Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Krampus, the horned demonic companion of Saint Nicholas in Alpine Germanic folklore — a fearsome fur-clad, goat-horned creature with chains and
Frau Perchta (Berchta), the dread Alpine goddess-spirit of midwinter and the Twelve Nights — a two-faced being who roams the dark of the year inspecting
Frau Holle (Holda), the great goddess of German folklore — the winter sky-woman who makes it snow by shaking out her feather-bed, mistress of spinning and
Meet Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea — eldest of the four Dragon Kings, bringer of rain and ruler of a crystal undersea palace. His clashes with
Discover the Jiangshi, China’s hopping corpse-vampire — why it leaps, how it drains the living of qi, the talismans and sticky rice that stop it, and its
The Legend of the White Snake: Bai Suzhen, the serpent spirit who became a woman, married Xu Xian, flooded the Jinshan Temple and was imprisoned beneath
The full story of Zhu Bajie, the pig-demon disciple of Journey to the West — once Marshal Tian Peng of heaven, cast down for lusting after Chang’e,
The legend of Jingwei, the drowned princess reborn as a bird who carries stones to fill the ocean forever. Discover the Shanhaijing myth behind China’s
Explore the Dilong, China’s Earth Dragon that rules rivers, springs and underground waters. Learn how its sleeping body became the longmai dragon veins at
Meet the Luduan, China’s omniscient guardian beast that speaks all languages, shuns tyrants and appears only before virtuous rulers. Its legend of Genghis
