Orcs: Their true origin and history
The Orcs were meant to represent warped and corrupted Elves. Tolkien eventually understood, however, that this makes absolutely no sense. Tolkien believed it to be abhorrent and excessively harsh. And….
The Orcs were meant to represent warped and corrupted Elves. Tolkien eventually understood, however, that this makes absolutely no sense. Tolkien believed it to be abhorrent and excessively harsh. And….
The Leviathans, also known as Leviathans, The Old Ones, Chompers, or simply Levis, are a race of ancient, primordial monsters who functioned as God’s first beasts. As a result, they….
A hellhound is a mythological hound who represents the devil, hell, or the underworld as a protector or servant. Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from Norse mythology, the black dogs….
The Tower of London, built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century to defend and consolidate his position as King of England, became not only a beautiful fortress but….
Many prominent monuments and locales in London are claimed to be haunted, but the storey of Bruce Castle’s ghost, who is said to pay an unnerving visit each November, gives….
The novel “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” is based on the experiences of Anneliese Michel, a German woman born in 1952. She began shaking uncontrollably at the age of 16 and….
ÖTZI The iceman is one of the world’s oldest and most magnificent mummy examples. Perhaps he’s so well kept that he’s still leaving an imprint on the lives of those….
The mummy’s curse, sometimes known as the pharaoh’s curse, is said to be put on anyone who disturbs the mummy of an ancient Egyptian, particularly a pharaoh. This curse, which….
Every year in the village of Malajpur in Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, the ‘Ghost Fair’ or ‘bhooton ka mela’ takes place. India is one of those countries where the diversity of people’s views defies….
In Irish folklore, a Banshee is a fairy whose cry is thought to be a premonition of death. The scream is also known as ‘caoine,‘ which means ‘keening,‘ and is a warning….
Loki is not one of the Asgardian gods according to Norse mythology. Loki is a crafty trickster who can alter his shape and sex at will. Despite the fact that….
One day, the world will come to an end, and four men will arrive on horses, carrying sinners and criminal souls away. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, also known….
In European tradition, a werewolf is a man that transforms into a wolf at night and devours animals, people, or corpses before resuming human form during the day. Some werewolves….
The act or practice of humans consuming the flesh or internal organs of other humans is known as human cannibalism. People engage in cannibalism for a variety of reasons, ranging….
We’re all familiar with the story of Aladdin and The Djinn, in which a little kid discovers a magical lamp and touches it three times, causing a blue djinn to….
There is a city in north eastern India with a fantastic history that goes back further than the Brahmaputra River that passes through it. The pristine, secluded town of Mayong,….
Pegasus Pegasus in Greek Mythology was the flying horse belonging to Bellerophon. The winged steed was born from the blood that spilled from several heads of Gorgon Medusa, who was….
A soul eater is a legendary figure in several African peoples’ traditional belief systems, particularly among the Hausa of Nigeria and Niger. Traditional folk beliefs in witchcraft, zombies, and other….
There was once upon a time in Arab when a girl was collecting logs in a forest. The sky was gloomy and it was already nighttime. People were performing their….