Known throughout mythology, folklore and modern adaptation, we take a look at Mermaids and some stories that suggest they may be out there, lurking in the bottom of the ocean.
While it was women who were usually trialled for witchcraft, today we look at four of the most strange cases of men who were trialled also.
Jean Lafitte may technically have been responsible for the repelling of the British Invasion on the shores of Louisiana, but he was never credited with such a feat because of his pirating ways.
John Damingo was said to be something of a supernatural vigilante, dishing out justice to criminals and otherworldly beasts alike. Was he real? You tell me.
Not only did the prophet Jonah refuse his God's will, but he pouted and scorned God when he didn't get his way. Jonah teaches us a valuable lesson about fate and the blindness we face when we allow emotion to overcome us.
The Onna Bugeisha were considered to be the women trained in the sword, the bow and arrow, but mostly the naginata. They were deployed for the safe keeping of the home, but there are some warriors who were deployed into the battle field to fight alongside the men.
Many see Kali as a destructive force, one who represents fury, sexuality and even some form of evil. But in actuality, there is a lot more to Kali than meets the eye where she is portrayed as a primordial mother of goodness.
Freydis Eiriksdottir is only mentioned in two Icelandic sags, but both of them paint a very different picture of who she was. I guess you'll have to decide! Brave heroine who stared down her enemies or vile manipulator who killed out of anger?