The Scandinavian goddess Freyja is perhaps the most popular goddess from Norse mythology, Freya was the twin sister of Freyr and the daughter of Njord, god of the wind and sea. The goddess Freyja was born in Vanaheim but then moved to Asgard as a hostage when peace was made between the Aesir and Vanir gods. Coming from the Vanir family of gods, Freyja was thus a divinity related to fertility, not only that but she was also the goddess of beauty, Love and lust. Freyja is often depicted as a...

The Legend of Krampus, the demon of Christmas from German folklore is a creature that accompanies Saint Nicholas during the Yuletide season, and who contrarily to Saint Nicholas, punishes children who have been naughty throughout the year. Some may know Krampus as the counterpart of Santa Claus, while others know him as the Christmas devil, Krampus roams the streets during the night of December 5th, kown as Krampusnacht or Krampus night, to find the misbehaved children in company of Saint...

Valhalla, also known as the hall of the slain is believed to be the Norse afterlife for fallen heroes in Scandinavian Mythology. In Norse mythology, it is said that warriors who lost their lives defending a cause would go to Valhalla, where they will feast with other heroes and Odin himself until Ragnarok comes.  Valhalla was believed to be located in the grove of Glasir in Asgard, the real of the Aesir gods. The Einherjar was the name given to these brave warriors who went to Valhalla....

Perun is known as the Slavic god of thunder in Slavic mythology, he is the god of war, justice and lightning. Often related to Perkunas from Baltic mythology with whom he shares the same attributes and the name's origin, Perun is perceived as the chief of the Slavic gods in Slavic mythology. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/afro-emperor-myths/support

The Hindu goddess Durga also known as Maa Durga, Durgatinashini and even Devi, is probably the most popular female form of the supreme being from Hindu Religion. Durga is highly venerated by Hindus as she also bears the name of Shakti, the female principle of divine energy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/afro-emperor-myths/support

Ogun is the orisha of iron, war and metalwork, he is a divinity revered  in Yoruba religion from West Africa as well as in the diaspora. Ogun is mainly known to have been the first Orisha to have come on Earth after he cleared a path for the others from the spiritual world to the physical world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/afro-emperor-myths/support

Oshun is the orisha of fertility, love, beauty, wealth and sexuality in the Yoruba pantheon of deities. Although being the youngest orisha of the pantheon, she is nonetheless one of the most worshipped orisha in Yoruba religion. 

As the goddess of the land and sovereignty, Macha once punished the men of Ulster, or more precisely she issued a curse upon them. Based on some ancient tales from Ireland, the terrible curse of Macha was what led to the debility of the Ulstermen in the years that ensued. In the traits of a human, the Irish goddess Macha came down to earth to live with a man named Cruinniuc, who later boasted about her to the king Connor. To make right of her husband's silly boast, Macha was forced to race...

Born Setanta, he earned his most popular name after he accidentally killed the hound of a smith. On that night, the young Setanta became to be known as Cu Chulainn, meaning The hound of Culann, a title that point out to what would be his task for the rest of his life, the protection of Ulster.

The Fomorians were a supernatural race from Irish mythology believed to have emerged from under the sea/earth to invade Ireland. They always had a presence in the Background of the myth, preying upon settlers of Ireland until being defeated by the Tuatha De Danann in the second battle of Mag Tuired.

Hathor was the Egyptian goddess of love, beauty, celebrations, drunkenness and sexuality. Also known as the cow goddess, Hathor was a primordial Egyptian goddess who played a variety of roles. Hathor, the cow goddess was often depicted as a beautiful woman with the head of a cow wearing a sun or solar disc over her head surrounded by the horns of a cow. The cow goddess was associated in early myths to the lion goddess Sekhmet as mentioned in the story of the Legend of the Eye of Ra, in which...

Sobek, the crocodile god of the Nile river was a prominent figure in the history of ancient Egypt. The Egyptian god Sobek is most often depicted as a man with the head of a crocodile, wearing the symbolic crown of Amun. The god Sobek has been known in Egyptian mythology as to been the creator of the river Nile, by unleashing godly amount of his sweat onto the desert of Egypt. Sobek is the son of the archetypal goddess of war called Neith, in he was believed to have rose from the primordial...

Eshu, the trickster orisha (Yoruba gods) of the Yoruba people of Western Africa, is the mischievous divinity well-known in Yoruba mythology as to be the messenger of the gods, and a mediator between opposites. The orisha also goes by the names Eleggua, Elegua, Exu in the Candomble in Brazil

The story of Eros and Psyche is perhaps the most popular Greek tale of love. This story is also known as the story of Cupid and Psyche, with Cupid the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Eros. This mythology revolves around the love of the Greek god Eros, and the beautiful Psyche.

Lord Shiva, the destroyer is worshiped through many guises of his divine supremacy.  As the Yogi ascetic, the god Shiva is the omniscient guru & yogi, he is the great Adiyogi who is the origin of Yoga and meditation. In this guise Shiva restrains himself against the pleasure of the flesh, and finds a way to happiness through meditation and Yoga. As Nataraja, Shiva performs the exuberant dance of creation, while the Shiva lingam is the form in which Shiva is represented.  The Indian god...

Anansi is highly regarded by the Ashanti people that they put a generic name Anansasem, or spider stories to this particular class of tales regarding the trickster spider and god Anansi. The folktales of Anansi grew really popular in West African, and because of the transatlantic slave trade, the spider stories and myths would eventually spread to the united states, where the spider trickster Anansi would be popularized among slaves in the Caribbean and Jamaica.

The Shango mythology is that of a man who, during his lifetime made a bunch of Achievements and had three wives OYA, OSHUN and OBA. At the end of his reign, shango left his kingdom then committed suicide (what it is told), then after his death became the powerful Orisha of Thunder and lightning of the Yoruba mythology.  The African mythology is indeed rich with so many stories counting notable variety of African gods and goddesses. Shango is one of these revered gods, or orisha appearing in...

In the Egyptian mythology, Ammit or the demoness Ammut was really feared by the Ancient Egyptian, Ammit was a demon present in the afterlife judgement, during the trial of the feather,  and was in charge of eating the hearts of sinners, those who didn't live under the precepts of the goddess Ma'at. Ammit or Ammut was an entity believed to have been like the jackal god Anubis, but was forbidden entrance to the real world.  Ammit (A.k.a Ammut) also went by different names, just like many...

The Morrigan, was the phantom queen and Irish goddess of war and fate of Celtic mythology, the goddess morrigan was also known as the goddess morrigu, or morrighan and earned the epithet Phantom queen over the years. The goddess morrigan is often seen as the goddess of sexual desire and sex. The Morrigan was said to have been part of the tribe the tuatha de danann, a race living in Ireland thousand years ago, until the arrival of the Fomorians.1