Mythology Facts for Kids
Epic tales and facts from ancient myths
Tlaloc is the Aztec god of rain, water, and fertility.
Ixchel is the Mayan goddess of the moon, medicine, and childbirth.
Inti is the Inca god of the sun and was considered the ancestor of the Inca emperors.
Australian Aboriginal mythology has a concept called the Dreamtime, when ancestral spirits created the world.
In many Native American traditions, the coyote is a clever trickster who shaped the world.
In one Norse myth, Thor dressed as a bride to trick giants into returning his stolen hammer.
The ancient Greek poet Homer composed the Iliad and the Odyssey, two of the world's oldest epic poems.
The word 'mythology' comes from the Greek words 'mythos' (story) and 'logos' (reason or study).
Scholar Joseph Campbell identified a common pattern across world myths called the Hero's Journey.
Psychologist Carl Jung argued that myths share universal characters called archetypes, like the hero and trickster.