Halloween is often considered the world's oldest human celebration as it has been traced back continuously to Celtic traditions a few thousand of years...

Believe it or not, the origins of Halloween have a distinct Roman flavor. The explanation, however, requires some jumping around. The month of May, for the Romans, was both a somber...

The Carnaval Celebration that became Christmas & New Year'S Eve In pagan Rome, the celebration of the Winter Solstice began on December 17 with the feast of Saturn -- also called...

Few mythical "creatures", if you can call this one, share the kind of worldwide mythology that the will-o'-the-wisp has.  In different cultures around the world, this unexplained phenomenon is known...

Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm Hansel and Gretel Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel...

A little Halloween fun for you …  ;) Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm Rumpelstiltskin By the side of a wood, in a country a long way off, ran a fine...

A far cry from the grinning pumpkins of Halloween today, the original Jack-o-Lanterns, named for Jack O’Lantern of the Irish myth, were actually quite terrifying. They were carved from turnips or beets rather...

When we think of Jack-o-Lanterns today we think of the carved pumpkins with candles lighting them brightly from within; but did you know that the Jack-o-Lantern actually has deep historical...

Once upon a time on the banks of a great river in northern Germany there was a town called Hamelin. The citizens of Hamelin were honest and content. Many peaceful,...

By Sharon Day You roll over in bed and force your eyes open, only to read the blurry red lights of the digital clock “3:15.” Wikipedia refers to the witching hour this...

A blue moon is what people call the second of two full Moons that appear during the same month. A second full Moon can appear within the same month because...

There is a lot of folklore about the moon. Modern folklore has it that full moons make for better parties and higher booking rates at mental hospitals, but all the...

The Banshee In Ireland Banshee (bean-sidhe) means ‘Faerie woman’ or ‘woman of the Faerie mound. Many legends exist surrounding the Banshees and just how evil is she meant to be. The Legends...

Bats “Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they ever fly by twilight” Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Of all the creatures associated with the night, perhaps the most misaligned and misunderstood is the...