Susan Jurgelski Jul 24, 2006 Jul 24, 2006 Updated Sep 11, 2013 At long last, he and his fellow keepers of German culture in the Lancaster Liederkranz folk-dance group Alpenrose Schuhplattler Verein ...

Tonight is the night of Saint Walpurga, canonized on May 1, 870, by Pope Adrian II. Since that date Walpurgis Night – “Walpugisnacht” in German – is the name for the eve of her day, which coincides ...

For some it was a walk down memory lane. For others it was a glimpse at their heritage. And for a few it felt like going home. The Heemet Fescht brought culture to life. Held at the Pennsylvania ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Athenaeum Christkindlmarkt enters its second weekend of the season with a special emphasis on German folklore. It’s the fourth year for the cultural center’s holiday market ...

Aubrie Blauvelt holds a BA in both German and Folklore & Ethnomusicology from Indiana University all the way in Bloomington, Indiana. In her time in Indiana, she focused primarily on storytelling in ...

Have you ever wondered what a festival is like over in Germany? Well you can get the full experience here in Fargo! Rheault Farm in Fargo is being transformed into a German Folk Festival, with ...

Winterthur, coming off a landmark year thanks to last year’s Downton Abbey costume exhibit, hopes that the crowds who discovered the museum last year will return to see their new exhibit: “A Colorful ...

With sources ranging from the 13th-century Poetic and Prose Eddas to the 20th-century works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Lecouteux's encyclopedia covers Norse and Germanic gods, including crowd-pleasers Odin, ...

The world's most famous collection of children's stories began as an academic study for adults, when Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected German folklore in the 1800s. The brothers in later life. Jacob ...

McDaniel College professor of German Mohamed Esa has made a career of examining the symbolism of German folklore and fairy tales and said he sometimes sees those symbols, such as gold and poisoned ...