"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ever since we started telling stories, mythical creatures have fascinated and terrified humans with their ...

As the story goes, a gigantic snake or serpent once roamed the remote region near the Connecticut border. It had a giant red gem – known in olden times as a carbuncle – in the middle of its forehead.

Journey to the West’s most well known character is arguably Sun Wukong, the monkey king who joins the monk on his pilgrimage to retrieve sacred buddhist texts in the Chinese novel. For English ...