Folklore & Fairytales

Ghastly castles, haunted mansions, shadowy forests and long, dark corridors... This new...

Tales of wizards and witches reach across traditions as folk try to explain natural...

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

Scotland is a land steeped in romance – often these stories end happily but,...

From the shorelines, hills and towns of ancient lands, tales of twisted creatures, sins...

Did you know that at one time, the wood of the rowan tree was kept as a pocket charm...

Katharine Mary Briggs (1898-1980) was a British folklorist, scholar and author,...

As a child, Lawrence learned many folk tales from his father, Tom Tulloch. Tom was a...

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

Legends about sea people – part human, part fish – have been told across the world...

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

This spellbinding collection of stories once again gathers together tales from across...