folklore

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

The hoof print on the Rosstrappe: a legend from the Harz mountains

5 years ago Pavel

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Ringing of the bluebells: discover obscure folklore around these popular little flowers

5 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Paschal Full Moon: the curious and complicated link between Easter, Equinox and moon.

5 years ago Leo S

9 min read

• Myths and Legends

“The Emperor’s New Clothes”, an often forgotten classic.

5 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Tale of the Scottish Thistle

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Topienie Marzanny: the drowning of Marzanna, the Winter witch of Slavic folklore

5 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

Ghillie Dhu, the Elf of forest from Scottish Folklore

5 years ago Pavel

5 min read

• History

Haida’s Totems: the silent guardians of the Northwest coast of Canada

5 years ago Leo S

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Irish Superstitions that people still believe ~

5 years ago Leo S

6 min read

• Myths and Legends

Bunyip: Australia’s Mysterious Amphibian Monster

5 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

Kópakonan, the Seal Woman of Faroe Islands

5 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Nachzehrers: the shroud eating Vampires of German Folklore

5 years ago Pavel

1 min read

• Myths and Legends

Loftandi – Iceland’s Air Spirit

5 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Anna Ravenel, Edgar Allan Poe and the Unitarian Church Graveyard

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The curious history Of Vermont’s Witch Windows

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

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

5 years ago Pavel

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

Huldufolk: the elusive Hidden People of Iceland

5 years ago Adam

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

5 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Tévennec: France’s legendary haunted lighthouse

5 years ago Adam

4 min read

• History

Benzaiten, the Japanese Goddes of love and all that flows

5 years ago Pavel

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

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

5 years ago Robin

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Things you probably didn’t know about snow

5 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Danijel90

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lunar New Year 2022: the year of the Tiger

5 years ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

5 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Anya

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Cailleach, the Goddess of Winter

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Stirling Castle and its trapped souls

5 years ago Danijel90

13 min read

• History

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

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

New Year’s traditions in Ancient Egypt: Wepet Renpet

5 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

New Year’s Traditions in Ethiopia: Enkutatash

5 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

5 years ago Ivan

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Nowruz: the Persian New Year

5 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

5 years ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions
• Weather

Christmas and Winter weather folklore

5 years ago Leo S

7 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Popular Christmas folklore in Appalachia

5 years ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient tradition of Yule Log at Christmas ~

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Dode: the village that was abandoned after the Black Death

5 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

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

5 years ago Adam

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The curious story of Witch’s Ladder

5 years ago Anya