mythology

4,400-year-old Sumerian tablet reveals world’s first trickster fox

A 4,400-year-old Sumerian tablet has finally been fully translated after more than a century of scholarly neglect, revealing a previously unknown myth featuring the world's earliest recorded trickster fox. Dr. Jana Matuszak of the University of Chicago published her analysis…

Historians debunk Germany’s beloved Frederick potato myth

Generations of Germans have grown up believing Frederick the Great introduced the potato to their country, but historians are pushing back against one of the nation's most enduring historical myths. The story of the cunning Prussian king who used reverse…