#Folklorethursday

'A grove there was, untouched by men's hands from ancient times...' wrote roman poet Lucan referring to a celtic sacred forest. And he continues writing: 'whose interlacing boughs enclosed a

The National Wallace Monument

Yesterday we released Episode 4: 'Will the real William Wallace please stand up?' in our series of educational videos. Here we discussed what we know about the real #WilliamWallace. As

Ciaran Conliffe

If you're walking through the woods and you come across a circle of mushrooms, be wary of stepping inside! Legend has it that these are "fairy rings", and to enter

Lydia Massiah🌿📚

The Goddess having her hair braided on the Gundestrup silver cauldron (dated 150-1 BC) might be Rhiannon of the Mabinogion, famous for her birds, whose songs could awaken the dead & lull

Legends persist of British magicians and witches using spells to prevent invasion by sea. Dr John Dee was credited (erroneously, after his time) with raising the storm that scattered the

Badger North is a spooky badger 👻🦡

The disruption of our meticulously observed natural order of the world, and the enveloping darkness associated with a solar eclipse, is a rich source of folklore and belief in many

Ciaran Conliffe

Currently a carpet store and restaurant in Ballyshannon town, this building used to be the military barracks for the town. It's home to not just one but two famous ghost

Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

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Today's #FolkloreThursday theme is Spring, so here is a collection of folktales about our favorite spring flowers Thread. A Bavarian folktale says Snow was originally colorless. It asked various flowers

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In Japanese folklore, nobusuma (also known as Tobikura) are bats that live to very old age & then transform into yokai. They eat nuts & fruit like regular bats but

Irish History Bitesize!

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The earliest leprechaun story is medieval (Adventure of Fergus son of Léti): Fergus mac Léti King of Ulster falls asleep on beach & is dragged into the sea by 3

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In Tokyo there is a statue of Hachiko the faithful dog near the busy Shibuya crossing. Legend goes that after the dog's owner died unexpectedly he continued to wait for

Irish History Bitesize!

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Connla's Well, "The Well of Wisdom/Knowledge", is the source of 7 rivers in #Ireland! Thought to be same as Nechtan's Well/Well of Segais? In 1 dimension it is in the

Four international covers for The Hobbit. Which is your favourite? #FolkloreThursday Here's a few interior illustrations from O Gnomo (The Hobbit), published in 1962. These are by António Quadros. And

Chinese myth relates that cats, in the beginning of the creation, were appointed by the gods to oversee everything, making certain all was run properly. #FolkloreThursday Cats had even been

Esoteric Visions of Obscura

Apports. I once had a small piece of metal slag fall out of the air and land next to me on the living room sofa. It then bounced underneath me

Erotic Mythology 🏹

The #GreekGods each had plants that were sacred to them. Most famously today are Apollo's laurels and Dionysos' vines, but Zeus had the oak, Athena the olive tree, Demeter wheat,