The Water Fairies Behind Asturias’s Most Enduring Legends

From the goddess Diana in ancient Rome to the waterfalls of Asturias — meet the xanas, the water fairies who made the rivers of northern Spain the stuff of legend.
The Irish Legend of the “Lake of the Eye” in Sligo

Irish mythology lives on in these meadows that guard a lake which vanishes and reappears.
The Invisible Guardians of the Amazon

In the lush green heart of Peru, the jungle has its own gods—and its own laws.
La Salamanca: the Argentine Cave Where Folklore Says the Devil Holds Court

A cave where pacts with the devil and dark rituals take place. It is said that some enter and lose their shadow. Others never return.