The goddess is greeted by dancing flowers and fairies. The devil comes and takes her away to be his queen. She's despondent, as winter settles in above ground. But the devil isn't happy either ...

The Birth of Venus, a painting by the Italian artist Botticelli, depicts the goddess Venus at the shore after her birth.

"My kids and their friends swiftly forget their own nakedness and are remarkably unselfconscious in this space — the opposite ...

When it comes to the countryside, the charms of our flora – the Roman goddess of spring in mythology – are magical this time of year. And with blankets of bluebells, beautiful blooms and swathes of ...

Devotees offer flowers and flower garlands to Hindu deities such as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth; Ganesha, the remover of ...

An English spring flower name, Bluebell describes tiny, blue, bell-shaped flowers that carpet forest floors with color. Chloe is another name for Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest. This name ...

I didn’t choose this house; it kind of came to me,” says artist Paulina Olowska of the building she bought in 2009. “Rabka has all these amazing abandoned buildings – and I found this one.” She ...

Inari is the most worshipped god in the entire Shinto religion, being the god of rice, agriculture, sake, and fertility. He's ...

Rihanna, de facto royalty in her native Barbados, is dressing like the Queen of the Seas. Over the weekend, Rihanna went ...

On 9, Jennifer Lopez attended the “Wicked” premiere in Los Angeles in a gorgeous Zuhair Murad gown. The fit was all about ...