Ancient
Amazons
Women ruled their society, and two queens, one for defense and
one for domestic affairs, shared the country, but they made numerous
conquest expeditions into neighboring territories.
A Beginner's
Guide to Robin Hood
Who's who of the Robin Hood story. How the characters have changed
through the ages and retellings.
Electronic
Beowolf
This ancient Viking epic poem was recently made into the movie,
"The 13th Warrior."[DVD]
Homer's Illiad and Odyssey
And so begins this tragic tale of the resourceful Odysseus, that
great man, who was struck with misfortune and spent 20 years
trying to make it back to his homeland of Ithaca. Take this link
to travel the stories of the Odyssey and Illiad. [Buy the Book]
Legends
From King Arthur to Zorro, these legendary heros have captured
the imagination of folks through the centuries.
Make
A Hero
George Lucas, of Star Wars, lets you dynamically create your
own super hero and a myth to go along with him or her.
Queen
Calif
Queen Califa commanded not only Amazon forces but also an airforce
of five hundred griffins, powerful creatures with the wings and
head of eagles and the body of a lion. The griffins had been
trained to keep California free of men and were sometimes fed
human males by their Amazon keepers.
Shangri-La
This lost Tibetan paradise is a valley cut off from the world.
The wisdom of the human race is being conserved there against
the threat of imminent catastrophe.
