The earliest documented examples of cicada folklore come from China. James Deutsch From Insects, their way and means of living. Artwork by R. E. Snodgrass For at least forty million years, the cicada ...

Uncover the eerie real-life roots behind famous urban legends and see how simple truths evolved into stories that still chill ...

Spanning from English to comparative studies, students in the Folklore Association are a diverse group. Although they seem like they don’t have much in common, they all have an interest and love for ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – The solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 will be a sight that will go down in history for many. And for many, there are some folk interpretations when it comes to the eclipse.

Netflix’s animated show Trese hits the ground running with its portrayal of a Tikbalang, a Filipino folklore figure with both horse and human physical features. The show’s modern take on a drag race, ...

"Sundogs and Sunflowers: Folklore and Folk Art of the Northern Great Plains," published by North Dakota Council on the Arts, is a compilation 30 years in the making about the folk heritage of the ...

James Deutsch - Senior Content Coordinator, Smithsonian’s America at 250 Book Project Folklorists remain alert to the culture (non-biological) of the coronavirus, even as we conduct our research while ...

Nan McEntire will present “Verbal and Visual Tall Tales: The Art of Exaggeration” on Thursday in the final spring program of the Landini Speakers Series at Indiana State University. The program will ...

The Folklore of Capitalism might well have been subtitled ‘Fun at the Operating Table,’ for it is essentially the gleeful record of a number of cruel and bloody operations in which Mr. Arnold laid ...