#folklorethursday — Public Fediverse posts

This album feels very #FolkloreThursday psychedelic neofolk. it’s a forest you can get lost in. and there’s pictures shot with a vintage camera that go with each song. Going to paint to it for awhile @[email protected]

Lorategi [LP], by Sugaar Pan

Meet the Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus), the forest's gentle giant. 🪲 In Southern Lore, these majestic horned beetles are living weather barometers. When humidity rises before a storm, their olive-green shells absorb moisture & turn dark brown. #FolkLoreThursday #WitchSky

Meet the Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus), the forest's gentle giant. 🪲 In Southern Lore, these majestic horned beetles are living weather barometers. When humidity rises before a storm, their olive-green shells absorb moisture & turn dark brown. #FolkLoreThursday #WitchSky

Meet the Eastern Hercules Beetle (Dynastes tityus), the forest's gentle giant. 🪲 In Southern Lore, these majestic horned beetles are living weather barometers. When humidity rises before a storm, their olive-green shells absorb moisture & turn dark brown. #FolkLoreThursday #WitchSky

🦢🌩️🦢An old belief claimed that swans' eggs would only hatch during a storm - the thunder and lightning was said to crack their shells, freeing the chicks.
#FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday

🦢🌩️🦢An old belief claimed that swans' eggs would only hatch during a storm - the thunder and lightning was said to crack their shells, freeing the chicks.
#FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday

🔥🪄🔥The Magic Circle - by John William Waterhouse.
#WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

🔥🪄🔥The Magic Circle - by John William Waterhouse.
#WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

I’m still falling down this rabbit hole, #folklorethursday I think these kids have made a great album to journey into

“Gabble ratchets (or Gabriel hounds) are ghostly, phantom hounds from English folklore that fly through the night sky, bringing misfortune or death to those who hear them”

gabble ratchets, by primitive ...

The Dog Days are upon us! Named for the rising of Sirius (the Dog Star), Southern folklore warns this celestial shift brings stagnant heat, blind snakes, and wild rivers. For #FolkloreThursday, it's a reminder that when the sky burns bright, the earth below slows down.

🌻☀️🌻'The Sun' from the Rider-Waite tarot deck - illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith.
#Heatwave #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

🌻☀️🌻'The Sun' from the Rider-Waite tarot deck - illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith.
#Heatwave #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga stowed away on a fishing trip with his brothers and was shocked by the discovery of the North Island of Aotearoa [New Zealand] in his fishing net!

🎨Wilhelm Dittmer & Carving held in National Library of New Zealand

#FolkloreThursday #DayOfTheSeafarer

⚔️💀VENGEFUL GHOSTS👹😇

For #folklorethursday I thought I'd take a look at the 'vengeful ghosts' that so worried the Heian aristocracy.
In Kyōto attempts to appease six of these ghosts would lead to the creation of two shrines and (inadvertently) the Gion Matsuri.
#Kyoto #京都

⚔️💀VENGEFUL GHOSTS👹😇

For #folklorethursday I thought I'd take a look at the 'vengeful ghosts' that so worried the Heian aristocracy.
In Kyōto attempts to appease six of these ghosts would lead to the creation of two shrines and (inadvertently) the Gion Matsuri.
#Kyoto #京都

⚔️💀VENGEFUL GHOSTS👹😇

For #folklorethursday I thought I'd take a look at the 'vengeful ghosts' that so worried the Heian aristocracy.
In Kyōto attempts to appease six of these ghosts would lead to the creation of two shrines and (inadvertently) the Gion Matsuri.
#Kyoto #京都

⚔️💀VENGEFUL GHOSTS👹😇

For #folklorethursday I thought I'd take a look at the 'vengeful ghosts' that so worried the Heian aristocracy.
In Kyōto attempts to appease six of these ghosts would lead to the creation of two shrines and (inadvertently) the Gion Matsuri.
#Kyoto #京都

⚔️💀VENGEFUL GHOSTS👹😇

For #folklorethursday I thought I'd take a look at the 'vengeful ghosts' that so worried the Heian aristocracy.
In Kyōto attempts to appease six of these ghosts would lead to the creation of two shrines and (inadvertently) the Gion Matsuri.
#Kyoto #京都

🌿☀️🌿A Griffon finding some welcome shade in my garden...
#FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday

🌿☀️🌿A Griffon finding some welcome shade in my garden...
#FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday

❄️🏹❄️If you're finding the heatwave overwhelming, why not cool down in the frosty forest with Robin of Sherwood!💚 #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday #RobinHood #BookSky📚 www.amazon.co.uk/Wolves-Winte...

Wolves of Winter: from Richard...

❄️🏹❄️If you're finding the heatwave overwhelming, why not cool down in the frosty forest with Robin of Sherwood!💚 #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday #RobinHood #BookSky📚 www.amazon.co.uk/Wolves-Winte...

Wolves of Winter: from Richard...

I love the dark & scary lore! #FolkloreThursday

In Scotland & NI yellowhammers were alleged to drink a drop of devil's blood every day in May...

