Mythos

Vic was going to do it this time. He had first seen the selkies months ago and now he could almost feel warm fur beneath his fingers.

Once human, the constellations of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are said to have been placed into the night sky as stars by the Greek god Zeus.

According to Greek myth, many plants were once human - run afoul of a god's temper, or pity. We take a look at some of these unlucky people.