Skeptophilia

Being in the midst of the holiday season, I'm seeing a lot of people posting about various traditions and rituals and celebrations.  But...

My M.A. is in historical linguistics, focusing particularly on northern European languages and how they interacted in (relatively) recent ti...

Beliefs in an afterlife of some sort are pretty ubiquitous.  It's understandable; death is scary, and seems final, and it's natural ...

The difficult thing about any sort of historical research is that sometimes, the evidence you're looking for doesn't even exist. In ...

I went into historical linguistics because of my fascination with origins. It's manifested in other realms of study.  My primary interes...

Sometimes I run across a piece of research that is just so charming I have to tell you about it. This particular one comes from the European...

I'm sure most of you have heard of the Norse god Odin, at least from his appearance in the Marvel universe.  My first exposure to this b...

Today's post combines archaeology, mythology, and an etymological mystery -- surely a recipe for something fascinating. I first ran into...

People who know me are well aware that I consider our two dogs, Guinness and Cleo, to be family members, not just pets. They're kind of ...