📷Simun Ascic

I love the dark & scary lore! #FolkloreThursday

In Scotland & NI yellowhammers were alleged to drink a drop of devil's blood every day in May...

📷Simun Ascic

I love the dark & scary lore! #FolkloreThursday

In Scotland & NI yellowhammers were alleged to drink a drop of devil's blood every day in May...

📷Simun Ascic

I love the dark & scary lore! #FolkloreThursday

In Scotland & NI yellowhammers were alleged to drink a drop of devil's blood every day in May...

📷Simun Ascic

I love the dark & scary lore! #FolkloreThursday

In Scotland & NI yellowhammers were alleged to drink a drop of devil's blood every day in May...

📷Simun Ascic

Phlox Paniculata, a flower from the central and eastern United States.

In the Victorian language of flowers, phlox meant 'unanimity'.
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#Folklore #Flowers #CrookHallGardens #Phlox #FabulousFolklorePodcast #PlantLore #PhloxPaniculata #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreBlog #Floriography #VictorianLanguageofFlowers

Phlox Paniculata, a flower from the central and eastern United States.

In the Victorian language of flowers, phlox meant 'unanimity'.
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#Folklore #Flowers #CrookHallGardens #Phlox #FabulousFolklorePodcast #PlantLore #PhloxPaniculata #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreBlog #Floriography #VictorianLanguageofFlowers

#GothicAdvent Day 5:

The Dropping Rock #Sacred Spring and #HolyWell is one of those mysterious and ancient places that hide away on the #IsleOfWight. The #CunningFolk of the island believe it received its name because was one of the places where the ancient #Devil #Stones was dismantled. The stones were worked and turned into the well and the Dropping Rock arch.

They say that it was in the deepest and darkest time of the year that works started to dismantle the Devil Stone. As they lay the rocks in formation and they touched the holy water, each stone screamed as the water bound the evil within.

Dropping, and dropping, through fern and through heather,
E'en in the summer noon's sultriest weather;
Still the hard rock is its water bestowing,
Where the rank weeds germ, and the rushes are growing.

Gently and evenly falls the clear shower,
The work of a mighty, invisible power;
Streaming not, running not—dropping alone,
Through the centuries past, and the long ages flown. -- The Vecta Garland 1860

#Folklore #FolkloreThursday #Advent #Christmas

@folklore @folklorethursday

#GothicAdvent Day 5:

The Dropping Rock #Sacred Spring and #HolyWell is one of those mysterious and ancient places that hide away on the #IsleOfWight. The #CunningFolk of the island believe it received its name because was one of the places where the ancient #Devil #Stones was dismantled. The stones were worked and turned into the well and the Dropping Rock arch.

They say that it was in the deepest and darkest time of the year that works started to dismantle the Devil Stone. As they lay the rocks in formation and they touched the holy water, each stone screamed as the water bound the evil within.

Dropping, and dropping, through fern and through heather,
E'en in the summer noon's sultriest weather;
Still the hard rock is its water bestowing,
Where the rank weeds germ, and the rushes are growing.

Gently and evenly falls the clear shower,
The work of a mighty, invisible power;
Streaming not, running not—dropping alone,
Through the centuries past, and the long ages flown. -- The Vecta Garland 1860

#Folklore #FolkloreThursday #Advent #Christmas

@folklore @folklorethursday

#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: `#CúChulainn was the champion of Ulster, and most famous for his almost single-handed defence of the province against Medb, Queen of Connacht in the tale of the Cattle Raid of Cooley. The tale of his conception and birth is a curious one. #Dechtire, his mother, was half sister of King Conchobar mac Nessa, was married to an Ulster chieftain named #Sualtam.
One night, a mayfly landed in her cup of wine, and she swallowed it without realising. She fell into a deep sleep during which #Lugh Lamfhada, God of Lightning, visited her, and claimed that he was that mayfly and had impregnated her. He then transformed her along with fifty of her serving women into a flock of birds and flew them to Bru na Boinne (Newgrange).
She gave birth to a son there, and named him #Setanta. The men of Ulster then came for her and escorted her home. Setanta grew up to become the hero CúChulainn. Without a doubt, he was a spectacular and precocious child, with battle skills and prowess to match that of any adult warrior. Although he died very young – some stories say seventeen, some say thirty years of age – he achieved fame and admiration which is still told of today.`
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack
https://twitter.com/of_mythology/status/1312497026068746241?t=L5HVuFRPpqzjC8_lIfec8Q&s=09

#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: `#CúChulainn was the champion of Ulster, and most famous for his almost single-handed defence of the province against Medb, Queen of Connacht in the tale of the Cattle Raid of Cooley. The tale of his conception and birth is a curious one. #Dechtire, his mother, was half sister of King Conchobar mac Nessa, was married to an Ulster chieftain named #Sualtam.
One night, a mayfly landed in her cup of wine, and she swallowed it without realising. She fell into a deep sleep during which #Lugh Lamfhada, God of Lightning, visited her, and claimed that he was that mayfly and had impregnated her. He then transformed her along with fifty of her serving women into a flock of birds and flew them to Bru na Boinne (Newgrange).
She gave birth to a son there, and named him #Setanta. The men of Ulster then came for her and escorted her home. Setanta grew up to become the hero CúChulainn. Without a doubt, he was a spectacular and precocious child, with battle skills and prowess to match that of any adult warrior. Although he died very young – some stories say seventeen, some say thirty years of age – he achieved fame and admiration which is still told of today.`
Source: Ali Isaac | Substack
https://twitter.com/of_mythology/status/1312497026068746241?t=L5HVuFRPpqzjC8_lIfec8Q&s=09

