Have you ever wondered how to predict the next year's weather with just an onion? Or what the medicinal powers of rømmegrot are? Or heard about the monster fish of the Garrison Dam? All are part of ...

In the mid-nineteenth century, the ethnographer Afanasyev published around 600 Russian folktales—the world’s largest academic collection of such texts. In Russia, these tales have long been considered ...

Silverman started studying Balkan cultures after developing a folk dancing hobby during her undergraduate stint at the City College of New York. @@checked link@@ She continued her educational path and ...

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 ...

DONEGAL, Pennsylvania — It is 6:14 p.m. on a Thursday. You're hiking along the Forbes Trail, nestled deep in the Appalachian Mountains somewhere along the Westmoreland-Somerset County lines. It is 19 ...

A comics collection’s sibling narrators and a graphic novel’s hapless heroine change their stories as they go along. From “Night Stories: Folktales From Latin America.”Credit...Liniers Supported by By ...

ST. GEORGE — As the sun sets and shadows grow long, St. George's past rises from the grave, ready to share its ghostly secrets. Step onto a haunted path where history and mystery intertwine, and every ...

A theatre company that interviewed people about local folklore has turned their stories into a new show. Katie-anna Whiting, 41, founder and artistic director at The Whiting's On The Wall, was ...

If you’re Black, you’ve been told by someone in your family about some haint, a reappearing phantom or a folktale that left you with chills. In honor of spooky season coming, it’s only right for us to ...

The Balkans is one of the world’s richest regions for terrifying traditional tales, which has made it a fertile source of stories and characters for Turkish horror novelist Mehmet Berk Yaltirik.

Music compositions from Cyprus, its legends, Norwegian folk tales and beyond are coming soon as the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra ...

Salena Zito is a Pittsburgh-based columnist for the Washington Examiner. She is the author of "The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics." DONEGAL, Pennsylvania—It is ...