Non-euclidian architecture was the height of design back in the time before humans, a subtle but maddening asymmetry that permeates the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft. Angles that aren't right: that alone unnerved, but was only the beginning. #FolkloreSunday

🖼: S. Sanz

Sudano-Sahelian architecture, sometimes called "earthen architecture," is a style which uses mud bricks and adobe plaster over wooden beams to build airy desert-friendly dwellings with distinct appearances. Famous examples include the Great Mosque of Djene. #FolkloreSunday

#FolkloreSunday: `Behind the fortification of Cronk ny Merriu are the remains of a homestead. Originally believed to have been build in the #Celtic #IronAge it was later re-occupied during the Norse Period.
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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The Braaid was an #IronAge roundhouse of about 16.5 m in diameter. Its shape is determined by massive stones that formed the outer perimeter. The double walls were made of stone with a filling of earth.
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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `The Braaid was an #IronAge roundhouse of about 16.5 m in diameter. Its shape is determined by massive stones that formed the outer perimeter. The double walls were made of stone with a filling of earth. The roof consisted of turf sods […]

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4/4 In the 80s his sons sold the window to a collector and it now hangs in the Wolfsonian in Miami, Florida.
The Song of the Mad Prince redbubble.com/shop/ap/3691... #FolkloreSunday #art #giftidea #wallart #homedecor #literature #artnouveau #folklore

3/4 Harry called for a meeting to discuss the replacement but died before it took place. The Irish government rejected the window & it hung in a govt building instead of Geneva until his widow bought it.
The Playboy of the Western World redbubble.com/shop/ap/3691... #FolkloreSunday

2/4 He chose the writers with the help of W.B. Yeats. Government ministers viewed the window and notified him that the O'Flaherty panel would need to be replaced due to a scantily clad female.
Eve of St Agnes redbubble.com/shop/ap/3729... #FolkloreSunday #art #Irish #writers #decor

1/4 Harry Clarke was an Irish stained glass artist & illustrator. He was asked to design a window for the International Labour Court in Geneva to celebrate 15 Irish writers.
Saint Joan Heritage Geneva Window redbubble.com/shop/ap/3729... #FolkloreSunday #art #homedecor #folklore

2/2 This originates in Scandinavian tradition, and was meant to appease the tree spirits displaced during construction.
🎨Arthur Rackham www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3567... #FolkloreSunday #art #vintage #illustrationart #wallart #homedecor #Folklore #fairytales

1/2 When construction is completed, workers "top out" the building with a tree or branch tied with streamers.
🎨Arthur Rackham www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3492... #FolkloreSunday #art #vintage #illustration #wallart #homedecor #Folklore #mythology #fairytale

One summer’s evening in the late 1970s, a visitor to the eerie Guy’s Cliffe House, felt a big drop in temperature when she entered the old hall and being overcome by fear. She later heard that a friend had encountered a dark figure towering over her at same spot.
#FolkloreSunday

Sunday

#AncientSiteSunday
#CeilingsonSunday
#FolkloreSunday
#SaxonSunday
#SevenOnSunday
#ShakespeareSunday
#ShieldSunday
#SignsOnSunday or #SundaySigns
#SilentSunday
#skysunday
#SpoliaSunday
#StainedGlassSunday
#StandingStoneSunday

In Danish folklore, Hyldemoer, the Eldermother, lived in or beneath the elder tree and avenged harm done to it. Elderwood was best avoided in buildings or furniture, for those who used the forbidden wood risked being plagued by mysterious hands pulling their legs! #FolkloreSunday

A St Brigid's cross is made in Ireland on the Eve (31 Jan) of her feast on 1 Feb. Hanging it from the rafters of the home and barns was believed to bring her blessing and protection.

📷Typical Irish thatched cottage with turf in Co. Derry c. 1900. ©NMNI #buildings #FolkloreSunday

🦉🥚🦉An old folk-medicine cure for failing eyesight was to eat an owl's egg, a bird famed for its keen vision.
#MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `In forests of modern France that were once #Celtic territory, we find folktales about the Dames Vertes who lure travelers into ravines by their beauty and their sweet voices, then tormenting them by holding them upside down over waterfalls and laughing at their terror.`
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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `In forests of modern France that were once #Celtic territory, we find folktales about the Dames Vertes who lure travelers into ravines by their beauty and their sweet voices, then tormenting them by holding them upside down over […]

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In the Goetia, Amdusias is a mighty duke of Hell. He is in charge of Hell's cacophonous music, and his presence is announced by invisible trumpets. Amdusias can produce any music he desires, cause trees to bend, and create thunder. His voice is heard during storms.
🎨Louis Le Breton
#FolkloreSunday