#folklorethursday — Public Fediverse posts

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

⚔️💀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

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

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.

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#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

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

Many cultures have hyperbole to indicate "long, long ago" in mythic times, but Korea's is uniquely strange: "back when tigers used to smoke" is one of many ways tigers appear in Korean folklore and myth. #FolkloreThursday

Many cultures have hyperbole to indicate "long, long ago" in mythic times, but Korea's is uniquely strange: "back when tigers used to smoke" is one of many ways tigers appear in Korean folklore and myth. #FolkloreThursday

Many cultures have hyperbole to indicate "long, long ago" in mythic times, but Korea's is uniquely strange: "back when tigers used to smoke" is one of many ways tigers appear in Korean folklore and myth. #FolkloreThursday

The popular image of Cernunnos surrounded by animals, demanding peace between them, is drawn from the Gundastrup Cauldron, found in Denmark. While we have no idea who the figure is, popular folklore has made this the defining image of the Gaulish god Cernunnos. #FolkloreThursday