Folklore – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:11:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Folklore – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 A Brief History of Mermaid Mythology https://brewminate.com/a-brief-history-of-mermaid-mythology/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:37:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=142699 Mermaids are not real, but they are meaningful to people around the world. Introduction Mermaids – underwater creatures

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]]> Medieval Legends and Folklore https://brewminate.com/medieval-legends-and-folklore/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 19:01:38 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=139066 The word “folklore” was coined in 1846 CE by the British writer William John Thoms to replace the

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