The History of Trick or Treat: Where It Actually Came From and Why Almost Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong
Trick or treat is the most universally recognised Halloween custom in the English-speaking world, practised by hundreds of millions of
Seasonal Folklore
Día de los Muertos: The Mexican Festival of the Dead, Its Pre-Columbian Roots, and Why It Is Nothing Like Halloween
Día de los Muertos is celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November across Mexico and in Mexican communities worldwide,
Jack o’Lantern: The Irish Folk Legend of Stingy Jack, the Turnip That Became a Pumpkin, and the Light That Never Goes Out
The Jack o’Lantern is one of the most recognisable symbols in the world for approximately six weeks every autumn, a
The Origins of Samhain: The Celtic Festival That Became Halloween and What the Sources Actually Say
Samhain is the oldest ancestor of Halloween, and almost everything that most people believe about it is either oversimplified, invented,
Krampus: The Alpine Devil Who Punishes Naughty Children, His Pre-Christian Roots, and the Tradition the Church Tried to Suppress for Five Centuries
Krampus is a horned, chain-dragging, cloven-hoofed devil figure from the Alpine tradition of Austria, Bavaria, and the surrounding regions of
Sluagh: The Unforgiven Dead Who Ride the Night Wind
Lock the west-facing windows. That was the instruction, passed down through generations of Scottish Gaelic households with the quiet seriousness
The Dullahan: Ireland’s Headless Rider and the Death That Comes When Your Name Is Called
Somewhere on a dark road in the west of Ireland, a rider appears from the mist. He is moving fast,