Folklore Archive
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AncientPages.com - We're all familiar with the jolly, white-haired and bearded overweight man who sneaks down chimneys on Christmas Eve delivering presents to children. But where did this
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AncientPages.com - On December 18, 1941, it was forbidden to use the Norwegian flag and its colours in a way that offended national sentiment. The ban was issued by
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Advent is a Christian season celebration that begins on the 4th Sunday before Christmas. In 2023, Advent begins on Sunday, December 3rd, and ends
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - July 15 is the feast day of St. Swithin, an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester who died in 862 A.D. His name is associated with
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Showing your face at dinners and parties at court: it was the way to get noticed by the king in William I's time.
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Bread has been known for millennia though its authentic history is lost in time. It is the primary food of man in almost
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
AncientPages.com - As an undergraduate, on a tour of Europe, I happened to step into the church where Saint Valentine’s head was kept. The tour guide told us
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
AncientPages.com - On Jan. 22, 2023, more than a billion people globally will welcome the Year of the Rabbit – or the Year of Cat, depending on which
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Every year, families who celebrate Christmas decorate their tree and hang stockings in anticipation of the arrival of Santa Claus. But what does
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Folklore
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - By combining written texts, folklore, and astronomical calculations, a team of researchers at Nagoya University, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and Otaru
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Featured Stories
AncientPages.com - When most people think about fairies, they perhaps picture the sparkling Tinker Bell from Peter Pan or the other heartwarming and cute fairies and fairy god
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Christmas Traditions
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - No Christmas is complete without a ghost story. Our fascination with ghostly tales around Christmas time goes back thousands of years and is
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Christmas Traditions
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - Shortly before Christmas, you can see this little fellow everywhere in Scandinavia. He appears on Christmas cards, in shops, the Christmas tree, outdoors,
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Celtic Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In pagan folklore, Holly King presides over the six months of the year following the summer solstice. Celtic myths describe his fight against
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On December 13, the Feast of Saint Lucy is celebrated in some countries. This memorable Christmas holiday is of great importance, mainly in
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Christmas Traditions
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Do you have the courage to challenge supernatural forces? If you decide to do so, remember it will be your own doing. One
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Christmas Traditions
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - When darkness falls and the days get colder, we gather around the fireplace to embrace the warmth. In the old days, when there
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Wild Hunt is a well-known folklore story in Northern Europe. It is said that seeing the Wild Hunt is dangerous because it
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On October 31, many of us celebrate Halloween, a tradition that is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Once, a long time ago, there was a very precious herb in the ancient city of Cyrene, a Greek city on the North African
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On June 21, many people worldwide celebrate the summer solstice. The festivals are often very colorful and magical. It’s an ancient tradition that is
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - If you have the patience and are not determined to compete with some of the world’s most talented artists, painting can be a
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com - Like many other ancient cultures, people in Japan have long believed dreams can foretell the future. For example, ancient Egyptians believed certain signs
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Children wait impatiently for Santa Claus to bring them gifts when Christmas approaches. Kids are taught misbehaving children receive coal on Christmas Eve,
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Did you know that Nordic people celebrated a festival similar to Christmas long before they became Christian? Of course, Norse Yule was not
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many ancient cultures worldwide believed in someone protecting the home and looking after the entire household and the family members. In some ancient
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It isn't easy to imagine a Christmas celebration without a beautifully decorated Christmas tree at home. In the United States alone, more than 40
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We are told that 13 is an unlucky number. Thirteen symbolizes disharmony, disaster, death, ruin, curse, betrayal, contradiction, and non-fulfillment. As the number
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It’s been a hard and sad year for many, but it doesn’t mean we should break with old traditions, and nothing can stop
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - We used to associate martial arts mainly with the Far East, China - Kung Fu, and Japan - Karate, but the truth is
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Icelandic folklore, magic is a popular subject. There are many stories about people who performed extraordinary magical feats and achieved amazing things. Records
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Legend tells a centuries-old curse was placed upon Dudleytown in Connecticut. The town turned into a horrible place where people committed suicide or went
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - If you are open-minded about unorthodox healing methods, then the Whisperers' practices should interest you. The Whisperers are said to possess a magical
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In some Native American cultures, a typical dreamcatcher was a handmade hanging ornament consisting of a woven net in a circle and certain
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The rubber ball game is one of the most fundamental and iconic features of ancient Mesoamerica, a pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing Guatemala, Belize,
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