Ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes believed that the Sun's energy could be harnessed to build a death ray. He is thought to have built one as well. But experts think it was only a mythical object.

Geomythology : geological origins of myths and legends / D.B. Vitaliano -- Exploring the nature of myth and its role in science / W.B. Masse ... [et al.] -- Geo-mythology of India / D. Chandrasekharam ...

At first sight, the milky, translucent skull seems to be floating in the midst of a black void, a single intact eye peering at whoever might pass by. Step closer, and it's not an eye at all but a tiny ...

Religion and ritual from Tylor to Parsons: the definitional problem -- Oral 'literature' -- The anthropologist and the audio recorder -- Oral creativity -- The folktale and cultural history -- Animals ...