#FolkloreThursday was brought to you today by: @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social @botanicafabula.bsky.social @mythcrafts.bsky.social @willowwinsham.bsky.social @crystalponti.bsky.social @shanonsinn.bsky.social Thank you so much for helping us celebrate our 11th birthday! 🎨Peter Nicolai Arbo

That's the end of a special #FolkloreThursday 🧞 Today's theme was "Favourite Folklore” for our 11-year anniversary! This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social l signing off. Until next time ✨ 1493 Nuremberg Woodcut

Banshees used waxwings as torches to guide them through their haunting nights... #FolkloreThursday 🖌️Banshee Appears - unattributed

The Irish Dullahan is far more terrifying than many modern Headless Horseman tales. Carrying his severed head beneath one arm, he rides across the countryside at night. When he stops and calls a name, legend says that person's death soon follows. #FolkloreThursday Art: Catherine Herold

A little video I took at Cold Christmas today. I never saw anything remotely ghostly on my brief visit. But Cold Christmas certainly warrants its reputation. Just the name and history, coupled with a remote location helps lend a certain atmosphere to it. I enjoyed it though. #FolkloreThursday

happy birthday Folklore Thursday from the Yokai Parade! #FolkloreThursday

Cold Christmas, a hamlet in east Herts whose name derives from a severe c18th winter during which several children perished & were buried in the churchyard of St Mary's. Visitors report eerie sounds, multiple sightings of apparitions & a dark-robed figure in the surrounding woods. #FolkloreThursday

If a young man sees a red envelope on the ground in Taiwan he shouldn't pick it up. It could be dowry to marry someone’s deceased daughter! The subsequent ceremony prevents an unmarried woman from haunting her relatives and gives her status in the afterlife 💀 #FolkloreThursday 1952 Richard Roussos

Happy 11th Birthday to #FolkloreThursday! I would not have written half the things I have had they not let me guest host! Thanks to Willow and Dee Dee, and everyone else involved. And my book, A Feast of Folklore, is out next Thursday.

The book tour begins in Provan hall, Glasgows oldest house~said to be home to many haunts~on Saturday 20th June www.eventbrite.com/e/herbal-mag... There will be herbal teas and a chance to explore along with stories from the book and signings #folklorethursday friends may enjoy💚💫🌿📚

This bit of favorite folklore feels like it's been a constant in my life. #FolkloreThursday

The Appalachian belief in hearing your name called from the woods remains one of the most unsettling folk traditions. If you hear your name at night and cannot identify who called it, do not answer. Some voices are not meant to be acknowledged. #FolkloreThursday Art: KatarinaDannykArt

The kappa is said to have a special talent for flatulence and even uses it as a method of attack. The phrase "he no kappa," meaning "a kappa's fart," is used like the English "piece of cake!" to mean that something is easy to do #FolkloreThursday

I love the dark & scary lore! #FolkloreThursday In Scotland & NI yellowhammers were alleged to drink a drop of devil's blood every day in May... 📷Simun Ascic

Marking the fabulous 11th birthday of #FolkloreThursday is the start of a run of celebrations for me~My book launch for Collected Curiosities begins on Saturday! Huge thanks to @folklorethursday.bsky.social because if they hadn’t asked me to guest host~my writing wouldn’t have been spotted!💚📚🌿💫

Wishing a VERY Happy 11th Birthday to everyone in the fabulous @folklorethursday.bsky.social community ❤️ Sorry, the cake's not quite big enough for 11 candles so there's only on thing to do.......get a bigger cake! #FolkloreThursday

I was so happy when #FolkloreThursday asked me to write about Midsummer folklore back in 2020! Thank you FT, I felt as though I had stepped through the mirror... folklorethursday.com/folklife/dar...

In Japan, if your cat lives too long it can transform into a kaibyo--a magic cat. This is not a good thing. There are several species of kaibyo. The nekomata is identified by its twin tails, and its proclivity of hunting and eating humans. amzn.to/44jGGnS #folklorethursday #catlore #Mizukishigeru

Many cultures have hyperbole to indicate "long, long ago" in mythic times, but Korea's is uniquely strange: "back when tigers used to smoke" is one of many ways tigers appear in Korean folklore and myth. #FolkloreThursday

The popular image of Cernunnos surrounded by animals, demanding peace between them, is drawn from the Gundastrup Cauldron, found in Denmark. While we have no idea who the figure is, popular folklore has made this the defining image of the Gaulish god Cernunnos. #FolkloreThursday

Hello there #FolkloreThursday 🐉 A huge thanks to @crystalponti.bsky.social for resharing your posts before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your last host today -- for the next one hour. Today's theme is "Favourite Folklore” 🤩 1912 Warwick Goble

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I'm @crystalponti.bsky.social l and it's been a pleasure hosting today's #FolkloreThursday. Thank you all for sharing your favourite folklore. But we're not done celebrating yet! Join @shanonsinn.bsky.social for our final birthday celebration hour at 6:30 BST. Until next time! 🎉 Art: Arthur Rackham

In Danish folk belief, the moon was a cheese churned from curds that dropped out of the Milky Way... #FolkloreThursday I have always loved folklore of the Moon!

