In this engaging video, children are invited to join the adorable monsters as they explore the fascinating realm of prepositions. From "under" to "behind" and "above" to "between," young learners will grasp the concept of prepositions...

Words don't pop up fully formed... they evolve over thousands of years. What can we learn about our relationship to monsters by tracking the word down into the distant past?

Authors often create words just for a one-time usage... but a special few will gain traction and become full-fledged parts of our shared lexicon!

This video captures a compelling interaction between Oberon and Titania from Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The discussion revolves around Oberon's machinations and Titania's humorous infatuation with...

This video explores the etymology of the word "monster" as used in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," explaining its original meaning tied to mythological creatures that are part human and part animal. It delves into how Shakespeare's audience...

This video examines Hamlet's harsh and cynical tirade against Ophelia in Act 3, Scene 1, where he presents marriage and fidelity in a negative light. It delves into his use of intimate and formal language, suggesting a broader critique...

This video captures a humorous interview with Oberon and Puck from Act 3, Scene 2 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The pair discuss the unintended consequences of Puck's mischievous use of a love potion that causes Titania to fall in love...

Several mythologies from around the world imagined that the world sits on the back of a turtle. Centuries later, we end up with the whimsically iconic phrase “it's turtles all the way down.” Let's explore the origins of the phrase, some...

We reveal the true purpose of the ancient text, discover more about the ancient Egyptian people and their relationship with death and the afterlife and dispel misconceptions about the use of this piece of ancient history. Join us as we...

Not all marriages are love stories, and some of them are meant to end. The Hawai’ian volcano goddess Pele was briefly and disdainfully married to the half-pig demigod Kamapua’a before their ugly breakup. This story will allow us to...

Ancient tales of this tribe of warrior women who fought epic battles and established great cities continue to inspire storytellers in modern times. The legend challenges traditional gender roles and inspires narratives of female...

What happens when angels and demons battle in heaven? Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all have a story of cosmic conflict—some depict all-out war, while others are more courtroom drama. Their differences give us insight on each faith's...

This epic Norse mythology featurs two different groups of deities who initially battled but ultimately joined forces into a unified Pantheon. An unheardof phenomenon in the worlds of adversarial deities.

The coastal villages of Wales around the winter holidays have a unique nighttime visitor. A grim skeletal equine monster roams the streets with a rag tag group and demands entry to the homes of the citizenry, demanding food and drink....

The half-human half-fish Nixie may look very familiar at first. But these shape-shifting monsters with their eerie songs that lure humans to the watery depths are much older, and much scarier, than the mermaids we know from pop-culture.

When did clowns—the characters who filled our childhoods with juggling and balloons—become so creepy? For centuries, clowns have worn two faces: as irreverent entertainers, and tricksters who could break social norms. So when stories of...

Advances in technology are always met with some degree of technophobia – and villainization. Anxieties about humans being replaced by machines immediately emerged alongside voices praising their life-enhancing benefits. What is it about...

By some accounts, she’s hideously mutilated but in others she is beautiful but bloody—more commonly though—every aspect of her appearance is vague. There’s even versions where she was a witch burned at the stake in Salem. In some...

Yuki-Onna, the icy snow maiden of Japanese lore, might steal your heart, or your life. This harsh winter monster is beautiful and dangerous, the incarnation of winter storms - as beautiful and pale as the falling snow. She may have black...

A malevolent spirit lurks in the shadows of forests and the darkest mountains of the Philippines. Capable of adopting physical form, the most terrifying of which being a massive half-human, half-horse hybrid, the Filipino Tikbálang...

The tentacle-faced creature Cthulhu is H.P. Lovecraft’s most enduring eldritch creation. But while Lovecraft may be Cthulhu’s inventor, this monster has outgrown its creator, impacting both horror fiction and the real world in...

Lumbering through the countryside blasting its eerie messages from metal speakers perched atop a forty-foot wooden humanoid frame, Siren Head is a prime example of modern folklore born on the internet. Featuring insights from Siren...

Deep within the Amazon rainforest lurks a mysterious creature called the Mapinguari. Notoriously elusive, this cave-dwelling giant leaves a trail of broken trees and trampled ferns in its wake. Massive, hairy, and pungent, this beast...

The Griffin is a half-lion, half-eagle creature that is commonly seen adorning royal crests and perched menacingly atop buildings. Why is this ancient creature that many of us see every day largely forgotten?