myths

8 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Mid-Autumn Festival: dates, traditions and legends

4 days ago Pavel

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

An Estonian tale: the Maiden of the Milky Way

3 weeks ago Pavel

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

Inuit mythology: the Qallupilluit

4 weeks ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

August 10th: the tears of Saint Lawrence and the night of the shooting stars

2 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Tanabata: the Japanese Star Festival

3 months ago Pavel

3 min read

• Travel

Ado Awaye: the quiet Nigerian town surrounded by myths and legends

4 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• History

Behind the myth of 19th-Century grotesque ‘Tear Catchers’

5 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

April 9: National Unicorn Day

6 months ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Some surprising things you (probably) didn’t know about Good Friday

6 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Hilaria: the roman festival that commemorated the worship of the Phrygian goddess Cybele and her devotee Attis

6 months ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Ancient celebrations of March 1st

7 months ago Adam

6 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The mystery of the Death Ship of Platte River, Wyoming

7 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Black Dog of Newgate

7 months ago Leo S

6 min read

• Myths and Legends

The legend of La Tulevieja, the woman-like creature wandering Panama’s and Costa Rica’s rivers

8 months ago Danilo G.

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

Hanwi, Sioux Moon Goddess

9 months ago Pavel

9 min read

• Weather

History of the Northern Lights: folklore, myths and legends

9 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

4th January: Fufluns Festival

9 months ago Danilo G.

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Celebrate the New Year with a Good Luck Pig!

9 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Rusalka: the history behind mythical Slavic Mermaid

10 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Drekavac, monster from South Slavic mythology

10 months ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

The Nykur of Sørvágsvatn, Faroe Islands

11 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Dobhar-chú, an Irish folktale

11 months ago Nathan

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Dullahan – Headless Horseman of Celtic Mythology

11 months ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

Aluxes: the Goblins of the Mayan Folklore

11 months ago Ivan

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

Montana’s Shunka Warak’in, the Rocky Mountain Hyena

11 months ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Story of ‘Syrenka Warszawska’ – the Warsaw Mermaid

12 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

Will-o’-the-wisp – ghost lights at night

12 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Travel

Knucker Hole, the home of an ancient Sussex Dragon

1 year ago Leo S

5 min read

• Myths and Legends
• Weather

What is a Rainbow? Myths and legends throughout history

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Bean-nighe, the Washerwoman of Death of Scottish Folklore

1 year ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky?

1 year ago Leo S

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

The creepy legend of Tate’s Hell Swamp and the curse of the Native American Medicine Man

1 year ago Leo S

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

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

1 year ago Pavel

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

Metsänhaltija, the forest spirits of Finnish Mythology

1 year ago Nathan

9 min read

• Myths and Legends

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

1 year ago Pavel

2 min read

• Travel

Lake Bumbunga, the salt lake in South Australia that features seasonal color changes and its very own monster.

1 year ago Nathan

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

Apache tears – an Apache legend

1 year ago Adam

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

Ghillie Dhu, the Elf of forest from Scottish Folklore

2 years ago Pavel

6 min read

• Myths and Legends

Bunyip: Australia’s Mysterious Amphibian Monster

2 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

Kópakonan, the Seal Woman of Faroe Islands

2 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Nachzehrers: the shroud eating Vampires of German Folklore

2 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

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

2 years ago Pavel