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 ...

An ancient Chinese story tells of two court astronomers, Hsi and Ho, who got drunk and failed to predict an eclipse of the sun. This grave oversight led to them being executed, ...

Historic and haunted tours and walks are popular throughout the Buffalo area as anyone interested in history, folklore, mysteries and the paranormal can join an expert on tours through historic areas ...

Agyemang is the author and illustrator of Fibbed. She writes about magic, history, folklore, love, and fairy tales, and draws from elements of her Ghanaian heritage and faith Legacy and the driving ...

Japan’s Omiwatari, the sacred "Crossing of the Gods" faces extinction due to climate change. Omiwatari, or "Crossing of the Gods," is a sacred phenomenon on Lake Suwa, Japan, where ice forms ...

Elizabeth E. Wein's fourth novel for young adults, "The Lion Hunter: The Mark of Solomon, Book 1," was short-listed recently for the 2008 Andre Norton Award for young adult science fiction and fantasy ...

In her debut book Thistlefoot, author GennaRose Nethercott reimagines the centuries-old character Baba Yaga as a Jewish woman living in a shtetl in 1919 Russia, in a time of civil war and pogroms. We ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 11—NEW LONDON — Mermaids, sea monsters and pirates strolled down Bank Street and the City Pier on Saturday as people in ...

The Space Coast Renaissance Fair will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the winter weekends of January 10–11 and January 17–18 at Space Coast Daily Park, 5775 Stadium Parkway in Viera, transforming the ...