In Brett Ratner's new big-budget flick Hercules, the title star portrayed by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson battles mythical creatures, including a three-headed dog, giant boars and lions, and multi-headed ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ever since we started telling stories, mythical creatures have fascinated and terrified humans with their ...

Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in the dirt and stories passed around the fire, and sometimes, those stories ...

Every state in America has its own local legends, and thanks to Barbara Davidson, we now have an illustrated guide to the ...

Back in the day, as far back as Pliny the Elder, it was widely accepted that mythical creatures such as unicorns roamed the Earth. And while these beings have firmly been labeled as “not real” (for ...