Shrouded in Mystery: The Female Hooded Deity According to the Roman poet Juvenal who wrote around 100 AD, the hood or cucullus was a...

THE FIRST KISS OF LOVE. Ἁ βάρβιτος δ ὲ χορδα ῖ ς Ἔ ρωτα μο ῦ νον ἠ χε ῖ . [1] Anacreon [ Ode 1]. Lord Byron 1. Away w...

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.  George Sand

From the French-speaking part of Switzerland: The Little Frog Queen with the Red Necklace Once upon a time when wishing still helped...

dodge a bullet . To n T o dodge a bullet: To avoid something or some situation that turns out to be undesirable, disastrous, d...

A wonderful and strange fairy tale for the frozen days of winter: only iron bands can keep a true heart from breaking. In times of old w...

The Lithuanian Fairy Tale of a King’s Son and an Enchanted Frog Maiden There once lived a king, who had three sons. He decided...

A New Year's Herbarium for a happy, healthy New Year!

The Singing Fir Tree In Switzerland, a story is told about a man named Hans Kreutz, who lived with his wife on Thun Lake in Ra...

From The New York Times: Give Thanks for the Winter Solstice. You Might Not Be Here Without It. The scientific start of winter offer...

December Riding upon the goat, with snow-white hair, I come the last of all, this crown of mine is of the holly in my hand I bear ...

The Butterfly A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen   A butterfly longed to find a bride; so of course it sought a pretty one amo...

Fairy Tales for Christmas: Click on link below to read the fairy tale! St. Joseph in the Forest

Grimm’s Children Legend No. 1 Saint Joseph in the Forest There once was a mother who had three daughters. The oldest was naughty...