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Mythology

Every culture built a story to explain where the world, and the things in it, came from. These are those stories, told straight, without the movie-franchise rewrite.

Zeus: Greek God of Sky and Thunder, King of Olympus

Zeus is king of the Greek gods, but he did not create the universe, and his name traces straight back to Jupiter. The real story behind a god everyone thinks they know.

Athena: Greek Goddess Born Fully Grown and Armed

Athena wasn't rocked in a cradle, she stepped out of Zeus's skull already armored. Her birth myth, her rivalry with Ares, and the contest that may have named Athens.