History Series / MythQuest

The show was [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes never released on DVD]], but it is available on Netflix in some regions. The first three episodes, as well as the fifth, recieved novelizations by the writers of the episodes. They contain scene extensions and a more canonical account of the myths that the episodes were based on. They are available on Amazon.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Alex has plenty of trouble with the Welsh names in episode 13. But this seems to have affected the entire production team - "Blodeuwedd" is consistently mispronounced as bluh-D'OW-weth instead of blod-EYE-weth.

* BalefulPolymorph: [[spoiler: Cleo is transformed into an owl as punishment]] for the actions of her character/persona of the week.

* TheLostWoods: The Blood Trees from episode 5, wherein lives Yuki-Onna.

* KilledByTheAdaptation: Zigzagged with Lleu Llaw Gyffes. He is murdered and brought back by wizards, but his revival is only long enough to expose his killers and he even looks like a sentient corpse, implying they just reanimated him instead of actually bringing him back to life. In the original myths, not only was his resurrection a bit more permanent, with the story ending with him ascending the throne, he was implied to be NotQuiteDead to begin with, having been turned into an eagle instead of dying (confusingly, this part is even referenced in the episode).

* OrpheanRescue: In "Orpheus", Alex recreates the rescue of Eurydice.

* RevealingHug: When Yuki hugs Alex, she has SupernaturalGoldEyes which reveal that she's AnIcePerson.

* ALoadOfBull: The very first episode is about Theseus and the Minotaur.

[=MythQuest=] was a Canadian series that first aired on PBS and CBC in 2001, with the goal of teaching children and teens about the mythology of cultures throughout the world. It lasted for thirteen episodes before being prematurely cancelled.

* DisguisedInDrag: Ariadne gets Alex, as Theseus, to wear a dress so he can sneak past King Minos' guards and get advice from Daedalus.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Loki is chained to a rock with the entrails of his son underneath a venomous snake.

* TrappedInAnotherWorld: The teens' father. The only way to get out of the mythworld is to touch the item that you touched to get in, but he touched the Gorgos stone, which is very difficult to find.

* KilledByTheAdaptation: Zigzagged with Lleu Llaw Gyffes. He is murdered and brought back by wizards, but his revival is only long enough to expose his killers and he even looks like a sentient corpse. In the original myths, not only was his resurrection a bit more permanent, with the story ending with him ascending the throne, he was implied to be NotQuiteDead to begin with, having been turned into an eagle instead of dying (confusingly, this part is even referenced in the episode).

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: First shows up in Norse mythology with the concept of wyrd. Later on, when they discover that changing the myth means changing or damaging the real world, they enforce this trope on themselves.

* HumanSacrifice: Shows up in "Quetzalcoatl", when Alex travels to an Aztec myth.
* IGaveMyWord: In his request to be beheaded by Eliavres instead of King Arthur, Alex uses this reason.

* AnIcePerson: Yuki-onna, a Japanese snow demon, appears in "Minokichi".

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* NoPronunciationGuide: Alex has plenty of trouble with the Welsh names in episode 13. Interestingly, he pronounces "Blodeuwedd" correctly on the first try. (bluh-D'OW-weth)

Now has a [[Recap/MythQuest recap page]].