Back in the Middle Ages, people had a supernatural explanation for almost everything. In their minds, spirits lurked in every ...

Humanity's struggle against monstrous creatures has been a perennial favourite of storytellers for thousands of years. We see it in Gilgamesh's battle against Humbaba, Beowulf's doomed struggle ...

A metal artifact thought to be a "medieval pilgrim's badge" has been uncovered in Poland. The small, round object, which was cast from a lead and tin alloy, measures just over 1 inch across and is ...

A Medieval Pilgrim May Have Carried This Basilisk Pendant to Guard Against Evil Found in Poland, the “pilgrim’s badge” was likely worn by a Christian traveler hundreds of years ago ...

He explains the reasoning for architects’ use of the Gothic creatures in 19th-century medieval revival architecture. “More than anything, it’s pure whimsy. Architects in the 1880s and 1890s ...

Medieval folktales rattled on about unicorns and men with dog heads. Norse mythology talked about giant sea monsters lurking in the ocean, ready to devour fish and ships that dared cross their path.