Through The Veil

Join me in exploring the folklore of one of the most feared creatures in the Phillippines, the shape-shifting and vampiric aswang.

Join me in an exploration of a few variations on the stories of one particular kind of African shape-shifter, the were-hyena.

Rakshasas serve as a dark mirror, reflecting all our worst impulses back at us, and yet, sometimes even they can rise above and act with virtue.

Werewolves are one of the most famous features of European folklore, so join me in an exploration of their stories.

The sea has always held our attention, our curiosity, and our fear. And for centuries they held something else. They held monsters.

For centuries, the seas belonged to another people, one which has been featured in stories from around the world for thousands of years, the merfolk.

The lost city of Atlantis may be nothing but a fiction, but it has inspired art and story for centuries.

The ocean has always beckoned to us to explore, but it is also haunted by its own breed of ghosts, the ghost ship.

Across Europe and beyond, one story consistently appears. The story of a missing child, replaced by a fairy or spirit. The story, of the changeling.

Fairy stories from around the world have spawned a great number of superstitions, join me as I explore a few of them.

An old story of mourning, fairy spirits, and the bereaved cry of the bean-sidhe, or banshee.

The stories of the Tuatha De Danann form the creation myths of Ireland and the most prevalent of Irish folk lore, the stories of the fair-folk or fairies.

The Oracle of Delphi is one of the oldest forms of divination, holding influence over ancient Greece for nearly one thousand years.

Tarot cards are one of the most widely known divinatory practices, providing advice and peering into the future by reading meaning from the cards.

The Year Walk is a Swedish folk tradition allowing someone to learn about the events of the next year.