The seventh edition of storytelling festival Udaipur Tales is giving more storytellers, from homemakers to students, a stage ...

He had asked his love to be his bride, and she had kissed him and said that she would be honoured. This rare love knew no ...

The Balkans is one of the world’s richest regions for terrifying traditional tales, which has made it a fertile source of stories and characters for Turkish horror novelist Mehmet Berk Yaltirik.

In the mid-nineteenth century, the ethnographer Afanasyev published around 600 Russian folktales—the world’s largest academic collection of such texts. In Russia, these tales have long been considered ...

Drawing on folklore traditions from around the world, these thrilling and entertaining books put fresh spins on classic tales. By Kalyani Saxena Kalyani Saxena is a reporter and critic covering ...

A comics collection’s sibling narrators and a graphic novel’s hapless heroine change their stories as they go along. From “Night Stories: Folktales From Latin America.”Credit...Liniers Supported by By ...

August 22 is World Folklore Day, based on a letter from August 22, 1846 where the word “folklore” was used for the first time to describe oral stories that are passed down through generations. These ...

In many cultures, animals have long been seen as more than just companions or wild creatures. They carry messages, symbols, ...

High passes, hidden caves, and steep cliffs allowed mountain outlaws to ambush travelers, evade authorities, and launch raids ...

If you’re Black, you’ve been told by someone in your family about some haint, a reappearing phantom or a folktale that left you with chills. In honor of spooky season coming, it’s only right for us to ...

Salena Zito is a Pittsburgh-based columnist for the Washington Examiner. She is the author of "The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics." DONEGAL, Pennsylvania—It is ...

Max Bowden received a bursary from the Folklore Society. Dead & Company, the latest and most enduring post-Grateful Dead project, is about to take to the stage for the second time at the Las Vegas ...