Folklore

5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore

Helen Nde Recommends Isidore Okpewho, Ruth Finnegan, Ibrahim Al-Koni, and More

 
By Helen Nde  October 31, 2024
Folklore

Five Books That Showcase the Fascinating Landscape of European Folklore

By Ben Edge  October 9, 2024
Folklore

Frogs, Foxes, and Folklore: Gina Chung on Drawing Inspiration from Korean Folktales

By Gina Chung  March 13, 2024
Folklore

In Praise of the Liminal Spaces and Uncertain Endings of Folklore

By Thao Thai  June 27, 2023
Folklore

When Awe Meets Narrative: On Chasing Local Folklore at the Edge of the Ocean

By Emily Urquhart  October 28, 2022
Folklore

“Elves Live Here.” On Modern Icelandic Elflore and the Shades of Belief

By Nancy Marie Brown  October 24, 2022
Folklore

In Praise of the Bold, Powerful Women of Slavic Fairy Tales

By Olesya Salnikova Gilmore  September 19, 2022
Folklore

From World Wars to Airborne Fairies: How History, Myth, and Folklore Shape Our Stories

By Emma Seckel  August 3, 2022
Folklore

How Racism, American Idealism, and Patriotism Created the Modern Myth of the Alamo and Davy Crockett

By Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford  June 22, 2021
Folklore

On the Lies We Tell in Fiction

By Ruth Gilligan  November 10, 2020
Folklore

The Magic of Everyday Life is Preserved in Ganda Folklore

By Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi  September 9, 2020
Folklore

On Celtic Storytelling, From the Bardic to the Mythic

By Martin Shaw  July 17, 2020
Folklore

Have We Lost Our Awe of the Flourishing Arctic?

By Gretel Ehrlich  February 24, 2020
Folklore

The Monster That Drew Crowds to a Small Midwestern Town

By B.J. Hollars  September 4, 2019
Folklore

On Our Relentless Quest for Bigfoot

By John Zada  August 1, 2019

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