Originally, Zwarte Piet was a frightening figure in Dutch folklore unrelated to the Sinterklaas tradition. It only became associated with St. Nicholas in the mid-to-late 19th century. From that time, ...

The Ennead (known in Egyptian as pesedjet, Greek Εννεάδα – Ennead) is a concept in ancient Egyptian mythology and theology developed in the significant religious center of Heliopolis in Lower Egypt.

Cicero’s “De divinatione” (44 BCE), which rejects astrology and other supposedly divinatory techniques, serves as a rich historical source for understanding the conception of scientificity in ...

Protestant missionaries brought Christmas to Hawaii in 1820. During the year 1786, when the Hawaiian island of Kauai was moored, George Dixon, the captain of the commercial ship Queen Charlotte, ...

Drafted in 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a text that sets out the natural and inalienable rights of individuals.

The Marquis de Sade (1740–1814) was a writer and humanist of the Enlightenment era, a great lover of freedom, without taboos and the involvement of God. His work, which is both the theory and the ...

Winter folklore characters are figures from folk art in countries that are most active during the winter period. Santa Claus was originally a personification of the cold. In other countries, there are ...

The Yule Lads, or the Jólasveinarnir in Icelandic, are legendary figures that are said to reside in the mountains and make an appearance in the town 13 nights before Yule. They are all named after ...

The Battle of Aspern-Essling, also known as the Battle of Aspern, took place from May 20 to 22, 1809. Following an initial assault against the French forces in Bavaria, which proved to be a defeat, ...

In 1450, Charles VII undertook the reconquest of Normandy. While a new English army lands in Cherbourg, the King of France sends John II, Duke of Bourbon to intercept it. On April 15, 1450, the two ...

The Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt refers to the emergence or reunification of the Pharaonic central state. The history of Ancient Egypt knows three such events: the initial formation of the ...

The Byzantine Emperor Marcian decided to convene a council to address various theological questions. The Council of Chalcedon took place at the Church of Saint Euphemia in Chalcedon from October 8 to ...