A visitor in the banana trees for #FolkloreThursday! Southern folk belief considers green tree frogs sacred garden guardians. Finding one tucked in your leaves promises thriving soil, and old mountain lore warns that harming a tree frog will cause your spring or well to run dry. #FolkWitch #WitchSky

Well, it's #FolkloreThursday, and our book boasts King Lear, Macbeth and more! So now read on about the latest sister book to Tales of Britain and Histories of Britain – SHAKESPEARE'S MUSES OF FIRE… #Shakespeare #Theatre #Folklore #Writing 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎭🪶📜

We talk readily about the collective folklore we still half-believe from days of parental scarelore – Stay Belows, Harrowhounds, Blackwater John – yet remain tight-lipped about our intimate encounters with it. As if to speak would break some cherished spell. – Dr. M. Benn #FolkloreThursday

Oregano, Origanum vulgare; squinanth, Cymbopogon schoenanthus, a relative of lemongrass. Oregano and squinanth (Origanum vulgare). History, not medical advice.

thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/oregano-and-squinanth
🗃️ #FolkloreThursday #history

Thursday
#AdoorableThursday
#BookologyThursday
#BridgesThursday
#FolkloreThursday
#GlassObjectThursday
#HelmetThursday
#InsectThursday
#IronworkThursday
#MetalWorkThursday
#OrchidThursday
#PubSignThursday
#RomanFortThursday
#ThatchThursday
#ThrowBackThursday
#ThursdayBins
#ThursdayChairs
#Thursgate

Autumn-flowering Cyclamen hederifolium has the curious old name ‘sowbread’, recalling the wild pigs said to root up its tubers to eat. Vita Sackville-West saw something altogether more delicate in its swept-back petals, likening them to ‘leveret ears laid back’. #FolkloreThursday

Vervain, Verbena officinalis. Verbena (Verbena officinalis). History, not medical advice.

thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/verbena
🗃️ #FolkloreThursday #history

The Magic of the Mystical Rowan Tree

The rowan tree, also known as Mountain Ash, is not well known for its medicinal benefits but has a long tradition as a ward against evil and the supernatural. Traditionally known as ‘care’ or ‘care-tree’
#folklorethursday
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One last chance this Halloween season to catch my witches talk! Sunday, October 25 in DC! #witches #FolkloreThursday #AskAFolklorist #Halloween

Sometimes Light & Wonder isn’t about discovering something far away.

Sometimes you just have to cut something open differently. 🍎✨🍂
via Lisa Frayne
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Sanju no Oharai — a prayer for cleansing away impurity
Waves in the cove — a scene from the video.

▶ https://youtu.be/EFk9qkU6Ais

#FolkloreThursday #AIart #AIillustration #mythology #MusicSky

A #Selkie is a merseal from Celtic #folklore. They transform into humans by removing their pelt. Losing their coat means they cannot return to the sea. A snippet of a #poem I wrote:
#poetrysky #FolkloreThursday #writingcommunity

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `Criomthan Nianair was a King of Ireland, and the son of Lugaidh Sriabhdearg ‘of the Red Stripes’, who was famously #CúChulainn’s foster son. Criomthan was said to have brought back a golden chariot and a cloak woven with golden […]

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#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `Criomthan Nianair was a King of Ireland, and the son of Lugaidh Sriabhdearg ‘of the Red Stripes’, who was famously #CúChulainn’s foster son.
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#ThursdayThrowback - The mystery, the madness, the strangeness, the sadness of Edgar Allen Poe #EdgarAllenPoe death day #OTD for #FolkloreThursday 📚
Quoth #TheRaven The Raven NEVERMORE 🐦‍⬛
#books #novels #shortstories #poems #horror #literature #reads 📕
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#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: In the story of ‘Cormac’s Adventure in the Land of Promise’, Cormac finds himself surrounded by fog. When it lifts, he is wandering through the Otherworld. #Manannán shows him the Well of Knowledge with its five streams flowing out […]

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#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: In the story of ‘Cormac’s Adventure in the Land of Promise’, Cormac finds himself surrounded by fog.
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#FolkloreThursday 💧
At St Keyne’s Well in Cornwall, legend says whichever newlywed drinks first will rule the home. 💍
In Southey’s ballad, the groom rushes to the well—but his bride brought a bottle to church.
Four trees. One sip. The quieter magic wins. ✨

🎨 Thomas Creswick - The Well of St. Keyne

#FolkloreThursday 🐙 #WorldOctopusDay 🐙🌎 #WorldSpaceWeek ☄️

Three hearts. Blue blood. Eight arms that taste.

Ainu lore tells of red giant Akkorokamui; in Hawaiʻi, the octopus is a form of Kanaloa. 🌊

A 2018 paper proposed frozen eggs arriving on comets—an unproven idea. ☄️