A STRASBOURG DANCING MANIA OF 1518

In the spring of 1518, the city of Strasbourg was gripped by a most peculiar and frightening phenomenon. A woman named Frau Troffea abruptly began to leap in the streets, apparently without any cause or provocation. Her wild dancing continued for weeks, and soon others followed her in this peculiar spectacle. Thousands of people, it is said, were

A whisper click here travels on the breeze, a tale spun from honeyed lies and acrimonious truths. It speaks of a current, its waters glinting with the temptation of intoxication. But within its depths lurks a shadow, a deceptive lure that promises power at the cost of souls. They say those who fall in its current are forever lost by the stream's ho