'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 space of darkness and cold shade, and banished the sunlight far above'. #FolkloreThursday

That forest, in where 'altars were heaped with hideous offerings, and every tree was sprinkled with human gore', is a iconic representation of the idea of the woods within classical antiquity worldview. Savage and creepy places filled with a dark mysticism. #FolkloreThursday

Civilized world engross that perception of the forest as the home of witches, werewolves and fairies, as it's painted in folktales. And sometimes this perspective evolves into some kind of ecophobia. The liminal space becomes a diabolical place. #FolkloreThursday

But the forest's still one of the most powerful boundaries. Its archetypal energy, from the Arthurian lore to Grimm brothers' tales, is huge The space in which the coven take place and from where you can hear the call of the wild. Woods are enchanted places. #FolkloreThursday