Mythology & Folklore

Before history there was myth, and a surprising amount of it is still embedded in the language, the calendar and the map. This category covers the major pantheons and the stories that keep resurfacing in books and films, from Greek and Norse to Egyptian, Hindu and Japanese traditions. It treats these as literature and cultural history rather than as a belief test. The explanations point out where a name survives in an ordinary English word or a day of the week, which is usually the moment the whole thing clicks. A good category for anyone who reads fantasy and wants to spot the borrowings.