Author Neil Gaiman takes to Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about mythology. What links Viking and Greek myths? Why does Anubis have a dog head? Why do so many cultures have a ...

My favorite author in the world is Neil Gaiman. This is a common ... was considered the go-to resource on Greek, Norse and Roman myth. Hamilton’s Mythology was originally published in 1942 ...

But compared to, say, the Greek myths, set against the rippling ... introduction to the Norse pantheon for the English writer Neil Gaiman. “The comics prettied up Thor and made him a hero, ...

Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology introduces readers to a deeper ... And as Norse tales have not received quite the same attention as, say, the Greek myths, it is nice to see someone passing these ...

Neil Gaiman says he fell in love with Norse mythology after reading reprints ... He says they feel surprisingly contemporary today, unlike Greek and Roman myths — the stories of warmer climates.

Neil Gaiman draws from a wide range of mythologies ... modern-day retelling of Greek mythology. Percy Jackson, a 12-year-old boy, discovers he is a demigod, the son of Poseidon.

It must have helped, then, that Gaiman himself was involved extensively ... We may be familiar with such anthropomorphic personifications from Greek mythology, such as the Fates and the Furies.

Neil Gaiman ... What makes Gaiman’s work great is also what makes it difficult to adapt. His worlds are meaty, full of overlapping symbolism that pulls in religion and mythology and history ...