Folklore, Myths & Legends

'His cornucopia of tellers and tales is a delight, a riveting celebration of a genre that revels in its own hybridity and the imaginative riches pr...

The Complete Language of Trees is a comprehensive encyclopedia providing the meanings, powers, facts, and folklore for over 400 types of treesnow i...

Yongding County in southeast China is famous for its large, multistory communal vernacular buildings known as tulou, translated rammed earth buildi...

Yongding County in southeast China is famous for its large, multistory communal vernacular buildings known as tulou, translated rammed earth buildi...

Widely regarded as one of the foundational 'Unholy Trinity' of folk horror film, The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) has been comparatively over-shado...

St Patrick is one of the best-known and best-loved saints in the world. His life and legacy is deeply ingrained in Irish history and society, as th...

Requested for the Wolfson History Prize 2024. Devon has a long and rich folkloric heritage which has been extensively collected over many years. T...

In 1815, F. W. J. Schelling presented a lecture, On the Deities of Samothrace, before the king of Bavaria. This lecture, which is one of the most o...

In 1815, F. W. J. Schelling presented a lecture, On the Deities of Samothrace, before the king of Bavaria. This lecture, which is one of the most o...

People have been fascinated by merpeople since ancient times. From the sirens of Homers Odyssey to Hans Christian Andersens The Little Mermaid and ...

Scotland has one of the richest traditions of folklore in the world, and the nations greatest writers have been influenced by the countrys abundanc...

Requested for the Wolfson History Prize 2024. Devon has a long and rich folkloric heritage which has been extensively collected over many years. T...

From Snow White to Cinderella, Rapunzel to Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm bequeathed a canon of stories which have become literary and childho...

Monsters are a part of every society, and ours is no exception. They are deeply embedded in our history, our mythos, and our culture. However, trea...