Mythology

Articles about myths, legendary figures and traditional stories.

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Bacchus

Bacchus: Roman god of wine, fertility, and ritual ecstasy

Baduhenna

Baldur

Baldr (Baldur) — Norse god of light, beauty and the mistletoe myth

Baphomet

Baphomet: history, symbolism, and cultural influence

Bast

Bedivere

Bedivere — Knight of the Round Table

Bellerophon

Bellerophon: Greek hero who tamed Pegasus and killed the Chimera

Bellona

Bellona

Belus

Belus (king of Egypt in Greek mythology)

Beowulf (hero)

Berserker

Bes

Bes — Ancient Egyptian household protector of childbirth and children

Bharata

Bia

Bianca (Percy Jackson)

Bianca di Angelo — demigod daughter of Hades in Percy Jackson

Bifröst

Bigfoot

Bigfoot (Sasquatch): North American Folkloric Ape-like Creature

Black knight

Black knight (literary and cultural trope)

Black magic

Bloody Mary (folklore)

Boo (character)

Book of Dede Korkut

Boreads

Boreads (Calaïs and Zethes): Twin sons of Boreas in Greek myth

Borr

Br'er Rabbit

Bragi

Bragi — Norse god of poetry and music

Brigid

Britannia

Britannia: personification and symbol of Britain

Bunyip

Bunyip: Australian water spirit and folkloric creature

Búri

Búri — ancestor god in Norse mythology

Cadmus

Cadmus: founder of Thebes and early Greek hero

Caduceus

Caduceus

Caduceus: symbol, form, history and modern uses

The caduceus is the winged staff entwined by two snakes, associated with Hermes/Mercury. This article explains its appearance, mythic origins, symbolic meanings, and why it is some

Caelus

Caelus — Roman god of the sky

Calypso

Calypso (Greek mythological nymph of Ogygia)

Camelot

Camp Jupiter

Camp Jupiter (Roman demigod camp in The Heroes of Olympus)

Caradoc

Caradoc: Arthurian knight known as Breifbras (the 'little arm')

Cartomancy

Cartomancy: card-based divination and fortune-telling

Cassandra

Cassandra of Troy — prophetess in Greek myth

Cassiopeia (mythology)

Castor and Pollux

Castor and Pollux — the Dioscuri: twins in myth, cult, and the stars

Celtic mythology

Centaur

Centaur: the half‑human, half‑horse creature of Greek myth

Cerberus

Ceres

Cernunnos

Cernunnos, the Horned Celtic Deity

Ceryneian Hind

Ceto

Ceto (Greek mythological sea goddess and mother of monsters)