The word “mythology” means a collection of traditional or legendary stories, often involving gods and goddesses. Usually, myths are created to explain phenomena that can’t be explained using natural or scientific means . It focuses on the religious and spiritual beliefs of peoples long-dead that are generally considered untrue – therefore mythical – by modern humans.

Mythology is ripe for re-imaginings since it’s already full of action, war, love, and betrayal – the stuff of any good story. It’s a perennially popular topic for kids and teens and will often lead them to check out some nonfiction on their favorite gods, goddesses, or creatures.

When we talk about India and its culture, mythology holds a very strong position. We’ve grown up watching many renditions of our holy books and have been listening to our elders recite quotes from them trying to impart knowledge and moral behavior.

Mythological fiction has emerged as a very interesting and intriguing genre in the field of writing. We see new authors coming up with refreshing new ideas of how these age old mythical stories could be written in today’s dynamic setting. With the many gods and goddesses, kings and queens, princes and princesses, instilled in our childhood memories it has become ever so exciting to pick up the next best book that caters to our never ending imagination and feed our hunger of more such tales of old times.