Folklore, Myths & Legends

What historical tragedy could possibly make a young Wallingford girl daub a wall with her own tears?What really happened to the family who encounte...

'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the A...

In The Book of English Folk Tales, master storyteller, social historian and folklorist Sybil Marshall has collected the essential English folk tale...

In a land like ours, the old beliefs bring pleasure and wisdom Exploring the legends, special places and treasured practices of old, Jo Kerrigan r...

Fionn Cycle: A loose collection of tales originating in Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man which surround hunter-warrior leader Fionn, his band ...

The beautiful county of Yorkshire is the largest in England, and yet still possesses a strong and cohesive regional identity. Built on centuries of...

Talking Tools: Faces of Aboriginal Oral Tradition in Contemporary Society explores the power of oral tradition in Aboriginal society as a foundatio...

This collection of fourteen essays covers a wide range of material that reflects the current range of enquiry within the traditional discipline of ...

For a thirteen-year period, the reclusive Scottish writer Fiona Macleod enthralled the Victorian reading public with a deluge of stories, novels, p...

Allan Cunningham's Traditional Tales is a selection of folk stories steeped in the traditions and popular literature of southern Scotland and north...

The United States has a rich haunted history not often recounted in school. Beyond the Liberty Bell and right under the presidential noses on Mount...

County Kilkenny abounds in folk tales, myths and legends and a selection of the best, drawn from historical sources and newly recorded local remini...

A rich collection of folklore, mythology and tall tales concerning dogs, providing a fascinating insight into the way we think about dogs, and our ...