MYTHS

If you want to avoid bad luck this holiday season, don't give knives, hankies, or peacock feathers, but do give coal.

Considering how familiar we all are with the human body—since we all have one—there is a surprising number of enduring myths about it.

The Demogorgon is much, much older than ’Stranger Things,’ or even ’Dungeons & Dragons.’

Whether born of folklore or a historical tragedy, each of these ladies has a haunting tale.

‘The Vampyre’ is largely forgotten today, but it upended centuries of vampiric lore 80 years before Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’—and from its spooky beginnings to its scandalous misattribution, its history was as dramatic as fiction.

The milk has curdled? Must be a brownie. Someone drank all your wine? Your cellar might be infested with clurichauns.

Unicorns, mermaids, vampires, and leprechauns are some of the most widely known mythical creatures, but where did these legendary beings come from?

Julia Brown sang, “One day I'm gonna die, and take the whole town with me.”

The rules for donating blood have recently changed.

Myths about elves predate Christmas and Christianity itself.

When King Tut's tomb was discovered in 1922, some believed the Egyptian pharaoh unleashed a powerful curse upon all who dared to disturb his eternal slumber.

The belief in real-life vampires predates Bram Stoker's legendary novel 'Dracula.'