Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output...

Japanese popular culture includes Japanese cinema, cuisine, television programs, anime, manga, video games, music, and doujinshi, all of which retain...

characters in popular culture. One writer on witches, Judika Illes, wrote, "No spirit exerts more fascination over media and popular culture than Lilith...

Popular culture studies is the study of popular culture from a critical theory perspective combining communication studies and cultural studies. The first...

and the famous character of Frankenstein's monster, have influenced popular culture for at least a century. The work has inspired numerous films, television...

symbolizing rebirth, renewal or uniqueness and often appearing in modern popular culture. Classical references to the phoenix include the Greek historian Herodotus...

paintings of the 20th century, and has been widely parodied in American popular culture. Wood was inspired to paint what is now known as the American Gothic...

dragons in popular culture. Dragons in some form are nearly universal across cultures and as such have become a staple of modern popular culture, especially...

The novella has been recreated, referenced, or parodied in various popular culture media. There are numerous film versions of the story, including: A...

Nephilim in popular culture are depicted as descendants or offspring of Demons (fallen Angels) and human women. The Nephilim of Genesis 6 have become...

as stock characters in Japanese popular culture and in global popular culture. The ninja first entered popular culture in the Edo period. In modern Japan...

the Titans have made them dramatic figures suited to market-oriented popular culture. In the 2011 movie Immortals starring Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke...

prophecies of the 16th-century author Nostradamus have become a part of the popular culture of the 20th and 21st centuries. Nostradamus' life has been depicted...

fictional kraken are found in film, literature, television, and other popular culture forms. In various comics, particularly DC and Marvel Comics, multiple...

The culture of the United States of America, also referred to as American culture, encompasses various social behaviors, institutions, and norms in the...

Necrophilia has been a topic in popular culture. Romantic connections between love and death are a frequent theme in Western artistic expression. In the...

Voodoo in popular culture encompasses various representations of practices associated with different forms of voodoo, including Haitian Vodou and Louisiana...

Weishaupt in Bavaria in 1776, the Illuminati have been referred to in popular culture, in books and comics, television and films, and games. A number of...

monster Godzilla has been referenced and parodied numerous times in popular culture. Godzilla and other atomic monsters have appeared in a variety of mediums...

interaction with the cultures of Europe, the individual cultures of England, Wales and Scotland and the impact of the British Empire. The culture of the United...

The author Jane Austen and her works have been represented in popular culture in a variety of forms. Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was...

esprit de corps, as its men come from different countries with different cultures. Consequently, training is often described as not only physically challenging...

Einstein has been the subject of, or inspiration for, many works of popular culture. Einstein is a favorite model for depictions of absent-minded professors;...

In Jewish demonology, Belphegor (Hebrew: בעל־פעור) is the Arch-devil. In qabalah, Belphegor is a demon who helps people make discoveries. He seduces people...

demon from Jewish mythology, has been developed into characters in popular culture. Robertson Davies introduces Azazel and Samahazai as rebel angels in...

(disambiguation) Works based on Faust Deal with the Devil Genies in popular culture Kurtz, Lester R., 2007, Gods in the Global Village: The World's Religions...

them has a romantic relationship with a human. Devil in the arts and popular culture Gurel, Perin E. (2014-02-28). "Djinn and Genie". In Weinstock, Jeffrey...

Images of Jesus tend to show ethnic characteristics similar to those of the culture in which the image has been created. Beliefs that certain images are historically...

The Titanic has played a prominent role in popular culture since her sinking in 1912, with the loss of over 1,500 of the 2,200 lives on board. The disaster...

bikini first appeared in 1946, and since then it has become a part of popular culture. It is one of the most widely worn women's swimsuits, used for swimming...