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• Nepal declares young girl new living goddess
Critics say the tradition violates both international and Nepalese laws on child rights. The girls often struggle to readjust to normal lives after they return home. Nepalese folklore holds that men who marry a former kumari will die young, and so ...
• post from September 28
More Katrina folklore — This is another one of those mythbusting lists.  I think it's interesting that he calls it folklore. Speaking of hurricane news myths, Dispelling a myth of dangerous Navy dolphins Al Qaeda is starting its own online news ...
• Tigers, humans forced to share India forest
Honey collectors like Mondal — a common name in the area — walk barefoot into the knotted woods, armed only with a thick branch and a mask worn on the back of the head in hopes of scaring away tigers that folklore says always attack from behind. ...
• Full moon makes birds extra energetic
The study, which has been accepted for publication in the journal Animal Behavior, is among the first to provide direct evidence for the "full moon effect," since many other claims have been based on indirect observations and even folklore, such as ...
• Cosmic Log: How animals gauge the weather
If you look beyond groundhogs, you can find a number of cases where animal folklore contains a grain of scientific truth. An oft-cited example is this saying: "A cow's tail to the west is weather coming at its best; a cow's tail to the east is ...