Over nine decades, the Tengu Club, a gathering of hundreds of Seattle-area Japanese Americans, has forged a tradition around annual fishing competitions.

While in Japan these mysterious ancestral monuments are off-limits to the general public, scientists are able to study them a ...

Figarland Garling has become an integral character in the story of One Piece, which makes his powers a subject of intrigue ...

Noragami blends Shinto mythology with modern-day Japanese high school life. This mythology anime follows Hiyori, a girl who develops the ability for her soul to easily leave her body after saving ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. At Paste, we believe there’s an anime for everyone. With lists like this, diverse demographics are often left ...

We argue this identity, which is based on both fact and fiction, not only explains the passion of Philly sports fans but underscores the power of myth in our contemporary society. A myth is a ...

Fatima Sheikh, celebrated as India's first Muslim educator, was a "fabricated character", author and activist Dilip Mandal claimed on Thursday, adding that he created "a myth" and "and named her ...

Thankfully Amazon and Walmart are already offering up some great discounts, including a first-time price drop on the physical edition of Black Myth: Wukong for PlayStation 5 (see here at Amazon ...

With international cinema becoming more and more accessible through streaming platforms, Japanese films have garnered global recognition for their cultural richness and refreshing storytelling ...

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is strikingly similar to the Japanese myth of Izanagi and Izanami: Izanagi travels to the underworld to retrieve his wife Izanami, who warns him not to look at her.

Its significance is rooted in the Hindu mythology as an event of spiritual purification, one that cleanses one’s sins and lead to moksha (liberation)-freeing the soul from rebirth, and the cycle of ...

The joro spider’s name in Japanese is “jorō-gumo,” which translates into entangling or binding bride. There is quite a bit of superstition surrounding these spiders and their myth. The Japanese myth ...