Lucky symbols and success in different cultures: from the scarab and the hamsa to the four-leaf clover and the maneki-neko. The meaning of talismans and amulets.
Giraffe in African Culture: Symbol, Mythology, Totem, and Modern Significance. How the peoples of Africa perceive the giraffe.
The wolf as a symbol in Slavic culture, Antiquity, Scandinavians, Turks, and Christianity. Dual nature and meaning.
The aesthetics of the horse in art and culture. The image of the horse as a symbol of strength, freedom, power, and loyalty in painting, literature, and mythology.
Magic of the number three
Prophet Elijah as a religious-cultural archetype and a unifying element of the Abrahamic religions
The image of Perun in Balmon's poem: hidden contexts
The absurdity of life in a circus: cinema, literature, art
Is life a circus? An answer by Federico Fellini
Surprising Story of the Hawaiian Flag
Panda - the ambassador of nature and peace in an anthropogenic environment
Tiger and lion in paintings by artists of different epochs
Please look after this bear - and this is about Paddington.
Hamburger as a cultural symbol of modernity and embodiment of the American dream