Folklore & Fairytales

Discover a collection of the myths, legends, folktales and superstitions that sailors...

John Gregorson Campbell (1834-91) was one of the most outstanding folklorists working...

Few nations on earth are more inundated with reportings of hauntings and paranormal...

IN the Victorian era, sensational ghost stories were headline news. Spine-chilling...

Like some lost chapters from the Celtic folk tradition, Grimoire tells stories of...

The Highlands of Scotland are rich in traditional stories. Even today, in the modern...

Storytelling is a traditional art form which has survived through the centuries and is...

Arthur Rackham’s artworks bring a distinctive vein of dark humour to the many classic...

Emerging from a people with an absolute belief in 'the little folk', the fairy tales of...

Fairy stories, especially from the fertile landscape of Ireland where the supernatural...

In Irish Ghost Stories, Padraic O'Farrell has included both well-known stories and some...

Whether raising a glass or spinning a yarn, the Irish have long had a way with words -...