Patnaik also pointed to traditions that sit outside mainstream urban conversations. In several folk practices across India, certain deities are offered alcohol or non-vegetarian food. These traditions ...

With Samhain upon us, it’s time to slide the mind into the fabled and fabulous. Mythologist Anthony Murphy is our guide. It is indeed. “A mythologist is someone who studies mythology and is considered ...

Mythologist and storyteller Caroline Casey will focus on navigating the mounting global and national challenges during a Praxis Peace Institute event this month. The event, “Rising Aroused in ...

“Staff of Laurel, Staff of Ash: Sacred Landscapes in Ancient Nature Myth” by Wooster mythologist and classicist Dianna Rhyan is a rich collection of reflections about the natural world. Rhyan’s ...

I am a mythologist. “But religion? No, I don’t worship any deity. But I consider deities as creatively real and therefore my companions in my journey in both the real world and the imaginative world,” ...

Nobel Laureate winner Professor Wole Soyinka has said he doesn’t have need for any religion. He described himself as a mythologist, an expert in the study of myth (a traditional story, especially one ...

In a detailed article for Mid-Day on Ram Navami 2025, popular mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains why Shri Ram, unlike other heroes from Indian epics, is never shown riding a chariot. He uses this ...

Renowned writer and mythologist, Devdutt Pattanaik, shed light on the deep connection theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer had with the Bhagavad Gita. Oppenheimer famously quoted a verse from ...

New Delhi, April 20 Renowned Indian mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik has now turned his attention to aspirants for the Indian civil service with his new book Indian Culture, Art and Heritage to show how ...