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Easter' is found in English and German but in most other European languages the word for the festival comes from old words ...

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Brown, who is Jewish, wrote “Shiksa Goddess” to replace it, and the song has been in every production of The Last Five Years since it premiered off-Broadway in 2001. The lyrics make no jokes about ...

Each day honors a different form of Goddess Durga, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. Celebrated across India, traditions range from Gujarat’s Garba to West Bengal’s Durga Puja and ...

We've plumbed the depths of darkness to assemble a list of the very best gothic boy names and gothic girl names. Some have their roots in stories and literature of the macabre. Ot ...

Sometimes when you’re naming a child (or crafting a character for a game or novel), an ordinary name just won’t do. You may want a name that hints at darkness and otherworldly mystery—that ...