Legends & Folklore

The 49ers who flocked to California’s Mother Lode region in the mid-1800s found only an estimated 20% of the gold in the area. That’s a lot of gold left for the taking. Since the price of gold...

Fairy's are Gentle Creatures, If you would like to become one, then you will have to listen, and read BETWEEN the lines... everything I am telling you has something inside of it you need to find...

What is oral history? It is the knowledge, traditions, experiences, memories, celebrations, and customs that we or our ancestors have experienced. These experiences and living traditions provide...

How to stop swearing like a trucker is about using another word to replace the foul language or nasty word that you use so much ... changing the way you sound, Expanding your vocabulary! When...

Everyone can use a little luck in their lives. Luckily for them, there are special lucky numbers that can be calculated for every person based on either their birthdays or their names. The...

The purpose of the narcocorrido, like the traditional corrido, is to tell stories of the common man emphasizing the adversities of everyday life. While the corrido addresses a gamut of universal...

Fantasy books and movies, and imaginations around the world, are filled with dragons breathing fire at innocent villagers and stalwart knights. Whether you are a writer, role-playing gamer or...

Biographies can range from being a simple eulogy of a favorite uncle to a multivolume thesis on a great military leader. Regardless of length, all biographies need to be well-researched and...

While magic seems trivial or even silly to most people, it isn't. Magic pervades in our everyday lives. If you have ever witnessed a strange event or experienced a strange sensation for which you...

Recently, I started what I had hoped would become a series of articles on “How to Kill Various and Sundry Monsters”. As some of you may know from reading my previous articles, I became somewhat...

This article is written with women in mind but it may extend to a few men out there as well. From the time we are wee children listening to fantastical stories of princes on white horses,...

Whether under the bed or in the closet, the Bogeyman is one of our most elusive monsters. Having not one habitat but two and lurking in every child's room, the Bogeyman is as dangerous as the...

Let's face it, sometimes bad things happen to good people and it benefits you to find places to hide in your own home before you need a hiding place.The odds are--you will never need to hide...

Many hoaxes have gone viral and are being emailed all over the world by well-meaning friends and family. If your inbox is being inundated with warnings that are worrying you, check them out to...

With the fantasy genre exploding with fantastic writers like J.K. Rowling, Anne McCaffrey, Tamora Pierce, Robin McKinley and Stephanie Meyers, people everywhere wonder how they do it. Teenagers...

I believe that dreams hold the key to many answers in your life. Sometimes a dream about a hamburger, is just a dream about a hamburger. But this tutorial will help you realize your true...

I love dreams. I always have. My Dad was a psychology major, so each morning if we had an odd dream - we would share it over our morning coffee. Usually, it would help determine the underlying...

Zombies have existed in the human psyche for millennia. Zombies can even be found in the Epic of Gilgamesh, dating back before 2000 B.C. As with so many enduring creatures of the night, there is...

We have all grown up knowing we should do good deeds. The Boy Scouts embrace it as a motto. But you have to ask yourself, what’s the point? What’s in it for me? There is, in fact, a lot to be...

The planet Saturn takes approximately 29.5 years to orbit the sun, and in the astrological tradition, your Saturn Return is the time when the planet comes back to the place in the sky where it was...

Vampire-slaying is not just a Hollywood cinematic tradition. In Romania, killing vampires is a long-standing, if illegal and little-mentioned, part of national culture. Vampires are those who have...

Native American folklore is as diverse as the Native American peoples themselves. Mountain and coastal tribes had full-time religious leaders and shrines or temples, while nomadic Plains Indians...

Kitten de Ville is one of the hottest new age Burlesque Divas. Kitten started with the neo-Burlesque pioneer troupe, Velvet Hammer. Coined the “Queen of the Quake,” Kitten is quickly climbing...

Dirty Martini is the premier voluptuous Burlesque Diva. Dirty got her start at the WOW Cafe in New York City's East Village. NYC's Red Vixon picked her act up as a regular show soon after. Her...

Tassel twirling is the most memorable of the Burlesque basic moves. There is something about revolving objects being propelled into motion by gyrating breasts that leave a permanent dent in one’s...

One of the hardest things to do in life is to break a habit, but it can be done. The easiest way to start is a habit that is not a big deal for you to change. If you can do that, then you are...

The first great civilization, the Egyptian civilization, lasted nearly 3,000 years. As it evolved from separate northern and southern kingdoms into a single empire, it spawned a highly complex...

The Leo is by nature warm, generous and affectionate, but at the same time bossy, impatient and intolerant. Living with a Leo, whether as an office mate, a life partner or a friend can be a...

Beowulf is the oldest text written in English. It tells the story of a man, Beowulf, and his adventures in Denmark and Sweden sometime around the sixth century. It’s not necessary to know the...

Tell your children a story about their ancestors and you are contributing to the folklore of your culture. Folklore includes the oral traditions and stories of a particular culture. Many stories...

Qi Xi, or Qi Qiao Jie, the Night of Sevens, is a Chinese festival staged the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. It celebrates the legend of two star-crossed lovers, represented by the stars...

Contrary to popular belief, chivalry is not dead: it's merely in hiding. I've been fortunate enough to meet a handful of people (women as well as men) who truly live a chivalric life and others...

Hiking and camping allows a person to get away from it all. On the next outdoor trip, a search for Bigfoot is something to consider. Imagine the celebrity and riches if the beast can be located...

There's a rat in the take-out fried chicken. A man wakes up in bathtub filled with ice, minus one kidney. Urban legends are rampant in our culture, especially now that spreading them is as easy as...

Dybbuk (pronounced "DIH-buk"), from the Hebrew meaning "cleaving" or "clinging," is the term for a wandering spirit that attaches itself to a living person and controls that person in order to...

If you have wanted to be famous for something--well, anything--consider becoming a Guinness World Record holder. Some of the records may be way out of your reach, but you might have seen one that...

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