With a complex history related to hunting, magic, and madness, wolfsbane offers a glimpse into vernacular plant names and their associations with animals.

Or, how to follow the Christmas holiday with a festival of pranks, trick-or-treating, and drunken revelry.

From ancient Egypt to today, the scent of rosemary has promised comfort, joy, and even immortality.

Why the Old Norse gods disguised themselves as a bride and bridesmaid before visiting Thrymr, king of Jötunheima.

In the Catholic tradition, Epiphany is the day the Three Kings first met Baby Jesus. But in Italy, it’s also the day La Befana shows up with a basket of gifts.

For more than a thousand years, people have used letters allegedly written by Christ as both doctrinal evidence and magical charms.

Mystery cat spotted in France.