A small river flanked by trees, mirrored in dark water. There is snow on the banks and fog.
Bleak days but snow is melting and the river #Alna is swelling with new water and renewed life.
📷: Me
#animism #NewAni #Lillomarka
I was at "Words by the Water, Keswick" today, giving a talk on my "Folklore of the Lake District" book, and whilst there my new "Folklore of Scotland" books arrived.
WBTW was brilliant, and it's on until Sunday.
Communities must be given the right to own environmental assets like rivers, woods & peat bogs
Thanks to @jenny4suffcoast.bsky.social & other MPs for writing this letter to Ministers, urging them to amend Community Right to Buy rules whilst there's still time:
www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/defaul...
I feel really bad for Magma's founder, Christian Vander, in case anyone confuses their name with MAGA. Vander predicted a future of political unrest & ecological destruction & sad to say he was right but he cuts a fine figure in his cosmic couture.
This is how i label my leftovers to amuse myself … bonus points if you can figure out what it is #writerslife
Baba Yaga with the bony leg flies through the air in her mortar and pestle with her broom to sweep her tracks away, across a wooded landscape. Behind her lightning flashes in a purple sky.
Happy International Women's Day! Be More Baba! #slavic #internationalwomensday #folklore #fairytale #babayaga #mythology #witchsky
A black and white painting of a megalithic tomb, with parge upright stones gathered around a dark covered entranceway. There are tree in the background.
This is my watercolour of Wayland's Smithy, an ancient barrow in Oxfordshire. First constructed around 3950-3550 BC and later expanded, it has been linked in folklore with Norse god Wayland since at least AD 955.
The original artwork is available on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#TombTuesday
Small Prophets
In praise of Small Prophets, Mackenzie Crook’s quietly uncanny comedy-drama
A lonely man crafting tiny prophetic homunculi to find his lost love. Whimsical, strange and wonderful.
Blog at: tinyurl.com/fnhsmp
#folklore #comedy #drama #british #tv
The Temperance card, depicting the winged Virtue pouring water between two jugs.
From left to right, the box, beige card backs with a dotted design, Two of Batons card, and Empress card (showing the Empress seated on a throne and holding a shield upon which the double-headed eagle symbol of the former Habsburg dynasty is not-so-convincingly blacked out.
The 6 of Swords, Moon, and Ace of Cups cards from left to right. The cards are oversized, reproduce the aging and stains from the originals, and are printed in this 1994 French language edition on textured art card stock.
Edoardo Dotti's tarot from mid-19th-century Milan, republished by Laura Tuan/Editions de Vecchi. Dotti's tarots drew from the style of the earlier printer Gumppenberg's famous Soprafino tarot, but with the Habsburg eagle images removed, so as not to piss off Napoleon III #TarotSky #HistoricalTarot
miss the old sign
Painting depicting women in flowing white gowns dancing hand in hand on lush grass around a tree, which sits in the centre of the scene. Painted in 1913. Thought to be inspired by the dancer Isadora Duncan.
🌿A Song of Spring
by Maximilian Lenz
A giant serpent coils around a stone circle and worshippers turning to stone; in the centre a beam of light shoots.down from the sky.
🎨 Les Matthews, painting for the series ‘Children of the Stones’ (1977) #StandingStoneSunday
The only known footage of Margaret Murray (1863 - 1963), the archaeologist and folklorist who penned The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (1921).
Photograph: Storyteller, Jack-in-the-Green, Obby Oss, and Oss Minder on Ore Hill. Dartmoor, Devon, UK.
For #Devon / #Dartmoor friends: The next Celebrating the Earth event is the annual Beltane/Springtime gathering on Sunday afternoon, 26 April. Join us for the Green Man & Obby Oss Procession, music, foklore, and a blessing of the land on Ore Hill In Chagford. Will post more info closer to the date.
Catch up with S1 of Folklore Matters! Our last 2 podcast episodes featured Dominic Hardy talking about his dad Robin + CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN and a discussion with leading folklorists Ceri Houlbrook + Owen Davies about contemporary British folklore. New episode tomorrow! @nfsengland.bsky.social
Postcard showing Le Trepied Dolmen, Perelle, Guernsey
Composer John Ireland (1879-1962) was inspired to compose ‘Le catioroc’ by Le Trepied Dolmen on Guernsey, where he believed Pan had been worshipped. For Ireland, Pan embodied ‘a world of hidden, forbidden beauty connected with Nature.’
Wayland's Smithy from The Ridgeway
This Sat (28th Feb) EDGEWAYS presents "The Esoteric Coding of Gender in the Tarot de Marseille" with the incredible Adrien Mastrosimone. WE WILL BE STARTING AN HOUR EARLIER at 19:00 GMT this week!!
Can't believe I missed this. I have been trying to get Jude for a couple years now, it's my favourite rose. I was able to get a Lady Emma Hamilton, which is a lovely rose, but so disappointed I missed the chance to get a Jude.
A hairy dog-like creature sits in the doorway of a traditional Japanese home.
If you are putting off your spring cleaning this year, you may be more motivated after reading about keukegen. These #yokai are found in dirty gardens & homes, often hiding under floorboards or in mouldy corners. They appear as a mass of long, filthy hair...
#LegendaryWednesday #JapaneseFolklore
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A good short overview of several contemporary Pagan authors in Green Egg Magazine. I don’t know all these writers, but have enjoyed and learned from reading @kristofferhughes.bsky.social, @thornthewitch.bsky.social, @matauryn.bsky.social, and @kristofferhughes.bsky.social
In Cumbrian dialects, 'broc' is badger Badger is held in high esteem and 'brocan' means wise man. In lore, badgers protect against witchcraft and other evil entities
In Cumbrian dialects, 'broc' is badger
Badger is held in high esteem and 'brocan' means wise man. In lore, badgers protect against witchcraft and other evil entities
more: "Folklore of the Lake District"
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/
#badgers #folklore #booksky
art: Lily Seika Jones
group of men in fancy dress... a lot of them have antlers one has a hobby horse
'The players in the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance'
John Benjamin Stone, ca. 1900
Here's a small reel of the backdrops I made for one of the groups in Uruguay's Carnaval. Illustrated, animated and performed live.
#art #illustration #vj #animation
What is haint blue?
Haint blue is a light blue color used to keep nasty supernatural creatures out of your home. Find out why and where the word comes from. #Folklore
homespunhaints.com/haint-blue
Nor is “culture”.
If you've not seen Small Prophets then I can't recommend it highly enough. The BBC are far from perfect, but when they get it right they get it right, and they've hit this one for six. And what a soundtrack 👻
youtu.be/wLKL8vK5PgA?...
#smallprophets #bbc
Rochester Cathedral has lots of scribed marks including many faces and a good deal of apotropaic marks too. Here's a small selection...
www.apotropaios.co.uk
Beastly #OmniumGatherum library.hrmtc.com/20...
