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A naked titan kneels on a rock shelf, his torso twisted toward a giant eagle that tears at his liver.

A 10th-century Icelandic poet described Thor as having "eyes like burning iron" and fists that could crush a mountain.

A single winged staff with two snakes is everywhere: on ambulances, hospital logos, the World Health Organization flag.

A man bound with the entrails of his own son, a serpent dripping venom onto his face, his wife holding a bowl until it overflows.

A devotee once asked his guru why Ganesha, the god with the elephant head, was worshipped first among all the deities.

A Vedic priest once whispered that Indra's name was not a word but a thunderclap given human shape.

A yogi sits in the early morning, thumbs crossed at the chest, fingers spread wide like wings.

A sword propped against the roof of a wolf’s mouth.

At dawn, the priest enters the sanctuary alone.

The poem opens on a single line that has haunted translators for centuries: ἤτοι μὲν πρώτιστα Χάος γένετ’.

A red-figure kylix from 470 BCE shows a young god standing with a bow in one hand and a laurel branch in the other.

Zeus and Jupiter share the sky, but the Greek god cheated on his wife with mortal women, while the Roman god punished oath-breakers in the Capitol.

A medieval Irish scribe sat in a scriptorium, copying the Lebor Gabála Érenn around 1070 CE.