Eating lucky foods and sharing a midnight kiss are more than just fun rituals. Check out popular New Year's superstitions ...

From yule goats bringing good luck to refraining from changing your underwear, these surprising superstitions once took over ...

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Ancient Greek winter solstice festivals such as Haloa and Poseidon’s month blended astronomy, fertility rites, and the divine ...

The winter solstice, or the shortest day of the year, has long been considered a special milestone in the natural and ...

The myth behind the Tamamo-no-Mae, the deadly nine-tailed fox who is supposedly imprisoned in the "killing stone," extends over millennia and is well-documented in various forms of Japanese literature ...

A wedding day is a magical event full of love, traditions and sometimes superstitions. Every wedding is unique to the couple who is celebrating. Some weddings tend to be more traditional, while others ...

(CNN) — In ancient Mesopotamia, a solar eclipse was a cause for deep concern. The ancient peoples of the Near East feared that eclipses, especially of the sun and moon, but also of the planets, were ...