Mythology

Stories tagged Mythology:

• Mercury and the Man Bitten by an Ant Jul 28, 2025

  

  In the golden age of ancient Greece, when gods still walked among mortals and the boundary between heaven and earth was thinner than it is today, there lived a man in a small village nestled between rolling hills and ancient olive groves. This man was known throughout the village for his extreme reactions to even the smallest slights and injuries.

  One bright summer morning, the man was sitting beneath an old oak tree, enjoying the cool shade as he prepared to eat the simple meal he had packed for his midday repast. He had just laid out his bread, cheese, and olives on a cloth when a tiny ant, no bigger than a grain of barley, crawled onto his hand and bit him.

• Venus and the Cat Jul 28, 2025

  

  In the days when gods and goddesses still walked freely among mortals, there lived a young man in a coastal village of ancient Greece. He was a kind-hearted fisherman with sun-bronzed skin and strong hands from years of casting nets into the sea. Though he worked hard and lived simply, there was a deep loneliness in his heart, for he had no companion to share his life.

  In the same village lived a sleek gray cat with striking green eyes. This cat was no ordinary feline; she was unusually beautiful and graceful, even for her kind. She had noticed the young fisherman and developed a peculiar affection for him. Each evening when he returned with his catch, she would appear at his door, waiting patiently for the small fish he would inevitably offer her.

• The Tale of the Moon Lady Jul 2, 2025

  

  Long ago, in the time when ten suns blazed simultaneously in the sky, scorching the earth and causing terrible suffering to all living creatures, there lived a skilled archer named Hou Yi, whose courage and marksmanship were legendary throughout the land.

  The ten suns, which were the sons of the Jade Emperor, had grown bored with their celestial duties and decided to appear in the sky all at once instead of taking turns as they were supposed to do. Their combined heat was so intense that rivers dried up, crops withered and died, and people and animals suffered terribly from the unbearable temperature.