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Age of Mythology

In Age of Mythology users play as one of three ancient civilizations (Greek, Egyptian or Norse), and guide their people from the paucity of the Archaic Age to the cultural and military brilliance of the Mythic Age. Starting with a small settlement, players collect resources – Food, Wood, Gold and divine Favour – that enable them to erect buildings, train soldiers, and research new technologies to strengthen their civilization. The overall aim is to defeat rival players by either dest(...)

electronic

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Athena/ Athene Bestiary Chiron Egyptian mythology Greek mythology Kronos / Cronus / Cronos Loki Norse mythology Olympus Osiris Penelope Poseidon Set Thor Troy

J. K. Rowling

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

In this book, the author plays with the tradition of bestiaries and introduces the audience to "Wizard–Magical Creatures Studies." Her name does not appear on the cover of the book and the work is credited to "Newt Scamander" who in the Harry Potter universe wrote this textbook – we see it on Harry’s supply list for his first year. It contains the history of Magizoology and describes 85 magical species from all around the world. In the edition from 2017, Row(...)

literary

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Animals in antiquity Bestiary Centaurs Cerberus Merpeople Mythical creatures Phoenix Sirens