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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...