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Memorial pillars erected in honour of the deceased was a funerary custom followed by many ancient cultures. In India, elaborately

The leprechaun is perhaps one of the best-known creatures in Irish folklore. Leprechauns are popularly depicted as little men with beards dressed in green coats and tall green hats. Other well-known beliefs about leprechauns include the pot of gold that they are said to keep at the end of the rainbow, and their mischievous nature. Whilst many are familiar with this general depiction of the leprechaun, there are other aspects of these Irish creatures that are less well-known.

The powerful Norse goddess of love, Freya played an important role in early Scandinavian religion, and was often the object of lust.

Archaeologists believe that a rare clay figure unearthed in Germany could be a prehistoric water deity.

Folkvangr (translated from Old Norse to mean ‘field of the people’, ‘field of the warriors’, or ‘field of the hosts’) is one of a few places where the dead could go to their afterlife in Norse mythology.

Scientific and historical analyses of Irish folklore reveals their elves may be based on real beings - the Tuatha Dé Dannan.

Santa Claus, Keebler cookies, and overloaded shelves. When one speaks of elves, the mind most often goes to those who work for Santa or Keebler, or those which hide from little children in the middle of the night. These are their roles in popular culture today, but it is likely unsurprising to read that their origins stem from sources much less merry and jolly.