Working with students at Yollocalli Arts Reach, artist Cecilia Beaven features concepts of contemporary mythology with colorful animals found in the Chicago area.

It wasn't until 1978 that the temple dedicated to the Aztec gods Huitzilopochtli and Tláloc (gods of war and water) was unearthed in the heart of Mexico City. Today, the area remains an active ...

One of the drawings in question depict the elephant god Ganesh with a nude woman seated on his knee, and the other features an apparently nude rendition of the monkey god Hanuman holding a naked ...

Maha Kumbh Mela Mythology, History, Astrology: It is cold in Prayagraj, foggy with a chance of rain. Yet, on Monday (January 13), tens of thousands are expected to arrive in the city, to camp on the ...

Other iterations of the tale state that Xolotl was so sad after killing the other gods that he cried until his eyes fell out of their sockets. This is why he was often depicted with empty eyes in ...

They are comparable to the animal sacrifices conducted by the Aztec empire a millennium later. The Aztecs conducted ritual sacrifices often, offering 400 different animal species to their gods.

and Aztec religion included a goddess of maguey. The four Library of Congress maguey sheets and five of the six maguey sheets in Mexico City are pictorial, meaning they’re drawings, according to ...

In a new exhibition of Jayasri Burman, titled ‘The Whisper of Water, The Song of Stars’ on view till February 25 (preview January 17), at Art Alive ... of ancient mythology, the alluring ...