@talesofbritain.bsky.social10 days of summer left, but here's our seasonal blog this #FolkloreThursday! Comprises Shakespeare, Black Shuck, the Pedlar of Swaffham, Babes In The Wood, Beowulf, Conjuring Minterne, Blackadder, Albina, Brutus and… ROBERT PLANT! jemroberts.com/2026/09/09/t... 🐉🏴🏴🏴📚
@themytharium.bsky.socialOrion is not a true group of stars in space! They sit at very different distances but line up when viewed from Earth to make the hunter’s belt and body.
Who knows what pattern this constellation makes in other galaxies!
Image: Noirlab.
@venetiajane.bsky.socialIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Medea brews a magic potion to restore aged Aeson, father of Jason, to youth. Where drops from the cauldron fall on earth, flowers spring up. Later botanical lore identifies them as poisonous meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale). #FolkloreThursday
@observethedate.bsky.social
@pj-richards.bsky.social🦉🥚🦉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
@neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `#Manannan mac Lir wore a great cloak which was capable of taking on every kind of colour, like the widespread field of the sea as looked on from a height.`
Source: Dru Magus `#Myths and #legends of the Celtic race`
@neu-kelte.bsky.social#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `#Manannan mac Lir wore a great cloak which was capable of taking on every kind of colour, like the widespread field of the sea as looked on from a height.`
Source: Dru Magus `#Myths and #legends of the Celtic race`
@neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: When #Midir appeared to King Eochaid on the #HillOfTara he is thus described: The tunic that the young strange `warrior wore was purple in colour, his hair was of a golden yellow, and of such length that it reached to the edge of his […]
@neu-kelte.bsky.social#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: When #Midir appeared to King Eochaid on the #HillOfTara he is thus described: The tunic that the young strange `warrior wore was purple in colour, his hair was of a golden yellow, and of such length that it reached to the edge of his shoulders.
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@niftybuckles.bsky.social🌰🍂 #FolkloreThursday 🐿️
Old Autumn lore warned that a heavy crop of acorns & nuts foretold a hard winter ahead. ❄️
But keep one! An acorn carried in your pocket was said to bring good luck, protection & long life. 🌳
Nature’s tiny Autumn lucky charm. 🍁🌰
#Acornlore 🌰🐿️🍂
🎨 Emily Duffin
@neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: #Etain, daughter of Etar, is described as the fairest maiden in #Ireland (part one): `A clear comb of silver was held in her hand, the comb was adorned with gold; and near her, as for washing, was a bason of silver whereon four birds […]
@neu-kelte.bsky.social#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: #Etain, daughter of Etar, is described as the fairest maiden in #Ireland (part one): “A clear comb of silver was held in her hand, the comb was adorned with gold; and near her, as for washing, was a bason of silver whereon four birds had been chased, and there were
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@grimoriobestias.bsky.socialJuklanus, monstruos con cuerpo humano y cabeza de perro del folklore de los gitanos de Europa del este. Están en guerra con los loçolicos: grimoriodebestias.blogspot.com/2026/09/jukl...
Grabado del Monstrorum historia, de Ulisse Aldrovandi.
@talesofbritain.bsky.socialHappy #FolkloreThursday! Here behold ye the story of True Thomas, the Rhymer of Earlston! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B376... 🐉🏴🏴🏴📚
@observethedate.bsky.social@venetiajane.bsky.socialIn the modern Celtic Ogham Tree Calendar, Vine (sometimes interpreted as Bramble) rules Muin, the 10th month of the calendar, from 2nd–29th September. Both plants are laden with ripening fruit at this time of year making them fitting symbols of autumn abundance. #FolkloreThursday
@folklorescotland.bsky.socialIn the Scottish Highlands, Lord of the Forest is the Uruisg (Urisk), a half human and half goat Nature Spirit, similar to a Faun
more: "Folklore of Scotland"
folkloreofscotland.com
#folklorethursday #Scotland
art: Tianhau Xu
@neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: „It was said Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake in Englisch) was bottomless. Centuries ago an expert diver tried it, but was terribly frightened by his experience. He asserted that a dragon was coiled up at the bottom of the lake, and if he had […]
