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Myths, checked against the sources.

The internet repeats a lot about gods and monsters that no ancient writer ever said. We go back to the oldest texts and the oldest art, and tell you what holds up.

Read the checked mythsHow we check
WRONG“Hecate is the crone of the triple goddess.”LATER
INVENTION“Hecate always had three bodies.”WRONG“The Minotaur fought with a giant axe.”DEBATED“The palace at Knossos was the real Labyrinth.”

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Hecate with a spiked crown, a torch and a key. Illustration by Guzo Borboa.
Greek · 6 claims checked

Hecate

She was never a crone, and the witchcraft came centuries later.

 The Minotaur, a bull-headed man with white horns. Illustration by Guzo Borboa.
Greek · 6 claims checked

The Minotaur

His real name was Asterion, and nobody agrees how he died.

 Bust of Selene with a crescent moon, from a Roman sarcophagus
Greek · 8 claims checked

Selene

She did not put Endymion to sleep. Only one Roman writer says so.

Browse by tradition

Greek

Hecate, the Minotaur, Hades, Poseidon, Heracles, Perseus and more

Roman

Minerva, Ops

Norse

Freya, Frigga, the Norns

Creatures

Black Dog, lake monsters, Bigfoot, the Skunk Ape

HOW WE CHECK

1. Find the oldest source

Hesiod, Homer, a painted pot, a coin. Whatever said it first.

2. Track what got added

Playwrights, Roman poets and modern writers all changed the story. We note who and when.

3. Stamp the claim

Wrong, later invention, one late source, half true, or still debated. Every verdict names its source.

The decks

Every checked myth is on a card

A World of Myths is run by the makers of the Gent Supply Co. playing card decks, hand-illustrated by Gustavo “Guzo” Borboa. The gods and monsters we write about are the ones on the court cards.

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Hecate, Queen of Spades
The Minotaur, Jack of Spades

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