For much of European history, writes Sarah Clegg, midwinter revelry was underpinned by menace and The Dead of Winter offers an entertaining guide to some of our ancestors’ scariest seasonal traditions ...

Krampus is a mythical figure from Alpine folklore, especially popular in Austria, Germany, and other regions of Central ...

There are also traditions related to the caps students wear to Commencement. For undergraduates, the tassel is worn on the right side of the cap until the end ... While most students will wear the ...

It is here in the Celtic traditions of spirits abroad in the night, that the dark side of Halloween traditions emanated. People disguised themselves as dead or evil spirits so that during a chance ...

And if this reminds you of the wee ghosties who gathered on your doorstep last October 31 - well, it turns out that guising is a time-honoured festive tradition across much of the northern hemisphere.