At some point during their grade school years, lots of kids go through a big mythology phase -- they can't get enough of stories about gods, goddesses, and other mythological creatures. And that love ...

Weather folklore shows up in anime in a bunch of memorable ways, from shrine rituals meant to stop the rain to yōkai that literally personify snow, thunder, and wind. Sometimes it’s the backbone of a ...

Japan has a long history with masks. Since the past the Japanese wore masks, their legends were represented by masks, and even today, the Japanese wear medical masks at the first sign of allergy or ...

Giants, demigods, dwarves and elves - all these creatures made the Old Norse mythology so colorful and captivating. Preserved for posterity in the Norse sagas and manuscripts, these myths and legends ...

The Barbary Coast of North Africa was named after the Berbers, the nomadic people who inhabited the region west of the Nile Valley in north Africa. Called the Amazigh or Imazighen in antiquity ...