Global Gothic

S1 E3: Certain parts of the world seemed to have adopted the gothic more readily. In American culture, there’s Edgar Allan Poe, HP Lovecraft and The Addams Family. The Gothic is also important in Irish literature, with its traditions of banshees, ghosts and fairies. Scandinavian culture and folklore is full of references to the Gothic supernatural, while the Hindu tradition has Kali, the Dark Mother.