The circle and the stone share a dark and mysterious past, according to Irish mythology, for they have been identified as the site of pagan human sacrifice and the worship of the Sun God ...

These Greek gods are often called the “Olympic gods” because some were said to live on Mt. Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece, towering over the Gulf of Thermaïkós. As captivating as they are, ...

Magha Puja is an important day in Buddha’s life and the second important Buddhist holiday. It is celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month Holi, also called the festival of sharing and ...

May Day ushers in summer and is an important cross-quarter day − just like Halloween − falling midway between an equinox and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — If anything about Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” annoys you, best to avoid shopping malls now. Or the radio. Maybe music altogether, for that matter. Her ...

The event, Beltane Fire Festival, combines a mix of fire, drumming, and pagan performance. This revival of the ancient Celtic fertility festival of Beltane started as a free event in 1988 and ...

Who invented Christmas? Historian Lucy Worsley traces the roots of Christmas by exploring the Anglo-Saxon tradition, wassailing where people sing to the apple trees to celebrate the winter ...