QUESTION Was there a sprite called a Cornish Knocker? What creatures from folklore have we forgotten? Cornish Knockers were small, impish creatures that inhabited Cornish tin mines. Miners would often ...

A STRANGE “mermaid” creature with canines and flippers has been spotted washed up on a beach in Norfolk. The animal was likened to a dinosaur and the black shuck – a demonic black dog said to prowl ...

In many cultures, animals have long been seen as more than just companions or wild creatures. They carry messages, symbols, ...

Monoray has acquired Briggs’s Dictionary of Fairies, a new edition of Katharine Mary Briggs’ "dictionary of folklore creatures and tales", illustrated by Fee Greening. Commissioning editor Mala ...

Kevin Woods, known as McCoillte the "Last Leprechaun Whisperer" appeared on Virgin's morning show, "Ireland AM" to speak about the failing population of the impish creatures much associated with Irish ...

In Little Irish Folklore Friends by Niamh Donnellan we follow along with six sweet rhyming stories of everyone's favourite creatures from Irish folklore as they use their powers in unexpected ways - ...

Let me tell you a tale of a big Banyan tree, by a river that flows through the heart of a village near the borders of Bangladesh, and merges into the Ganges. The tale features a little girl sitting ...