Cadborosaurus is a sea serpent with a horse-like head reported around Vancouver Island, BC - most famously at Cadboro Bay, Victoria. Various people have claimed that various carcasses that have washed ashore are Cadborosaurus; they usually turn out to be whales or sharks.
#WyrdWednesday

Good morning, Wyrdlings!

We're mixing up the past and the present for this week's #WyrdWednesday, with our theme:

“Modern Stone-Ages: Dinotopias, Lost Worlds & supermodern Saurians!”

@cwreeve.bsky.social here, wearing my best khakis and pith helmet - now show me some wyrd!

Mòrag is the name given to a loch monster believed by some to live in Loch Morar, Scotland. A cousin of Nessie, and the last of these aquatic dinosaurs

more in my "Folklore of Scotland"
folkloreofscotland.com

#wyrdwednesday #Scotland

#WallsonWednesday #WednesdayWalls
#WatercolourWednesday
#WaterfallWednesday
#WednesdayWindows
#WellsOnWednesday
#WildlifeWednesday
#WindmillWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
#WindowsWednesday
#WoodensDay
#WyrdWednesday

#WyrdWednesday
The Valley of the Gwangi (1969)

“Professor, there’s a big lizard back there and he’s heading this way. Now get aboard!”

Produced by Charles H Schneer &
Ray Harryhausen

youtu.be/6YX5TqsfP88

Yabba-Dabba-Doo, you Wyrdlings!

Since the Flintstones premiered on 30 September 1960, it’s:

“Modern Stone-Ages: Dinotopias, Lost Worlds & supermodern Saurians!”

for this week’s #WyrdWednesday! Come, tell tales of odd places harbouring giant lizards, thawed up icemen & why brontos suddenly appear!

🍀🐇🍀An old English superstition says that to see a Hare is a sign of good luck, and a wish can be made as soon as it passes by.
#FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday

🌿🌊🌿'Undine' - written by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué - illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
"Forget not that I am here with thee as a guide."
#MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

The most common fortune-telling game on an Irish Hallow Eve used three saucers: clay, water and a ring. You were blindfolded, led to the table, and picked one. #WitchSky #WyrdWednesday #IrishFolklore

Mushrooms can appear almost overnight after autumn rain, forming rings that European folklore sometimes called fairy rings. Science explains the underground fungal growth beautifully. Folklore's explanation was riskier: something danced there while you slept. #WyrdWednesday

The name of the neopagan holiday Mabon comes from an epic hero of Welsh myth. Kidnapped as an infant, Mabon is tracked down by King Arthur and his men, who are guided by the oldest and wisest of animals: a blackbird, a stag, an owl, an eagle, and a salmon. #WyrdWednesday

Apples have often been used in Mabon rituals and ceremonies. Apple peels can be used for divination, while cutting an apple horizontally reveals seeds in a five-pointed star pattern, which resembles a sacred pentagram. Apples also symbolize harvest and abundance. #WyrdWednesday

Though rituals vary, sacred plants for Mabon often include sage, rosemary, yarrow, mugwort, hawthorn, elderberries, and calendula. These plants have been used for multiple purposes, such as cleansing, meditation, purification, divination, and medicine. #WyrdWednesday

The autumn equinox is often described as a day of perfectly equal light and darkness, but that's not quite true. Daylight generally lasts a little longer because of atmospheric refraction and how sunrise and sunset are measured. Even Mabon's "balance" has a wrinkle. #WyrdWednesday

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic: `When the landlord, or farmer, entered for the first time the field where harvesting operations went on, it was customary to bind him with sugganes, or straw ropes, and not to release him till he paid a forfeit.`
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#WyrdWednesday #Celtic: `When the landlord, or farmer, entered for the first time the field where harvesting operations went on, it was customary to bind him with sugganes, or straw ropes, and not to release him till he paid a forfeit.`
Source: www.isle-of-man.com/...

"Kornstaur i måneskinn"

(Stacks of grain in the moonlight)

🎨 Theodor Kittelsen (1900)

#wyrdwednesday

The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox, so called because its light allowed farmers to work for longer. Before reliable street lighting, certain organisations - including Masonic societies - scheduled their meetings to coincide with the full moon. #wyrdwednesday #folklore

#WyrdWednesday The Old Man of Corn West Country Rhyme
'He stands in the mist of the Devon rain
A ghost made of straw & a rusted chain
He watches the seasons turn & go
With a coat of rags & a crown of crow
No boots on his feet
No pipe to smoke
Just an old grey coat & a 🖤 of oak'
art Ronald Lampitt