Ireland's fairy folk have folks spellbound! If you don't believe all you have to do is look around. They're everywhere. Ireland has a huge association with mythical beings, including fairies, a link ...

The Seanchaí Irish storytellers were the epitome of entertainment in ancient Ireland, holding the keys to Irish folklore, myth, and legend. Seanchaí (shan-a-key) were traditional Irish storytellers ...

In Scandinavian folklore, there are numerous races of beings, the best-known of which (apart from human beings) are the gods and the jötnar, their nemesis. In rather simplistic terms, these may be ...

As ambiguous as she is hideous, Baba Yaga is an anomaly. In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga is both a maternal, mother nature figure and an evil villain who kidnaps and eats children. Numerous renditions ...

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