@madmyrtle.bsky.socialContinuing the theme of ghostly beings for #folklorefriday we will be covering the Thaye from the folklore of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Myanmar is a Southeast Asian country located on the coast between India and Thailand.
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@morgansheppard.bsky.socialIt's #FolkloreFriday 🦉 Today we look at the Welsh corpse bird (Aderyn y Corff). In folklore, its nocturnal cry was a solemn, natural harbinger that the veil was thinning; it gave families time to prepare for a coming transition, reminding us to respect the quiet thresholds.
@madmyrtle.bsky.socialAs always if you want to check out the past #folklorefriday topics they are on my Patreon (for free of course).
@madmyrtle.bsky.socialIt’s another #folklorefriday & we are once again in the spooky season. Let’s talk about a ghost from Germanic and Slavic folklore; the Mare.
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@morgansheppard.bsky.socialIt's #FolkloreFriday 🍂 October begins at the crossroads. In Welsh tradition, these junctions are highly literal liminal spaces where the paths of the living and the dead meet; they remind us to move through the turning points of the year with deliberate care.
@morgansheppard.bsky.socialIt's #FolkloreFriday 🍂 The autumn equinox brings the year into fleeting balance; day and night sit in equal measure. In Welsh tradition, this threshold marked the gathering of the harvest; it invites us to pivot from outward growth to the quiet warmth of the hearth.
@thefolklorepress.bsky.social#ReadAnEbookDay Pukwudgie, the little hairy goblin-like character from native American folklore
from: "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin" by Stephen G. Rae
folklorepress.co.uk
#FolkloreFriday #goblins
art: Stephen G. Rae (the author)
@folklorescotland.bsky.social#ReadAnEbookDay Woodwose, the 'wildman of the woods in European folklore. In Scots lore however, Woodwose is one of the Faerie Folk, a harmless forest guardian
more in my "Folklore of Scotland"
folkloreofscotland.com
#FolkloreFriday #Scotland
art: Stephen G. Rae
@stephengrae.bsky.social#ReadAnEbookDay Renwick, 1733 and a Cockatrice took up residence in the ruined church. A local man, John Tallantine killed the creature using the branch of a rowan tree
more in my "Folklore of the Lake District"
bardofcumberland.com
#FolkloreFriday #LakeDistrict
art by me
