A powerful symbol. With their soft, ethereal tones, the harp, lyre and zither have long held a place in the collective imagination as favored companions of poetic expression and prayer.

Shirley Collins turns 90 this summer; a timely reissue of her first LP reveals much about the magic cast by her over the last ...

When did the age of Greek mythology end and Greek history begin? Was it just after the Mycenaean Era, or was it much later?

What was the Celtic concept of the afterlife, and why was it so similar to the concept of the Isles of the Blessed from Greek ...

Nativity School of Worcester has received its second $3-million dollar gift in two years, this time, from an anonymous, long-term supporter of the private Jesuit middle school. “Thanks to the ...

He will be installed May 27, at the Church of the Nativity in Leawood, Kansas. "Having a decree blow up on you and having to rescind it in less than a week, that was a hard thing," he told NCR in ...

But in mythology, death isn’t always the end. Heron’s body may be dead, but he wouldn’t be the first person to find his way out of the underworld and back to the land of the living.

Greek mythology keeps showing up in pop culture across books, movies and video games. In the last few years, animated shows have also started using these stories in fresh and creative ways. Some shows ...

Kennedy is not the only American hero retroactively cleansed of sin. America sanitizes its own history to be devoid of ...

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“Come now, let us settle the matter, “Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like Scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” Isaiah 1:18 I ...