This video is answering the question of why do people have fireworks at Chinese New Year.

This video explores five fun facts about Day of the Dead.

This video is answering the question of what is an Ofrenda.

This video explores five fun facts about Obon.

What is Shinto? This is Episode 1 of a 5-part series introducing what some call the indigenous Japanese religion. What is it all about? What are kami? And how do people practice it?

Watch this video to learn about Shakespeare’s fascinating world, and its influence on the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Watch the Elizabethan era come to life and come to a deeper understanding of Elizabethan comedy, views on gender,...

Top 5 Everyday Phrases from Shakespeare | BOOKWhat’s So Special About Shakespeare?’, published by Walker Books. Synopsis So what was it like to live in Shakespeare's time? What do we actually know about him? And how does someone become...

An example of a magical text from the 5th century CE. What can it tell us about the beliefs and practices of ancient individuals living in Greco-Roman Egypt?

We've spent quite a bit of time exploring art in other people's cities, so we figured it was time to come back home and try being tourists in our own town.

We've talked about some of the negative health impacts alcohol can have, but we haven't talked about the calories. It's not great news on that front. Booze is calorie dense. Even the "light" stuff.

Mythology & Fiction Explained explores the folklore and numerous legends surrounding the Jinn and how they've changed over the years

In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Prohibition in Norway

Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should we categorize it? This video was...

There was a big study on alcohol and life expectancy that was all over the news recently. It was pretty scary, and seemed to conclude that any alcohol use can shorten your life. Well, that study had a lot of problems. Let's talk about it.

Most people know that Pokémon is a Japanese video game, but did you know that many Pokémon designs were influenced by Japanese religion, mythology, and folklore? If you look closely, you can see Shintoism and Buddhism throughout the...

Prospero blesses Ferdinand and Miranda’s love, and invites some beautiful and mysterious spirits over for a mystical dance-party. Suddenly, Prospero remembers that Caliban is out to assassinate him...

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This video is answering the question of what is a rain dance.

Learn about the history and origins of the Halloween tradition. Discover how the Celtic festival of Samhain, marking the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter, evolved into the modern holiday of Halloween. Explore the ancient...

This video is about the difference between the verbs to rise and to raise. The confusion is not only the meaning but the pronunciation. In this video I will give you a key sentence for you to learn by heart, and few other differences...

The monastery was built in around 1739 from local sandstone but only thirty three years later it was burned to the ground, It was rebuilt but it never regained anything like its former glory. Another fire in 1822 destroyed the roof and...

Today on Mythology & Fiction Explained, we take a look at the many strange creatures and legends that are native to Sweden. These creatures include the Draugr, Skogsraet, Myling, Nacken, Mara, Trollcat and Vittra.

This video explores the origins of Halloween and how it evolved over time. From early Christian feast days merged with northern European festivals for the dead, to the All Saints Day and All Souls Day, the video delves into how the...

In this episode we examine the topic: Is Miyazaki Inspired By Shinto?

Yeast never sleeps," said Sebastian Degens. Which is a good thing, since Degens and his wife, Erika, depend on it to ferment the fruit and grain mashes they distill at their Stone Barn Brandyworks in Portland, Oregon.