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
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@k13uanh.bsky.socialA #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
@coreyartusimagery.comA new blog post about my endeavors to find inspiration in local/regional folktales that aren't about colonizers post-1850, nor indigenous peoples. And what I'm realizing...
coreyartusimagery.com/blogs/musing...
#artistlife #blog #artblog #inspiration #stories #Folktale #Folklore #art
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialI had a really lovely time this evening in Glossop @darkpeakbooks.bsky.social in conversation with the brilliant Tim Campbell-Green about #Folklore. Wonderful audience, beautiful venue!
@emilyhare.comGlaurmir the ancient is now a print! You can check out the options in my shop here: buff.ly/5sGfWQY
@estrenomusical.com🪗 Hoy recordamos a Tom MacMahon (1915–2009), el músico que convirtió el acordeón y la tradición irlandesa estrenomusical.com/legado/tom-m...
#TomMacMahon #Irlanda #MusicaIrlandesa #Acordeon #Folklore #MusicaTradicional #CulturaIrlandesa #Tradicion #LegadoMusical #EstrenoMusical
@jpreedman.bsky.socialmybook.to/goblinha
NEW RELEASE in my #folklore series! THE WARLOCK OF GOBLIN HALL is based on the Scottish legend of Hugo de Gifford, a real noble of the 13th c,who was said to have built Yester Castle's hall with the aid of evil goblins. #kindleunlimited #booksky
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyYou'd think a race against a wooden church ornament would be hardly sporting - but one such ornament gave a priest quite a run for his money!
#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Race_for_the_Sacrificial_Money
@mythallia-achlabo.bsky.social
@folkloringpodcast.bsky.socialIf you are in the Bristol area, this lecture on 17 November looks really interesting: list.co.uk/event/folklo... #folklore #womensstudies
@marchpaneglass.bsky.socialGood morning from the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, NY! No headless horseman sightings as yet. 🎃
#sleepyhollow #spooktober #folklore #newyork #architecture #blackandwhite #classicmono #eck #eastcoastkin #halloween
@folkloringpodcast.bsky.socialThis is fascinating - racism in witchcraft: harvardindependent.com/which-witch-... #witch #folklore #salem #racism
@xingwu.bsky.socialWhen Zhuangzi (莊子, late 4th century BC) lost his wife, he did the unthinkable. He drummed and sang beside her body.
To his stunned friends, the philosopher explained that life and death were not enemies, but phases of the same cosmic rhythm. As mist becomes rain a
@pdimagearchive.bsky.socialPeasant Girls (ca. 1910) by Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky.
Source: @librarycongress.bsky.social
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2b6e8971-38cd-4800-af65-9015e6a1d7c9
#costumes #folklore #handkerchiefs #photography #art #publicdomain
@rainbowdiegames.bsky.socialLukallion’s Ledger of Legends is a 5e compatible monthly release of three fully fleshed out and illustrated monsters from mythology and folklore around the world. Our 16th issue will be available through DriveThruRPG starting on October 31st.
@kotodamaink.bsky.social[Hifumi Norito | Behind the scenes]
We chose to show instruments only in a few Hifumi panels, as symbols: fingertips on an iwabue (stone flute) on a rock ledge, and a woman's hand held over one in the water.
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyWhile reading this Wikipedia article on the #folklore of #Indonesia , I saw this book unter "further reading":
"Moertjipto (1992). Folktales of Yogyakarta South Coast. Translated by Hartiko, Hari. Directorate General of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia."
Does anyone have any idea where I could […]
@selinesigil.bsky.socialIrish #folklore tells of lazy,clever drunkard named Stingy Jack who tricked Devil multiple times.When Jack died,he was turned away from Heaven and Hell.Devil gives Jack a burning ember to light his way in dark.Jack puts ember inside a hollowed-out turnip and wanders earth forever
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyIt is easy to be virtuous if you are rich.
But for others, poverty can even deny a peaceful stay in the afterlife.
#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Burial_Gown