#winterfolklore — Public Fediverse posts
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This week's #FolktaleFriday is The Wolf of the Winter Moon. I hope you enjoy. #wolfofthewintermoon #winterfolklore #darkfolklore #mythology #storytelling https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qLYiH8MF0-0
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#FolkloreSunday 🎄🕯️👻
On dark Christmas nights, the veil thins. In Victorian England, it was tradition to gather by the fire on Christmas Eve & tell ghost stories—Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the most famous survivor of this once-widespread custom. Telling “winter tales” until midnight was believed to keep evil spirits at bay while the Saviour was born.#ChristmasGhostStories #YuleTraditions #VictorianChristmas #WinterFolklore
🎨'Scrooge and the ghost of Marley,' by Arthur Rackham.
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Some indigenous peoples of North America looked to the beaver to help predict what type of winter it would be. If a beaver constructed its lodge larger and stronger than usual, that meant harsh winter weather was on its way. #FolkloreSunday
📷: Derek Otway
#Folklore #NativeAmericanFolklore #Beaver #Winter #WinterFolklore #AnimalFolklore
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According to the tall tales of North American lumberjacks, the Snow Wasset is a giant weasel-like beast that hibernates during the summer and hunts in the winter. Disappearances of lumberjacks in snowy woods were often blamed on this fearsome critter. #LegendaryWednesday
📷: Daniil Zameshaev
#Folklore #FearsomeCritters #NorthAmericanFolklore #TallTales #SnowWasset #Winter #WinterFolklore
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According to the tall tales of North American lumberjacks, the Snow Wasset is a giant weasel-like beast that hibernates during the summer and hunts in the winter. Disappearances of lumberjacks in snowy woods were often blamed on this fearsome critter. #LegendaryWednesday
📷: Daniil Zameshaev
#Folklore #FearsomeCritters #NorthAmericanFolklore #TallTales #SnowWasset #Winter #WinterFolklore
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According to the tall tales of North American lumberjacks, the Snow Wasset is a giant weasel-like beast that hibernates during the summer and hunts in the winter. Disappearances of lumberjacks in snowy woods were often blamed on this fearsome critter. #LegendaryWednesday
📷: Daniil Zameshaev
#Folklore #FearsomeCritters #NorthAmericanFolklore #TallTales #SnowWasset #Winter #WinterFolklore
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According to the tall tales of North American lumberjacks, the Snow Wasset is a giant weasel-like beast that hibernates during the summer and hunts in the winter. Disappearances of lumberjacks in snowy woods were often blamed on this fearsome critter. #LegendaryWednesday
📷: Daniil Zameshaev
#Folklore #FearsomeCritters #NorthAmericanFolklore #TallTales #SnowWasset #Winter #WinterFolklore
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According to the tall tales of North American lumberjacks, the Snow Wasset is a giant weasel-like beast that hibernates during the summer and hunts in the winter. Disappearances of lumberjacks in snowy woods were often blamed on this fearsome critter. #LegendaryWednesday
📷: Daniil Zameshaev
#Folklore #FearsomeCritters #NorthAmericanFolklore #TallTales #SnowWasset #Winter #WinterFolklore
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According to Pliny the Elder (that 'friend' of Fabulous Folklore), snow that has lain for a while was filled with large, hairy white-reddish grubs that seemed to be asleep.
#FabulousFolklorePodcast #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #WinterWeather #SnowSuperstitions #WeatherFolklore #WeatherLore #WinterFolklore
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Although this Soviet adaptation is inspired by Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet, it more closely follows E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1816 novella 'The Nutcracker and the Mouse King'.
#WinterFolklore / #GothicAdvent
'The Nutcracker / Щелкунчик / Schelkunchik' (1973) dir. Boris Stepantsev.
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Apologies to all our followers - we've been unable to access this twitter account for almost 2 weeks. No idea why...
So let's have more #GothicAdvent & #WinterFolklore goodies while we still can!
'Pingu's Family Celebrate Christmas' (1992).
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The English folklore character of Old Father Christmas represents the spirit of Christmas - I love this illustration -the holly crown, wild hair and pagan yule log, the spiced wassail punch bowl. A very old man with a youthful magic glint in his eye #Winterfolklore #folklore
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A bit of cheeky, foxy #WinterFolklore!❄️🦊
This charming Soviet Estonian film was first shown on UK Children's BBC Xmas Eve 1992. A very naughty Fox plays havoc with Christmas... https://youtube.com/watch?v=n1scy5Sn2wg.
'Kingikratt / The Foxy Christmas Story' (1991) dir. Aarne Ahi.
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In many homes across Europe & Scandinavia, it just wouldn't be Christmas without this DEFA/Czech classic:
#WinterFolklore ❄️❄️❄️
'Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella / Three Wishes for Cinderella / Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel' (1973) dir. Václav Vorlícek.
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How about some of the cutest #Caturday #WinterFolklore imaginable? Here we have an adorable snippet from:
'Suteneko Tora-chan / Little Tora: The Abandoned Cat' (1947) dir. Kenzô Masaoka. ❄️🎄😻
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Jam packed with traditional Christmas symbolism, special effects & stage machinery; together creating a series of wonderfully nostalgic tableaux.
A silent #WinterFolklore beauty...
'Le rêve de Noël / The Christmas Dream' (1900) dir. Georges Méliès.
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Here's a little taste of #WinterFolklore magic from the "Mother of Czech animation." ❄️❄️
'Snehulák / Snowman' (1966) dir. Hermína Týrlová.
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One of the most adorable Christmas animations ever made - and something we share every year for #WinterFolklore...
'Little Timo's Christmas Tree / Тимошкина елка / Timoshkina Elka' (1966) dir. Vladimir Degtyarev.
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For those who didn't know - in Slavic folklore Baba Yaga has a cat; sometimes portrayed as her familiar, sometimes as her servant. Here she is off on an errand, riding on a Baba Yaga's bewitched pig-sleigh.
'Morozko / Jack Frost' (1964) dir. Aleksandr Rou.
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She's baaaack. Just don't call her the Beast From the East - she doesn't like it...
#GothicAdvent / #WinterFolklore
'The Snow Queen / Снежная королева / Snezhnaya koroleva' (1957) dir. Lev Atamanov, Nikolay Fyodorov.
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And some people think Frozen did it first...
#WinterFolklore ❄️❄️
'The Snow Queen / Snezhnaya koroleva' (1966) dir. Gennadi Kazansky.
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According to an Inuit legend, the Raven was not always the jet-black bird we see today - during a game of painting with Owl, things went horribly wrong...
'The Owl and the Raven' (1973) dir. Co Hoedeman.
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Taken from a 1938 story by Pavel Bazhov (later included in The Malachite Casket collection), which in turn was based on folktales from the Ural region of Russia.
'A Little Silver Hoof / Серебряное копытце / Serebryanoe Kopytce' (1977) dir. Gennadiy Sokolskiy.
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How about a few Frost Fairies for #WinterFolklore?
'The Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers' from 'Fantasia' (1940) dir. Samuel Armstrong.
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Based on a Mik’maq legend, in order to bring Summer to the North, the great spirit Glooscap must battle & outwit the giant Winter.
'Summer Legend' (1986) dir. Françoise Hartman.
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On the other site we did a thing each year called #WinterFolklore. We have masses of excellent films to share which contain elements of Winter Folklore; stories, myths, fairytales, creatures, customs, traditions and loads more goodies!
Buckle up, Mastodon - here we go!!
'The Humpbacked Horse / Конёк-Горбуно́к / Konyok Gorbunok' (1947) dir. Ivan Ivanov-Vano.