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Illuminating the Shadowy Art of Armenian Puppet Theater
Tricksters and beasts dance across the imagination in these silhouetted puppet shows
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A Search for Mysteries and Monsters in Small Town America
How monster festivals became American pilgrimage sites
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Why This Film Based on a 16th-Century Poem Has Sparked Violent Protests in India
The controversy around Padmaavat centers around its depiction of a legendary Hindu queen
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Super Pictures Capture This Year’s Only Visible Supermoon
If you missed last night’s celestial show, these images feature our lunar orb in all its glory
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According to Inuit storytelling tradition, the narwhal was once an evil stepmother, who wove her hair into a tusk
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Why Pocahontas May Not Have Rescued John Smith After All
According to legend, Pocahontas threw herself between the leader of the Jamestown colony, John Smith, and a warrior’s club to save him
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