From “Cinderella” to “The Three Little Pigs,” there are stories that are so deeply embedded in our literature and culture that we might not recall the first time we heard them. Certainly, though, ...

Irish folklore, like the island itself, is littered with tales of earth mounds known as fairy forts. The ancient ringforts date back to the Iron Age and have long been entwined with tales of the Aos ...

Fear old women in fairy tales. For as long as people have been telling stories, crones have been scaring the wits out of children. But why does the face of evil so often belong to an old woman?

Discover the fascinating history of cat myths around the world, from ancient Egyptian gods to Celtic folklore, Asian legends ...

To describe Trollhunter as "The Blair Witch Project meets Scandinavian mythology" might be accurate, but the shorthand sells the droll mockumentary woefully short. While director André Øvredal leans ...

HBO's adaptation of Madeline Miller's celebrated 2018 novel, Circe, is due out in 2021, but with a release date still to be announced at the time of this writing, readers may have to wait months to ...

With the modern world in so much turmoil, fairy tales can be ameans of escape. But not all fairy tales are happy ones. TheBrothers Grimm wrote some of the creepiest stories that ever madetheir way ...

From “Cinderella” to “The Three Little Pigs,” there are stories that are so deeply embedded in our literature and culture that we might not recall the first time we heard them. Certainly, though, ...