Normally, pirates did not carry women to sea. Indeed, they had a custom that strictly forbade such practice. But the evidence is that Rackham and his gang accepted Anne and Mary as equals. According to the accounts of two French captives, the women usually wore dresses on board ship: “When …we gave chase or attacked, they wore women’s”.

The end of debate…

Although the legend of Robin Hood has persisted for centuries, no one knows if he ever really existed. The earliest visual representation of him, is in a “biography” entitled A Lyttell Geste of Robyn Hode, probably written about 1400…To this day, the figure of Robin Hood remains elusive. Whether he actually existed as a real person or was a fictional representation of one or more real-life outlaws, his origins will continue to entertain and intrigue young and old alike.

The Black Dog is a terrifying apparition which has been sighted repeatedly, and often with dire consequences, throughout the British Isles over the last millennium. Unlike many legends, there are still many accounts of Black Dog sightings even today.

Have you ever wondered if Unicorns or Pegasus ever existed? Well very likely one did not, but the other might have. Let us find out more about these two legendary equines and discover which one might have been real and which had no chance.

Flying dragons are creatures of fantasy, or at least that is what most people today think, but one must ask, could they have possibly existed? It is easy to say “NO” without backing the answer up to any degree. Let us talk about facts.

There are many legends of the Zodiac, though many of them all add up to the same meaning.

This magnificent island is suppose to exist in the Caribbean.

The Legendary Subhas Chandra Bose once said “Give me your Blood, I’ll give you freedom”

The article gives some historical informations about Krapina, center of Krapinsko-zagorska municipality, and describes, through the legend, why is Krapina called "the cradle of Slavic peoples".