it.Seeing his perplexity, Nessus, one of the Centaurs, offered to take Deianira on his back and carry her over the stream. This offer Hercules gladly accepted. But Nessus obtained possession of D...

This is a Bolivian folk tale about Patchikamek, the king of the world, and how the Condor became king of the birds.

Ancient Myths are very popular nowadays. Children and elders all around the world love to read about Gods and heroic adventures and feats of well-known champions. Theseus is a son of Egeus. Strong, wise and noble he tries to help every Athens citizen.After the reunion with his father Theseus learned about tribute of 7 youths and 7 maidens for the king of Crete island – Minos. Those young men and ladies had been sacrificed to the Minotaur. Theseus didn’t like that and decided to go ...

A grandfather denies his granddaughter his love and attention. How sad and mistreated she is. Her gooseherd friend helps her grow into what she deserves to be, and then mysteriously disappears.

Hercules was the most famous ancient Greek hero. Zeus was his father. There were twelve labors of Hercules in total.“Black Tartarus and Elysian Fields” describes two places: Black Tartarus is an analog of Hell. Into Tartarus we're thrown, never to come out again, the shades or manes of traitors, ingrates, perjurers, unnatural children, murderers and hypocrites who had during their lives pretended to be upright and honorable in order to deceive the just. Also, there were to be seen ...

In the Bible, the first four books of the New Testament are known as the Gospels. These four books tell the story of the beginnings of Christianity, from the birth of Jesus to his death and resurrection. Each gospel is told from a slightly different perspective, thought many stories and events are illustrated in multiple books.Matthew – The first of the four gospels was written between 80 and 90 a.d., and gives accounts of the major events of Jesus’s life from birth, through his yo...

Cincinnatus was a roman patrician dictator multiple times.. He was well-known and respected for his wisdom, courage and valor. Once there was a war between Rome and Aequians. Romans sent their army to the enemy near Mount Algidus, but Aequians besieged it. The people were sorely dismayed to hear such tidings; nor, when they cast about for help, saw they any man that might be sufficient for such peril, save only Cincinnatus.By common consent, therefore, he was made Dictator for six ...

The Apostle Paul is one of the prominent authors of the New Testament, with thirteen of its twenty-seven chapters being letters written by him to churches throughout the world. These letters are foundational to many Christian denominations, as they are instructional for how groups of Christians ought to believe and behave. In addition to being instructional, the letters of Paul are a fascinating look at the ethics and ideals of early organized Christian religious sects. Written between 50-...

Greek ancient myths are full of allegory and wisdom, a triumph of the truth above lies, tricks over insidiousness, savvy and patience. Heroes of Ancient Greek fairy tales find adventures that will not leave anyone indifferent.When Perseus returned to his home, he saw that his mother was crying in a great sorrow. Escaping from Polydectes she found the protection in a Zeus temple. She didn't leave her temple not for one moment. Angry Perseus entered Polydectes' palace. At that moment...