Tag: folklore
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The Strange Legacy of the Weird Fascination with the Occult in the 60s and 70s
Has the occult conquered the American imagination? If so, how? And who is responsible for it?
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‘Jack the Giant Killer’
Were there Giants in the World? “Jack the Giant Killer” written by Joseph Jacobs, circa 1898, is a famous English fairy tale. Geoffrey of Monmouth penned “Brutus and Albion,” story of how Britain came to be named after Brutus, circa 1136 AD, also, myth or folklore. Do stories hint at reality simply no longer believed? …