J.R.R. Tolkien wrote his famous books, “The Hobbit”and “The Lord of the Rings,” in the style of ancient folklore. The elaborate historical and linguistic backstory he created for the books clearly ...

Medieval Dutch site may have hosted 'devil's money' cult rituals - Exactly which gods people in the area prayed to remains a ...

Researchers Stumble on Medieval Cemetery Burial With Unique Neck Rings and Buckets That Indicate Social Status Archaeologists ...

As the ritual closed and the evening wound to an end, attendees enjoyed a community potluck and friendly conversation. With the scent of incense still hanging heavy in the air, ritual participants ...

It is believed to have come from the Roman times and stems from Christian legend. St. Valentine is known as the patron saint ...

A recent study by Dr. Jan-Willem de Kort and his colleagues, published in Medieval Archaeology, uncovered an early medieval ...

Oldfields Cider held its traditional Wassail celebration to bless the apple crop for 2025. The event took place on Saturday, January 18, at the farm in Frith Common, near Tenbury Wells. The Wassail, a ...

All of us have family, friends and neighbors we want to see come to Christ but hesitate and can feel ill-equipped.

Watching a groundhog emerge from a cozy burrow in early February feels quintessentially American, but the tradition of turning to animals to predict the spring comes from pre-Christian pagan ...

When a man hiking on the Copper Trailhead outside Albuquerque, New Mexico stumbled upon a woman wearing only her underwear ...

This doesn’t imply, however, that a religious search should begin at random. Rather, you should start the way you would in ...