In the earliest text written in Marathi, a language of millions in western and central India, a 13th-century religious figure ...

Explore the folklore behind the Christmas stocking and get ideas for filling yours to the brim for kids, grown-ups, and ...

If you’re hoping to find a magic lamp containing an all-powerful genie, be careful what you wish for. Despite what Aladdin, I Dream of Jeannie or modern paranormal pop culture promise, tapping into ...

When Robert Weil, the editor-in-chief and publishing director of Liveright, approached Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar with the idea of putting together “The Annotated African American Folktales ...

It's the time of year when Halloween decorations are out in full force, and, of course, that includes jack-o'-lanterns. We wanted to know more about the origins of this holiday tradition, so we carved ...

As Vanity Fair’s cover profile, Michael B. Jordan provoked a storm of criticism with one line: “We don’t have any mythology, black mythology, or folklore. …Creating our own mythology is very important ...

While a lot of folklore may be rooted in things unbelievable today, those stories handed down from generation to generation help us understand a culture from long ago or even today, such as the “White ...

On any given Wednesday, at around 7:30 p.m. in a basement room of Ida Noyes, the University of Chicago Folklore Society is hard at work. The handful of students, alumni, and community members that ...