Category: Culture

The three prominent gods of the Norse religion were Odin, Thor, and Frey. Women often turned to their favored goddess Freyja in times of need…

Before The Third Reich and the Nazi Party, the swastika was a very popular symbol in the United States. The article below was published in…

Good luck charms from over a hundred years ago were similar to the charms we have today with one exception: the swastika. Well before Hitler’s…

A person’s tattoos usually have a strong, personal meaning, but in the early 1900s, tattoos often marked a person as a member of the criminal…

Books have been written on the origin of Easter and all of its symbolism. The article below was originally published in 1899, and it is…

Buttons and the superstitions surrounding them are fascinating. While we tend to think very little about these ancient fasteners, our recent ancestors had a lot…

The amethyst is the birthstone for those who are born in February, and there are plenty of old superstitions and folk beliefs about this semiprecious…

Tuesday, according to superstition, is the day of Mars (Ares), god of war and agriculture. In some cultures, Tuesday is a day of ill fortune…

What do the old superstitions have to say about sleep? There are ways to bring about bad luck, good luck, and, if you do your…

Monday, also known as the day of the moon, was, in ancient times, a day for the sacred art of scrying and divination. Today, Mondays…