Halloween: The Stories Behind the Night
From Ireland’s Samhain celebrations to a blacksmith who tricked the Devil, discover the tales behind Halloween masks, wandering spirits and the first jack-o’-lanterns.
Category Legends & History
Hurghada Before the Hotels: History and Ancient Stories
Stories Waiting Ahead A City Named After a Desert Plant One desert shrub may have served as a local meeting point. The Ababda – People Between the Desert and the Sea Before modern roads, they knew how to read the…
Vienna Legends and Myths: Basilisks, Plague Pits and Strange Tricks
A monster in a well, a city struck by plague, and tales still written on Vienna’s facades. Walk through the old streets with me and meet the characters who live on in the city’s legends.
Sarajevo Through Its Legends: A Walk Around the Old Town
The Stories Waiting Ahead The Water That Brings You Back to Sarajevo Drink from an old Sarajevo fountain, and the city may find a way to bring you back. The Child Who Became Part of Sarajevo’s Sacred MemoryA dark family…