


The Banshee: The Celtic Wailing Spirit of Death
In Irish folklore, the banshee—bean sídhe in Gaelic, meaning “woman of the fairy mounds”—haunts the imagination as a ghostly harbinger of death. According to legend, her piercing cry, known as “keening,” warns that death is near. Unlike the...
Onna-Bugeisha: The Fearless Female Samurai
Long before the world viewed samurai as exclusively male, women trained in the same combat skills and battle strategies. These Onna-Bugeisha mastered self-defense and offensive maneuvers, wielding weapons with precision. Their weapon of choice was the naginata, a long...
Canadian Ruins Predate Pyramids
In an astonishing archaeological breakthrough, a team of Ph.D. students from the University of Victoria has uncovered Canadian ruins that predate the Pyramids by more than 9,300 years. This ancient village, located on Triquet Island off the coast of British Columbia,...