#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: `#CúChulainn was the champion of Ulster, and most famous for his almost single-handed defence of the province against Medb, Queen of Connacht in the tale of the Cattle Raid of Cooley. The tale of his conception and birth is a curious one. #Dechtire, his mother, was half sister of King Conchobar mac Nessa, was married to an Ulster chieftain named #Sualtam.

One night, a mayfly landed in her cup of wine, and she swallowed it without realising. She fell into a deep sleep during which #Lugh Lamfhada, God of Lightning, visited her, and claimed that he was that mayfly and had impregnated her. He then transformed her along with fifty of her serving women into a flock of birds and flew them to Bru na Boinne (Newgrange).

She gave birth to a son there, and named him #Setanta. The men of Ulster then came for her and escorted her home. Setanta grew up to become the hero CúChulainn. Without a doubt, he was a spectacular and precocious child, with battle skills and prowess to match that of any adult warrior. Although he died very young – some stories say seventeen, some say thirty years of age – he achieved fame and admiration
which is still told of today.

https://twitter.com/of_mythology/status/1312497026068746241?t=L5HVuFRPpqzjC8_lIfec8Q&s=09

Primroses meant 'early youth' in the Victorian language of flowers, according to Mrs Burke's Language of Flowers dictionary.

#FabulousFolklorePodcast #FlowerLore #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #FlowerFolklore #PlantLore #VictorianLanguageOfFlowers #Floriography #Primroses #Flowers

"In the beginning, there was only water and fog. Then, Hesaketvmesē—the Maker of Breath—blew the mists away to reveal the world." Every green shoot and blossoming tupelo is a reminder of that first life-giving breath. #Muscogee #Spring #Okefenokee #SuwaneeRiver #FolkloreThursday

In Japan, if your cat lives too long it can transform into a kaibyo--a magic cat.

This is not a good thing. There are several species of kaibyo. The nekomata is identified by its twin tails, and its proclivity of hunting and eating humans.

amzn.to/44jGGnS

#folklorethursday #catlore #Mizukishigeru

In Japan, if your cat lives too long it can transform into a kaibyo--a magic cat.

This is not a good thing. There are several species of kaibyo. The nekomata is identified by its twin tails, and its proclivity of hunting and eating humans.

amzn.to/44jGGnS

#folklorethursday #catlore #Mizukishigeru

Once, a poor man sought to become rich with the help of some very evil trousers.

#FolkloreThursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Infernal_Trousers

Once, a poor man sought to become rich with the help of some very evil trousers.

#FolkloreThursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Infernal_Trousers

Once, a poor man sought to become rich with the help of some very evil trousers.

#FolkloreThursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Infernal_Trousers

Once, a poor man sought to become rich with the help of some very evil trousers.

#FolkloreThursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Infernal_Trousers

Once, a poor man sought to become rich with the help of some very evil trousers.

#FolkloreThursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Infernal_Trousers

Selkie's coats are how they change, and stealing them is a sure way to control them, for they will always want it back. Folklore of selkies often tells of men and women who steal a selkie's coat to make them their spouse, and how the selkie fought to get it back #FolkloreThursday

Selkie's coats are how they change, and stealing them is a sure way to control them, for they will always want it back. Folklore of selkies often tells of men and women who steal a selkie's coat to make them their spouse, and how the selkie fought to get it back #FolkloreThursday

Selkie's coats are how they change, and stealing them is a sure way to control them, for they will always want it back. Folklore of selkies often tells of men and women who steal a selkie's coat to make them their spouse, and how the selkie fought to get it back #FolkloreThursday

Selkie's coats are how they change, and stealing them is a sure way to control them, for they will always want it back. Folklore of selkies often tells of men and women who steal a selkie's coat to make them their spouse, and how the selkie fought to get it back #FolkloreThursday

Selkie's coats are how they change, and stealing them is a sure way to control them, for they will always want it back. Folklore of selkies often tells of men and women who steal a selkie's coat to make them their spouse, and how the selkie fought to get it back #FolkloreThursday

Selkie's coats are how they change, and stealing them is a sure way to control them, for they will always want it back. Folklore of selkies often tells of men and women who steal a selkie's coat to make them their spouse, and how the selkie fought to get it back #FolkloreThursday

Selkie's coats are how they change, and stealing them is a sure way to control them, for they will always want it back. Folklore of selkies often tells of men and women who steal a selkie's coat to make them their spouse, and how the selkie fought to get it back #FolkloreThursday