#folklorethursday — Public Fediverse posts

🥀🖤🥀'Night and Sleep' - by Evelyn De Morgan - shows Night guiding her son Sleep through a dusky sky, as he scatters poppies over the land. #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

🥀🖤🥀'Night and Sleep' - by Evelyn De Morgan - shows Night guiding her son Sleep through a dusky sky, as he scatters poppies over the land. #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

St Walpurga was an Anglo-Saxon saint born in Devon who carried out missionary work in Germany. Her day, 1st May, celebrates the translation of her relics to Eichstatt, Bavaria. The relics are said to exude an oil that cures illnesses, though analysis of the 'oil' has shown it to just be water. Walpurga is also said to protect against black magic, leading to the idea that Walpurgis Night (30th April) is a time when witches and evil spirits are especially active, having a 'last fling'. On this date, people light bonfires and burn effigies to drive away these influences. Despite Walpurga's English origins, Walpurgis Night has not been as widely celebrated in England as on the Continent. There are, however, a few exceptions. In Lincolnshire, people hung up cowslips to ward off evil while in Herefordshire trays of moss were left out for fairies to dance on. #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #history #saints #mythology #weird #gothic

St Walpurga was an Anglo-Saxon saint born in Devon who carried out missionary work in Germany. Her day, 1st May, celebrates the translation of her relics to Eichstatt, Bavaria. The relics are said to exude an oil that cures illnesses, though analysis of the 'oil' has shown it to just be water. Walpurga is also said to protect against black magic, leading to the idea that Walpurgis Night (30th April) is a time when witches and evil spirits are especially active, having a 'last fling'. On this date, people light bonfires and burn effigies to drive away these influences. Despite Walpurga's English origins, Walpurgis Night has not been as widely celebrated in England as on the Continent. There are, however, a few exceptions. In Lincolnshire, people hung up cowslips to ward off evil while in Herefordshire trays of moss were left out for fairies to dance on. #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #history #saints #mythology #weird #gothic

St Walpurga was an Anglo-Saxon saint born in Devon who carried out missionary work in Germany. Her day, 1st May, celebrates the translation of her relics to Eichstatt, Bavaria. The relics are said to exude an oil that cures illnesses, though analysis of the 'oil' has shown it to just be water. Walpurga is also said to protect against black magic, leading to the idea that Walpurgis Night (30th April) is a time when witches and evil spirits are especially active, having a 'last fling'. On this date, people light bonfires and burn effigies to drive away these influences. Despite Walpurga's English origins, Walpurgis Night has not been as widely celebrated in England as on the Continent. There are, however, a few exceptions. In Lincolnshire, people hung up cowslips to ward off evil while in Herefordshire trays of moss were left out for fairies to dance on. #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #history #saints #mythology #weird #gothic

St Walpurga was an Anglo-Saxon saint born in Devon who carried out missionary work in Germany. Her day, 1st May, celebrates the translation of her relics to Eichstatt, Bavaria. The relics are said to exude an oil that cures illnesses, though analysis of the 'oil' has shown it to just be water. Walpurga is also said to protect against black magic, leading to the idea that Walpurgis Night (30th April) is a time when witches and evil spirits are especially active, having a 'last fling'. On this date, people light bonfires and burn effigies to drive away these influences. Despite Walpurga's English origins, Walpurgis Night has not been as widely celebrated in England as on the Continent. There are, however, a few exceptions. In Lincolnshire, people hung up cowslips to ward off evil while in Herefordshire trays of moss were left out for fairies to dance on. #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #history #saints #mythology #weird #gothic

St Walpurga was an Anglo-Saxon saint born in Devon who carried out missionary work in Germany. Her day, 1st May, celebrates the translation of her relics to Eichstatt, Bavaria. The relics are said to exude an oil that cures illnesses, though analysis of the 'oil' has shown it to just be water. Walpurga is also said to protect against black magic, leading to the idea that Walpurgis Night (30th April) is a time when witches and evil spirits are especially active, having a 'last fling'. On this date, people light bonfires and burn effigies to drive away these influences. Despite Walpurga's English origins, Walpurgis Night has not been as widely celebrated in England as on the Continent. There are, however, a few exceptions. In Lincolnshire, people hung up cowslips to ward off evil while in Herefordshire trays of moss were left out for fairies to dance on. #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #history #saints #mythology #weird #gothic

🌿🏵️🌿Primrose flowers were believed to ward off the spells of Faeries. #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

🌿🏵️🌿Primrose flowers were believed to ward off the spells of Faeries. #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

When the forest spirits left the Schömberg region, they altered the appearance of the local sparrows so that the locals would remember them.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Forest_Spirits_and_the_White_Sparrows

When the forest spirits left the Schömberg region, they altered the appearance of the local sparrows so that the locals would remember them.

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

When the forest spirits left the Schömberg region, they altered the appearance of the local sparrows so that the locals would remember them.

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

When the forest spirits left the Schömberg region, they altered the appearance of the local sparrows so that the locals would remember them.

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

When the forest spirits left the Schömberg region, they altered the appearance of the local sparrows so that the locals would remember them.

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

Every time you twist a tree, a wood spirit will die.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/A_Wood_Woman_Mourns_Her_Husband

Every time you twist a tree, a wood spirit will die.

