"The many mythologies of our planet are rife with some of the most terrifying creations ever conceived by the human mind. In legends untold, a hero's story can never be truly told without a great and ...

The giant squid inspired kraken legends, though it is far less violent.

That’s why sea monsters were created! Ancient cultures invented mythological sea monsters in an effort to explain some of the ...

The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts ...

Many cultures around the world have a myth or legend about a tentacled beast bothering seamen or generally getting up to no good,' Jon says. In ancient Greece, Aristotle and Pliny wrote about teuthos ...

Fantasy writer Rhianna Pratchett takes us across an enchanted British Isles to discover mythical creatures that lurk in all corners of the land. She uncovers what they can tell us about our ...