Jan Zizka, a beloved 15th century Czech folk hero, looms large in the nation’s collective consciousness, a skilled, ingenious, one-eyed warrior who led peasants and rebels into battles that he never ...

A German painting of the Danse Macabre from the 18th century. Nine women of different social rank from empress to fool dance with the dead. The entire economy of salvation is depicted, from the Fall, ...

“Wolfwalkers” directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart didn’t conceive of the idea for their animated, Irish folklore parable until 2013 as they were finishing their previous film “Song of the Sea.” But ...

Here's another example of a metal song performed on non-metal instruments that still kicks ass. Normally these type of videos are DIY and live strictly on YouTube ...

In the medieval church, folk piety was rich in the theatrical and festive observation of Christ’s nativity. We see and hear a faint echo of it down to our own times in Christmas carols, pageants, ...

French-born singer-guitarist-composer Claude Bourbon returns to perform this weekend at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for the Little Rock Folk Club. Bourbon calls his musical approach "medieval and Spanish blues ...

(THE CONVERSATION) — In the Halloween season, American culture briefly participates in an ancient tradition of making the world of the dead visible to the living: Children dress as skeletons, teens go ...

Credits: Directed by Petr Jakl, starring Ben Foster, Sophie Lowe, Michael Caine, Til Schweiger, Roland Moller, Matthew Goode. Rating/runtime: R (for strong and grisly violent content throughout, and ...

Jan Zizka, a beloved 15th-century Czech folk hero, looms large in the nation’s collective consciousness, a skilled, ingenious, one-eyed warrior who led peasants and rebels into battles that he never ...