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

Every time you twist a tree, a wood spirit will die.

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

Every time you twist a tree, a wood spirit will die.

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

Every time you twist a tree, a wood spirit will die.

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

The Wild Huntsman relentlessly hunts the spirits of the forest.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Hounded_Forest_Woman

The Wild Huntsman relentlessly hunts the spirits of the forest.

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

The Wild Huntsman relentlessly hunts the spirits of the forest.

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

The Wild Huntsman relentlessly hunts the spirits of the forest.

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

The Wild Huntsman relentlessly hunts the spirits of the forest.

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

The life of certain forest spirits are bound to specific trees.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Beautiful_Fir_Tree

The life of certain forest spirits are bound to specific trees.

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

The life of certain forest spirits are bound to specific trees.

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

The life of certain forest spirits are bound to specific trees.

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

The life of certain forest spirits are bound to specific trees.

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

In the Great Cedar Forest of Mesopotamian myth, there lives a giant, who is a mixture of animal parts and who devours men in gory fashion. When came Gilgamesh to gather cedar planks, Humbaba had to die: and this became his undoing. #FolkloreThursday

In the Great Cedar Forest of Mesopotamian myth, there lives a giant, who is a mixture of animal parts and who devours men in gory fashion. When came Gilgamesh to gather cedar planks, Humbaba had to die: and this became his undoing. #FolkloreThursday

In the Great Cedar Forest of Mesopotamian myth, there lives a giant, who is a mixture of animal parts and who devours men in gory fashion. When came Gilgamesh to gather cedar planks, Humbaba had to die: and this became his undoing. #FolkloreThursday

In the Great Cedar Forest of Mesopotamian myth, there lives a giant, who is a mixture of animal parts and who devours men in gory fashion. When came Gilgamesh to gather cedar planks, Humbaba had to die: and this became his undoing. #FolkloreThursday

In the Great Cedar Forest of Mesopotamian myth, there lives a giant, who is a mixture of animal parts and who devours men in gory fashion. When came Gilgamesh to gather cedar planks, Humbaba had to die: and this became his undoing. #FolkloreThursday

In the Great Cedar Forest of Mesopotamian myth, there lives a giant, who is a mixture of animal parts and who devours men in gory fashion. When came Gilgamesh to gather cedar planks, Humbaba had to die: and this became his undoing. #FolkloreThursday

In the Great Cedar Forest of Mesopotamian myth, there lives a giant, who is a mixture of animal parts and who devours men in gory fashion. When came Gilgamesh to gather cedar planks, Humbaba had to die: and this became his undoing. #FolkloreThursday

In the Great Cedar Forest of Mesopotamian myth, there lives a giant, who is a mixture of animal parts and who devours men in gory fashion. When came Gilgamesh to gather cedar planks, Humbaba had to die: and this became his undoing. #FolkloreThursday

Foundational to the creation of Merlin is Myrddin Wyllt, or Myrddin the Wild, a bard who in Welsh poetry went mad after a battle and fled to the Caledonian Forest far to the north as a wildman, contemplating his former life but gifted with prophecy. #FolkloreThursday 🖼: A. Lee

Foundational to the creation of Merlin is Myrddin Wyllt, or Myrddin the Wild, a bard who in Welsh poetry went mad after a battle and fled to the Caledonian Forest far to the north as a wildman, contemplating his former life but gifted with prophecy. #FolkloreThursday 🖼: A. Lee

Foundational to the creation of Merlin is Myrddin Wyllt, or Myrddin the Wild, a bard who in Welsh poetry went mad after a battle and fled to the Caledonian Forest far to the north as a wildman, contemplating his former life but gifted with prophecy. #FolkloreThursday 🖼: A. Lee

Foundational to the creation of Merlin is Myrddin Wyllt, or Myrddin the Wild, a bard who in Welsh poetry went mad after a battle and fled to the Caledonian Forest far to the north as a wildman, contemplating his former life but gifted with prophecy. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: A. Lee

Foundational to the creation of Merlin is Myrddin Wyllt, or Myrddin the Wild, a bard who in Welsh poetry went mad after a battle and fled to the Caledonian Forest far to the north as a wildman, contemplating his former life but gifted with prophecy. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: A. Lee

Foundational to the creation of Merlin is Myrddin Wyllt, or Myrddin the Wild, a bard who in Welsh poetry went mad after a battle and fled to the Caledonian Forest far to the north as a wildman, contemplating his former life but gifted with prophecy. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: A. Lee

Foundational to the creation of Merlin is Myrddin Wyllt, or Myrddin the Wild, a bard who in Welsh poetry went mad after a battle and fled to the Caledonian Forest far to the north as a wildman, contemplating his former life but gifted with prophecy. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: A. Lee

Foundational to the creation of Merlin is Myrddin Wyllt, or Myrddin the Wild, a bard who in Welsh poetry went mad after a battle and fled to the Caledonian Forest far to the north as a wildman, contemplating his former life but gifted with prophecy. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: A. Lee

The Haslen Forest is haunted by an evil poodle.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Poodle_in_the_Haslen_Forest

The Haslen Forest is haunted by an evil poodle.

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

The Haslen Forest is haunted by an evil poodle.

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

The Haslen Forest is haunted by an evil poodle.

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

The Haslen Forest is haunted by an evil poodle.

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