In many cultures, animals have long been seen as more than just companions or wild creatures. They carry messages, symbols, ...

August 22 is World Folklore Day, based on a letter from August 22, 1846 where the word “folklore” was used for the first time to describe oral stories that are passed down through generations. These ...

SINCE the days when Castrén made his arduous journeys of linguistic exploration in Siberia, or when the brothers Grimm collected their rich treasures of folk-lore from the lips of German peasants, an ...

In his entertaining debut, historian Coward surveys centuries of folklore, arguing that these tales, with their focus on transformation, deviance, nonconformity, and otherness, have always been ...

He had asked his love to be his bride, and she had kissed him and said that she would be honoured. This rare love knew no ...

Mythical figures from Cypriot folk tradition, legends and more are the focus of an upcoming multi-thematic exhibition by the ...

Long before meteorology and climate science, Irish people looked to the natural world to forecast the weather and make sense ...