Similar Myths to Heracles (Hercules): The Twelve Labors in Other Cultures

There are many stories, legends, fables, and fairy tales across cultures that involve a hero or an ordinary person tackling impossible tasks – tasks that require divine assistance (help from the...

Just as Heracles must atone for killing his kids, Psyche must atone for peeking at her husband Cupid when she has been forbidden from ever looking at him. In order to win Cupid back, Psyche must co...

Like Heracles, Perseus is assigned to complete a seemingly impossible task (though he only has one task instead of twelve). In the story of Perseus and Medusa, King Polydectes sends Perseus on a qu...

Homer's Odyssey is one of the greatest works of literature. It tells the story of the famous Greek hero Odysseus and his ten-year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Although no one assign...