#Folklorethursday

As it's #folklorethursday I'd like introduce one of my favourite monsters, the Nue (鵺), who was killed close to my house. At the time of the incident this area belonged
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Gustave Doré’s engraving of the Wood of Suicides, from Dante’s Inferno; Canto XIII“There do the hideous Harpies make their nests / Who chased the Trojans from the Strophades / With
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#Ireland is a forest full , all the way up to the canopy , of folklore & myths about #trees & #woods! Here's a hint in my collage below, of
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Given that it's #FolkloreThursday, I thought I might tell you a story about witches and fart runes (yes, fart runes) from the #Westfjords of #Iceland. THREAD The Westfjords are a
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Saltfleetby church was built on a salt marsh.The landscape is melancholic.Long straight roads, drainage ditches, desultory farmsteads, big medieval churches. Flat land with empty horizons.It all points to a long-lost
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In the Middle Ages, babies were exorcised in the church porch. This took place before baptism, to banish the devil from the new-born so it could be brought safely into
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Thread: The Holy Grail, emblem of Divine Grace in physical form, is a cure-all, bringing renewal, hope and promise of Eternal Life! It is the immanent Divine Presence in a
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Today is #FolkloreThursday, and with lots of you still adjusting to your first experience of isolation, I think it’s a good time to talk about how folklore – and stories
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F-I-N-A-L-L-Y!What we’ve been waiting for! A man of “perfect age and moderate maturity”.We had given up hope of ever finding one to find this bill until we discovered St Oudoceus.Could
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This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is plants, flowers and herbs! I'm doing a couple of Norse-related threads on this theme today but for anyone wanting more of the same I discuss
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KYOTO'S BELLY BUTTONCities are often described metaphorically as being a 'body', but in Kyōto you can actually visit the navel! Known as 'Heso-ishi' (へそ石), the 'Navel Stone' is an unassuming
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THE CURSED BELLExhibited in a small room in Myōman-ji (妙満寺) is a modest looking bell with an incredible story to tell. It is a tale of unrequited love, serpents, and
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THREAD Here are some obscure food + death facts for you that will be great #Thanksgiving dinner convo starters —festive, fun, & guaranteed to make everything awkward! (which is probably
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Two years ago today, I submitted my thesis for assessment. I've finally got round to serialising extracts of it. Read the first post and download the thesis here. More to
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A thread concerning Marianne Voaden, the esteemed White Witch. Pictured here outside her home in Bratton, Devon. #FolkloreThursday She was a God-fearing Woman, and had no relations with the Evil-One.
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KYOTO'S MOST HAUNTED SPOTCapital for over 1000 years, Kyōto has had its fair share of ghosts, ghouls, & monsters, but one of the most celebrated is the demon-king Shuten-dōji (酒呑童子).His
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