Mythology
Dark Christmas Folklore: Krampus, Perchta, the ...
Krampus gets the attention, but Europe's midwinter is crowded with stranger visitors: a goddess who checks your spinning, a horse skull at the door, a cat that eats the idle.
Dark Christmas Folklore: Krampus, Perchta, the ...
Krampus gets the attention, but Europe's midwinter is crowded with stranger visitors: a goddess who checks your spinning, a horse skull at the door, a cat that eats the idle.
La Befana: Italy's Christmas Witch, the Magi an...
In Italy the last gift of the season comes from an old woman on a broom who sweeps the floor on her way out. Here is the legend of La...
La Befana: Italy's Christmas Witch, the Magi an...
In Italy the last gift of the season comes from an old woman on a broom who sweeps the floor on her way out. Here is the legend of La...
The Yule Cat: Jolakotturinn, Gryla and the Yule...
Iceland's Christmas cat is huge, black, and eats people who have no new clothes by Christmas Eve. Here is where it came from, who keeps it, and what it was...
The Yule Cat: Jolakotturinn, Gryla and the Yule...
Iceland's Christmas cat is huge, black, and eats people who have no new clothes by Christmas Eve. Here is where it came from, who keeps it, and what it was...
Krampus: The Legend, Krampusnacht and Where the...
The horned figure who punishes what St Nicholas rewards has become a global December icon. The folklore is real, the pagan pedigree is thinner than the internet says, and both...
Krampus: The Legend, Krampusnacht and Where the...
The horned figure who punishes what St Nicholas rewards has become a global December icon. The folklore is real, the pagan pedigree is thinner than the internet says, and both...
Eastern and Western Dragons: Why They Mean Oppo...
Two creatures, one English word. Where the Eastern and Western dragon traditions actually diverged, and why it matters if you plan to wear one.
Eastern and Western Dragons: Why They Mean Oppo...
Two creatures, one English word. Where the Eastern and Western dragon traditions actually diverged, and why it matters if you plan to wear one.
Norse and Celtic Dragons: Fafnir, Nidhogg and t...
Northern European dragons are not treasure-guarding monsters. One is a man transformed by greed, one gnaws the world tree, one is on a national flag.
Norse and Celtic Dragons: Fafnir, Nidhogg and t...
Northern European dragons are not treasure-guarding monsters. One is a man transformed by greed, one gnaws the world tree, one is on a national flag.