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Abstract: Mythology is a body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person. According to Oxford Dictionary it is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people explaining some natural or social phenomenon and typically involving supernatural beings or elements. Being an important and integral part of the human culture they in the form of fables, fairy tales, sagas, folktales, epics legends, tales etc. Right from ancient Homer, Hesiod, Aescheles, Sophocles, and Euripides to modern James Joyce, Mary Shelly, Ali Smith, Susan Stocks Chapman used these mythologies in their writings. But their writing was limited only to highlighting the Greek mythology. But Rick Riordon, an American writer blended these stories with the modern American life. His novel series Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2005-2009) is a perfect example of incorporation between ancient and modern. In this five novels series there are ancient Greek gods as well as demigods and human beings. There is complete blending of characters, places, weapons, powers, vocabulary etc. The series is translated in 42 languages and movies are made on the first two novels of the series.