There are other European Easter traditions involving hares, including eating their meat and hunting them. One report from ...

The Victorian era is famously regarded as a period of restraint—restraint in clothing, social norms, emotional behavior, communication … the list could go on and on.

The Celtic myth says that Newgrange is a fairy mound or a sidh. A group of ancient people, the Tuatha Dé Danann, or “people of the goddess Danu,” dwelled there. Newgrange was built by the god ...

Stephen Winick, PhD, of the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center, pretty handily takes the myth apart in his article “Ostara ... just as there is a hare on the statue of [the Celtic goddess] ...

When Susannah Wright graduated from Rice in 2018, the prospect of returning as faculty was nothing more than a pipe dream.

As the goddess of love, fertility ... beginnings — making it a natural choice for April's birth flower. In Celtic mythology, the gods shower the ground with daisies to offer hope and happiness ...

The Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare are one the most popular tourist attractions to visit in Ireland but what you might not know is that they are steeped in tales of ancient Irish myth and tradition.

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Fluffy, innocent, and hopping with joy, the bunny has become the cheerful face of the holiday. But behind the sugary smiles ...