Legends From Around The World
All Cultures have great (and often fearful) Tales and Epics. Read on some of the best found…
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/orek
6th Aug 2024 - In man Turkic (especially Turkey) Countries and related Cultures, The ''Orek'' occupied a strange niche. Seen (in Modern sources) as a form of Zombie …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/kukudh
6th Aug 2024 - From Albania, The ''Kukudh'' was said to be the ''physical spirit'' of a deceased ''Miser'' who - while in life, neither cared nor fostered the poor o …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-devils-thumb
15th Jul 2024 - A long standing Nautical Legend - perhaps attributed to those dreaded ''Wolves of The Sea'' - Pirates, is that of The ''Devil's Thumb''. Navigation du …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-cursing-stone
20th Dec 2023 - In Glasgow, Scotland - arounf the early 15th Century Ad - The Countryside was beset by a plague of sorts. This malady were The Border Reivers. as we h …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-goatman-of-alton-bridge
13th Dec 2023 - We have visited several ''Goatmen'' Urban Legends in the past...So why not another? This Legend stems from Northeast Texas (US) and tells of a grisly …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/zawgyi
13th Dec 2023 - Associated with Burma (and later portions of Southern India) - a ''Zawgyi'' was (once) a Human practioneer of Magic and Healing Arts, who thru a need …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/vilas
25th Oct 2023 - Of Slavic Origins, The ''Vila'' were ''Fairy Women'' associated with Forests, Wood, wtc. Only ''feet tall', The Vila (which were always depicted in Le …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/moryana
24th Oct 2023 - ''Moryana'', according to Russian (Slav) Mythos - was a ''Sea Spirit'' akin to The ''Siren'' (and others) - found mostly along with Seafaring. For Cen …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/cursed-pompeii
2nd Oct 2023 - In 79 AD The Coastal Town of Pompeii (Italy) was completely destroyed by the massive eruption of neighboring volcano Mount Vesuvius. The resulting nat …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-casket-girls
2nd Oct 2023 - The odd tile of ''Casket Girls'' is (aptly) applied to a Legend from New Orleans, Louisiana (US). As with most Legends, much is added (later) and with …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/cueva-del-pirata
12th Jul 2023 - ''Piracy'' has always been a staple of many Legends and Mysteries since the ''vocation'' began. With so many such ''Tales'', it goes without saying th …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/jew-with-a-coin
3rd May 2023 - While many can associate the ''modern custom'' of ''A Jew with A Coin'' as being quite anti-semitic – in Poland at least, the practice and belie …