@folkloretwitcher
Random views myne owne. Canadian. Seeker of #Hiraeth. A latter-day OOwl fancier (with a good dose of Wren-fancying too). MA in Folklore Studies. #KDrama Addict. Learning 中文. Spins woolly yarns & story threads
Maureen Murdock’s model for The Heroine’s Journey
A Woman’s Quest for Wholeness, divided into the ten stages: heroinejourneys.com/heroines-jou...
#storytelling #amwriting #jung #mythology #feminine
A selkie removes her seal skin on a beach. Illustration by Nataša Ilinčić.
In Scottish folklore, selkies are intelligent seals who often become fascinated by human life. They can remove their seal skins to temporarily become beautiful men and women, and will have romances with the local humans. However, eventually all selkies return to the ocean.
#FairyTaleTuesday
A. Bellucci's depiction of Psyche shining a light upon her husband, who lies naked and asleep in bed, his wings unfurled, and finding him quite beautiful.
Many folklorists point to the key episode of Cupid and Psyche as the inspiration of Beauty and the Beast: Psyche has married a man but never sees his face; her sisters say he is a hideous monster. She cannot help herself: she must look! #FairyTaleTuesday
🖼: A. Bellucci
An Indian depiction of a young woman in red holding a fruit and a snake, with another snake slithering inside of a tree and a storm above them raining down.
In India's Panchatantra, a girl named Bimbala Das married a black snake by the name of Debo, keeping him fed and happy in their relationship, and in kind also married the snake god, an avatar of Shiva, in an Indian variation of Beauty and the Beast. #FairytaleTuesday
I HEAR HIM GOING HONNNNNNNNK
Anastasia Beltyukova's depiction of Shamhat leading a now-clothed and somewhat forlorned-looking Enkidu from the wilds into the city of Uruk. The style is somewhat abstract, with the two humanoid characters rendered cartoonishly.
When the gods made Enkidu, they forgot to instill in him the instinct for civilization, making him no better than a Beast! It took love from the Beauty Shamhat, priestess of civilized Inanna, to tame him: but Enkidu lost his animal brethren. #FairytaleTuesday
🖼️: A. Beltyukova
Ein Foto eines dicken Baumstammes in einem Waldgebiet, der etwas mit dunkelgrünem Moos bedeckt ist, umgeben von unzähligen weißen Frühlingsknotenblumen mit leuchtend grünen Stängeln.
Schönen Dienstag, happy Tuesday 🌞
#ThickTrunkTuesday 🌳💚 #trees #woodland #forest #moss #scape #nature #photography #bloomscrolling 🌸🤍 #flowers #wildflowers #flowerfeed #FlowersOfBluesky
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekJforJuxtaposition
Bonne nuit…
Ziqian Liu
Beauty in Common Things, black cover with elaborate gold decoration of flowers and foliage.
Book Cover of the Day:
sometimes the soul takes pictures of things it has wished for, but never seen. anne sexton white anemone with amethyst center against a black background
Oh my! I'll ask next time 😉
A play on the lyrics of "I'm Too Sexy for my Shirt" by Right Said Fred 1990s' UK Duo - "I am Too Saxon for My Shirt"
As someone else has suggested .... the lyrics are by Right Said Athelred (can't claim credit for coming up with this but its still very amusing!)
Wyrdlings!
It’s Douglas Adams’ 74th birthday and we take you to all the nice ones, with:
“Wyrd Travelogues and Going Places Wynderful"
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Don’t Panic!
Come, gather and tell us tales of journeys into the unknown, from myth, lore and lit!
'Owl' - Yukio Katsuda, 1973.
#OwlishMonday 🎨'Owl' - Yukio Katsuda, 1973.
“Ceramic Plates on a Lattice Wall”, Serafina Meatpacking Restaurant, Little West 12th Street, New York, New York, March 5, 2026, 1:58 PM
#photography
#eastcoastkin
#NYC
#NYCphotography
“Moss on Concrete OR Squint and See Trees”, Gregory Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey, March 7, 2026, 1:56 PM
#photography
#eastcoastkin
#NewJersey
"The Owl and the Siren"
🎨 John Byrne
#owlishmonday
The river this evening.
Jewels.
A sunset by the river with puddles in the foreground, trees and the river in the middle and mountains in the background.
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”
— Jo Walton
Embroidery piece with cental red flower motif surrounded by a patterned border in pink orange black and green on a white background
Yusufzai Pathan silk embroidery traditionally created by tribal women of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan #womensart
Deep purple sweet violet in woods.
Sweet violet in the woods. #WildflowerHour
What did the Romans do for us? They forgot to take Alexanders with them when they left in 410AD. Early flowers from where it is invading a #Cambridge hedge. #WildFlowerHour
Goat willow-Salix caprea a male tree just starting to show hints of pollen on the dew laden catkins #Wildflowerhour
