Folktales

But if you’re wearing new clothes, you have nothing to fear from Jólakötturinn.

In the Mekong River, protecting the revered but critically endangered mammals is also a way for locals to reclaim their culture.

Some experts estimate as many as 3,000 people were accused and executed for witchcraft in Scotland.

Even though we know better.

Female ghosts seem to dominate the afterlife. Whether the spirits are real or not, the reasons for the disparity could be revealing.

The kankariya dance all started with a legendary demon queen named Kuweni.

But make sure you bring the fossegrim the proper offering—or else.

Nahuelito’s plesiosaur visage can be found all over the small town of Bariloche.

In Ireland, fears about disturbing the fair folk have saved thousands of these mysterious ancient structures.

One man hopes to turn the wolfish cryptid into a mascot for saving the state's imperiled wetlands.

Believers say the otherworldly protectors of Cerro de la Muerte's cloud forests face an uncertain future.