Folklore
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The Concept of Death in the Folk Culture of Macedonians
According to traditional beliefs, the process of existence is eternal but every alive being is subjected to the process of…
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Mortality and the Presence of Zombies Through Cultures
All cultures understand death because everyone and everything eventually dies. However, there is no clear consensus on what happens after…
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An Ethnographic Inquiry of a Coven of Contemporary Witches
The image of witchcraft presented both by informants and literature is a very diverse, highly eclectic belief and behavioural system.
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Salem Witch Hunt and Others in the Seventeenth-Century
Historians of witchcraft know the long shadow cast by the Salem witch hunt of 1692, related to cultural aspects of…
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The Concept of the Undead, and a Carnival of Terrors
The concept of the Undead, and of the beings that haunt the deepest recesses of our minds, continue to both…
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Blood, Disease and the Early Modern Vampire Reports
The Age of Reason and Enlightenment have provided the real stimulus for the vampire, as this period saw a spate…
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The Essence Of The Vampires Being Gothic Villains
Vampires do not breed as humans; they infect their victims to cause their death ― a physical, ethical or spiritual…
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Origins Of Vanth In The Etruscan And Celtic Worlds
While images of such Vanth figures are sometimes independent of other associated scenes; they are often drawn from Greek mythology.
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La Llorona’s Dreadful Prestige Through the Centuries
La Llorona can be traced to pre-Hispanic cultures in Mexico. However, the presence of the phantasmagoric figure has spread across…
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Medusa’s Metamorphosis And Monstrous Violation
Medusa is positioned as a woman whose possession of power makes her a threat to be eliminated, a reviled monster…
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The Dullahan and Banshee in Irish Celtic Fairy Tales
An introduction analysis of the portrayal of the Dullahan and Banshee in Celtic fairy tales and the connection to cultural…
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The Victorians And The Influence On Modern Vampires
Feared in mythology from early civilization up to the modern age, it is ‘Dracula’ that infused the symbolism of the…
