Whether to avert bad luck, express gratitude for good fortune, or simply out of habit, knocking on wood endures as a small ...

Spring equinox rituals and traditions from around the world, from a mass water fight in Thailand to sun worship at Mayan ...

"Neither in Celtic, Slavic, nor other Germanic areas of Europe do we find ... as a ruler by poets because he knew how to properly perform the pagan sacrificial rituals. "When Snorri later recorded ...

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological site of an ancient Roman city.

An attempt to get a free birthday sundae at Friendly’s turned into a satanic ritual, with Lady Gaga serving as both waitress and master of ceremonies in the Saturday Night Live sketch.

Then, devotees empty the vessels when the last circuit is complete. After the Holika Dahan bonfire ritual, tilaks are smeared on the foreheads of devotees. Baked or roasted crops of the season are ...