An ancient Chinese story tells of two court astronomers, Hsi and Ho, who got drunk and failed to predict an eclipse of the sun. This grave oversight led to them being executed, ...

Agyemang is the author and illustrator of Fibbed. She writes about magic, history, folklore, love, and fairy tales, and draws from elements of her Ghanaian heritage and faith Legacy and the driving ...

Historic and haunted tours and walks are popular throughout the Buffalo area as anyone interested in history, folklore, mysteries and the paranormal can join an expert on tours through historic areas ...

Explore the legendary stories of dragon slayers from myth and folklore across the world. From Saint George’s famous battle to Sigurd’s fight against Fáfnir in Norse mythology, and from the Japanese ...

When Robert Weil, the editor-in-chief and publishing director of Liveright, approached Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar with the idea of putting together “The Annotated African American Folktales ...

Elizabeth E. Wein's fourth novel for young adults, "The Lion Hunter: The Mark of Solomon, Book 1," was short-listed recently for the 2008 Andre Norton Award for young adult science fiction and fantasy ...

Japan’s Omiwatari, the sacred "Crossing of the Gods" faces extinction due to climate change. Omiwatari, or "Crossing of the Gods," is a sacred phenomenon on Lake Suwa, Japan, where ice forms ...

Rachael Severino is a writer from New York. She was awarded her Bachelor's in Classical Archaeology and Literature from Sarah Lawrence College. She is currently completing her MFA at Columbia ...

A dense green forest surrounds the thin corridors of dark brown earth that make up the Appalachian Trail system. The trees rise like cathedrals, their branches interlaced in a vaulted canopy that ...

The Space Coast Renaissance Fair will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the winter weekends of January 10–11 and January 17–18 at Space Coast Daily Park, 5775 Stadium Parkway in Viera, transforming the ...