Europe
Asia
Oceania
Americas
Africa
THUNDER AND FURY
Written by Tom Birkett
How Old Norse mythology endured in the Christian era
AFRICAN FOLKLORE
Whether vestiges of paganism survived Europe’s Christianisation is a subject of enduring fascination. Scholarly debate navigates between the ‘maximalist’ position (much survived) and the ‘minimalist’
What supernatural folklore reveals about human nature
Weather deities, magical portals, earth-moving giants and haunted valleys – Britain’s mountains are humming with myth, magic and mystery. Hanna Lindon explores upland legends from around the country
The story of some of the last peoples in Europe to embrace Christianity
