Old European culture

Scheibenschlagen  (Disc beating) The "disc beating" is a fire ritual in which burning wooden discs are hurled into valleys from hi...

This is Grýla, the Icelandic Christmas witch. She lives in a cave in Iceland’s hinterlands, from where she attacks nearby townships, snatche...

Pulling kids by the ear was one of favourite school punishments the world over. But was this done just out of cruelty or was there originall...