“That’s bad French.” It is a phrase we hear far too often, usually directed at Québécois, Acadian, Haitian, African, Cajun, Franco-American, or other regional varieties of French. Ironically, these comments often come from people who do not even speak the language. Behind this idea is the belief that there is one “correct” French and that all other forms exist somewhere beneath it on a linguistic hierarchy. But language does not work that way. French Has Never Been Just One F

Across humanity's relatively short existence, it is rare to find something that unanimously exists in every culture on Earth. Cultures across the world express themselves through a variety of mediums, such as food, language, art, and this post's topic: mythology. Every culture on this planet has creatures that go bump in the night – something that exists only in your peripheral vision, and stories to explain how the world works. Some exist for lessons, some for warnings, and