The second-highest mountain in New Zealand has been granted ‘personhood’ by the NZ parliament because it is regarded as the ...

Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981) argues that horror serves a cathartic function, allowing creators and audiences to confront fears safely, providing an emotional “workout” that helps individuals ...

In his latest book, Peter Beinart calls on American Jews to see the horrors of Gaza and abandon blind Zionism in favor of a justice-driven Jewish identity. Blending biblical critique with political ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

Mastra, an ambitious project by Todak Studios, aims to help redefine this narrative by blending local and regional folklore ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

The Mahabharat is one of the two major epics in Sanskrit of ancient India It contains over one lakh couplets and is thrice as long as the Bible However only a fraction of the narration actually deals ...

Ancient myths often explore universal human emotions—love, jealousy, ambition, fear, and hope. The stories of Greek, Norse, ...

What If History Wasn't What You Thought? Imagine waking up to a world where everything you’ve been told about good and evil ...

Before and during the first Trump presidency, scholars, experts and commentators were all eager to share their opinions on the most unlikely of candidates. Now Trump has retuned to the White House we ...

The Lord of the Rings was a pioneer of the fantasy genre when J.R.R. Tolkien's world first appeared. It also introduced many ...

Known as Kastom stories, they are traditional stories that celebrate moral lessons in specific cultural settings. Some are origin stories of places that exist today, others are legends and myths that ...