folklore

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• Myths and Legends

Nachzehrers: the shroud eating Vampires of German Folklore

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• Myths and Legends

Loftandi – Iceland’s Air Spirit

1 year ago Nathan

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Anna Ravenel, Edgar Allan Poe and the Unitarian Church Graveyard

1 year ago Leo S

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• Travel

Phantom Canyon Road: the narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

1 year ago Leo S

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• Travel

The curious history Of Vermont’s Witch Windows

1 year ago Leo S

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• Myths and Legends

Wanyūdō: one of strangest, most fearsome spirit from Japanese mythology

1 year ago Pavel

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• Myths and Legends

Huldufolk: the elusive Hidden People of Iceland

1 year ago Adam

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Magic of the Wishing Doll (and how to make it….)

1 year ago Pavel

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• Lighthouses of the world

Tévennec: France’s legendary haunted lighthouse

1 year ago Adam

4 min read

• History

Benzaiten, the Japanese Goddes of love and all that flows

1 year ago Pavel

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Sko-Ella: the tale of the woman worse than the Devil

1 year ago Robin

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Things you probably didn’t know about snow

1 year ago Leo S

5 min read

• Travel

The Mouth of Truth: if a liar puts his hand inside its mouth, he will lose it.

1 year ago Danijel90

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lunar New Year 2022: the year of the Tiger

1 year ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Travel

Creole House Inn on St. Ann – a pearl in New Orleans French Quarter

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Kukeri: the ancient Bulgarian tradition that keeps evil spirits at bay

1 year ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

The Devil’s Column: a gateway to hell in Milan’s city center

1 year ago Anya016

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Cailleach, the Goddess of Winter

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Stirling Castle and its trapped souls

1 year ago Danijel90

13 min read

• History

When winter was really winter: the legendary Frost Fairs of the River Thames

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

New Year’s traditions in Ancient Egypt: Wepet Renpet

1 year ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

New Year’s Traditions in Ethiopia: Enkutatash

1 year ago Ivan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

New Year’s traditions in Sri Lanka: Sinhalese and Tamil New Year

1 year ago Ivan

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Nowruz: the Persian New Year

1 year ago Ivan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

New Year’s Traditions in China: Nian and Chinese New Year

1 year ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Christmas and Winter weather folklore

1 year ago Leo S

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Popular Christmas folklore in Appalachia

1 year ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient tradition of Yule Log at Christmas ~

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Dode: the village that was abandoned after the Black Death

1 year ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Zmei Gorynich: the life-size fire-breathing, three-headed dragon statue in Russia

1 year ago Adam

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Diwali: the Festival of Lights

1 year ago Ivan

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The curious story of Witch’s Ladder

1 year ago Anya016

7 min read

• History

The “Witch Cake” – a 1600s forgotten recipe you probably won’t try

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Travel

The Old Fairy Bridge of the Isle of Man (and how to find it)

1 year ago Leo S

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

White deer in myths and legends

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Buried under a boulder: the grave of Meg Shelton, the Woodplumpton Witch

1 year ago Leo S

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Matthew Hassal, Isle of Man Vampire

1 year ago Leo S

6 min read

• Myths and Legends

The owl of Cwm Cowlyd and the oldest animals in the world

2 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Sluagh: Celtic spirits of the unforgiven dead

2 years ago Leo S

6 min read

• Myths and Legends

Folklore and magic of crows and ravens

2 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Spirit of the Grain Fields

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The secret history of Closeburn Castle, one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland~

2 years ago Leo S