The lighthouse has become a popular destination for ghost hunters, especially during this spooky season. Mermaids and Sirens Mermaids are half-human and half-fish creatures among the most enduring sea legends. Descriptions of mermaids date back thousands of years, appearing in the folklore of ...
In the 14 months of their crusade Hopkins and Stearne sent to the gallows more accused people than all the other witch-hunters in England of the previous 160 years. Birthplace: Grantham, United Kingdom 68 Margaret Matson Witch Margaret Mattson was one of two women tried in Philadelphia in ...
Since the beginning of human history, people have lived in close contact with animals—usually as hunters and farmers—and have developed myths and legends about them. All kinds of creatures, from fierce leopards to tiny spiders, play important roles in mythology. A myth can give special ...
"Great argus males in particular are amongst the most unusual and distinctive of all birds, with their astonishingly long wing and tail feathers adorned with thousands of eye-spots. It is their beauty which is, in part, what makes them so prized by hunters. "To have two chicks hatch here ...
Exactly when and where human beings began coming together in public to celebrate as a group is unknown and unknowable. Logic suggests that the first public celebrations were related to the patterns of existence.2The earliest parades may have been processions of successful hunters returning to a jo...
Works: De Leeuw van Vlaanderen, Der rekrut, The boys of the Sierras, or, the young gold hunters Koenraad Elst Age: 65 Koenraad Elst (born 7 August 1959) is a right wing Hindutva activist. Known primarily for his support of the Out of India theory and for publication of anti-Islamic...
Pieter Bruegel the Elder was one of the leading artists of theNorthern Renaissance. His paintingThe Hunters in the Snowwas part of a series dedicated to portraying different times of the year. This work depicted a scene in the winter, in which a pair of hunters lead their dogs through the...