Amateur folklorist with an interest in #fairies and #mermaids. Here to geek out on #FolkloreThursday and tweet about #folklore-related books, art, and music.
Fairyland
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I'm pleased to learn that 'Twilight of the Godlings' is one of the standout bestsellers of @CambridgeUP's AIM (Academic Impact) programme, for 'books of such stature and significance that they make a lasting, even defining, impression on their fields' cambridge.org/news-and-insig…
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‘this must be done with haste’—as there’s only a few tickets left for @DrFrancisYoung’s online talk @FolkloreSociety on the origins of British fairies. Tues 24 Oct, 6pm BST. Tickets £6 from eventbrite.co.uk/e/whereve-a…
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In Welsh folklore, a child born on the first day the cuckoo sang would be lucky for all their life...
🎨Jan Brueghel the Elder
#FairyTaleTuesday @EnchantedEzine
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Publishing in 2022! Mermaids by Axel Müller, Christopher Halls & @BWilliamson1966 "offers a compelling overview of the emergence of the #mermaid #myth in western culture" ~ @HRitvo
🧜♀️ Discover more about this title: bit.ly/UEPMermaids
#FolkloreThursday #folklore #legend
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The Boggart by Simon Young will be published this February!
The #book offers an eye-opening, entertaining account of a mysterious #supernatural being in British #folklore.
📖 Full details here: bit.ly/TheBoggart
#FolkloreThursday #boggart #harrypotter #history #legend
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A cursed woman, a roving castle, a mysterious wizard
"I wanted to convey the message that life is worth living, and I don't think that's changed" - Miyazaki
#WyrdWednesday #animation #fantasy #film
Howl's Moving Castle 2004
dir. Hayao Miyazaki
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In a Flemish fairy tale a servant discovers a grimoire. He can transform himself into any animal he wants and leaves the castle. His father sells him in the shape of an ox, a horse and others. When he becomes a fox, he decides to remain a fox.🦊🧡
🎨Liljefors
#WyrdWednesday
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Newly restored #Roman gymnasium area opens for public viewing at #Bath's Roman baths. chewvalleygazette.co.uk/arti… #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Somerset
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Historical accounts of mermaid sightings include one by Christopher Columbus, who was sailing near the Dominican Republic in 1493 when he saw three rising out of the water. @FolkloreThurs @CentreMyth @FolkloreFiles @folk_horror
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#KingHerla and the #WildHunt in Twelfth-Century #England and #Wales by @Mark_Truesdale #twitterstorians bit.ly/316RTba
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Getting Even in #RomanBritain: The #Curse Tablets from #Bath (Aquae Sulis) by @CarlyASilver bit.ly/356rkV4
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#Women on a Quest: The Hawaiian Saga of #Pele the #Volcano #Goddess and Hiiaka by @MultoGhost bit.ly/2JT00mx
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Putting Their #Faith in the #Fairies: BBC #NorthernIreland’s Fascination with the ‘Wee Folk' by @PortiaWoods bit.ly/2My4Lmg
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This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is pirates and the deep seas! (Image: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, via wikimedia commons)
A late (early?) contribution for Folklore Thursday: the folklore of magpies.👇
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#magpies #birdlore #folklore #folklorethursday #rhymes
🖼️: © Bwiselizzy and © CaoChunhai via @iStock
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How Lord of the Rings Influenced The Green Knight denofgeek.com/movies/lord-of…