The baku feeds on bad dreams and keeps evil spirits away. It was made at the end of creation from leftover bits of other animals. Its name is also the Japanese word for tapir. #FolkloreThursday

In Irish folklore, blackbirds held the souls of those in purgatory until judgement day. When the birds' voices were shrill, it was those souls, burning and parched, calling for rain. Rain always came... 🎨Böcklin #FolkloreThursday One of my favourite pieces of folklore!

Happy Birthday #FolkloreThursday My favourite local ghostlore of all time is "Phi Gai Noi" (ผีไก่หน้อย in Northern Thai dialect or baby chick ghost). This harmless will-o-wisps like spirit appears in the form of tiny lights with chirping noises, like a peep of yellow chicks, to scare travelers off.

The Nachtkrapp of Alpine folklore is a giant raven-like creature said to carry away disobedient children in a sack. Like many folkloric bogeymen, it reflects parental fears transformed into something monstrous and memorable. #FolkloreThursday Art: Michael Goodwin

Do not meddle in the affairs of Venetians, for they are subtle and likely to baffle you. #folklorethursday #venice https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Venetians_on_Blocksberg_Mountain

#FolkloreThursday FolkloreThursday#FolkloreThursday#Celtic: `Although Guaire had the larger host, they were defeated by Diarmaid, king of Ireland, and his warriors, and many Connaught nobles and Munstermen were slain. 1/3

The Tylwyth Teg, the fairy folk of Wales, are fascinating because they are neither tiny nor cute. They are powerful, beautiful, and dangerous beings who can lure mortals into feasts where a single night passes... only for centuries to have elapsed in the human world. #FolkloreThursday Art: Rackham

1/3 Polynesian Princess Leutogi married a king from a foreign land. She was very kind, so when she found a wounded baby bat she took it in and nursed it to health. 🎨Ida Rentoul Outhwaite redbubble.com/shop/ap/3325... #FolkloreThursday #art #fairytale #Folklore #mythology #illustration

Happy 11th birthday, @folklorethursday.bsky.social! A bit of Greek-Cypriot folklore I love is the sleep paralysis demon Varypnas (Βαρυπνάς). He's a young man who sits on your chest while you sleep, making it difficult for you to breathe or talk. You defeat him by taking his cap. #FolkloreThursday

In Japanese folklore, earthquakes are caused by the thrashing of the giant catfish Namazu that lives underground beneath the islands of Japan. This legendary catfish is used as a mascot in earthquake safety information. #FolkloreThursday

#FolkloreThursday For those with Second Sight, seeing a shroud on a living person was a kind of sliding scale of death: the higher the shroud on the body, the nearer the death. "When it is seen to ascend higher towards the head, death is concluded to be at hand within a few days, if not hours."

_This_ Damsel in Distress did not wait for a Knight in Shining Armor to help her against a group of brother-bandits, but took matters into her own hands. Head after head. #folklorethursday https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Maid_of_Wildenloh

I enjoyed rereading this vintage classic a short while ago. #FolkloreThursday #legends #superstitions #burialcustoms

Hello, #FolkloreThursday! I'm @crystalponti.bsky.social and I'll be hosting for the next hour. A big thank you to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for hosting before the break. Our theme is 'Favourite Folklore'. Share your favourites and tell us why they continue to resonate with you. Art: Paul Sérusier

Thanks to everyone for such fabulous lore! @willowwinsham.bsky.social signing off now, #FolkloreThursday will return with @crystalponti.bsky.social at 3.30pm to continue the celebration! Get your favourite folklore ready! (🎨Joanna Lisowiec. King Arthur and Cath Palug, Curious Cats by Willow Winsham)

The Black Dog legends of Britain are wonderfully eerie because they blur the line between spirit and omen. These enormous spectral hounds appear on lonely roads, stormy coastlines, and crossroads, silently watching from the darkness. #FolkloreThursday Art: Sidney Paget

You’d know her house by the drawn blinds – by the cormorants pitched on the boundary wall, the black crosses of their wings hung out to dry… —Robin Robertson, “At Roane Head” in the @lrb.co.uk, 14 Aug 2008 #poem #poetry #FolkloreThursday www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...

The name “caul” may have originated from the way it resembled a monk’s cowl. One belief claimed that a child born with a caul would be destined for the monastery. In Austria, the good folk believed that a boy who carried his, would become an archbishop #FolkloreThursday

When a Robin approaches the house and pecks at the glass, it indicates severe weather is on the way - of which they have a presentiment. The Pocket Encyclopaedia of Natural Phenomena Thomas F Forster, 1927 Iris Nakamura #FolkloreThursday

#FolkloreThursday FolkloreThursday#FolkloreThursday#Celtic: `Diarmaid, king of Ireland, assembled a numerous host with the object of obtaining satisfaction from Guaire for the nun’s cow, and he at once marched to the Sionainn. 1/4

The tanuki is a legendary shapeshifter and creator of illusions. It's also a real animal that lives even in the most urban parts of cities like Tokyo. Next time you read one of those articles about weird stuff happening in Japan... think about it 😉 #folklorethursday

Here's one of my favorite stories. 1/5 Aleister Crowley was an infamous practitioner of magic notorious for his amoral beliefs, drug use & promiscuity. He joined the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a magical secret society. Among its members were Bram Stoker & W.B. Yeats. #FolkloreThursday

A piece of favourite folklore is that the Rollin’ Calf, one of the most frightening duppies in Jamaican folklore, can also appear in the form of a brindled cat. Something I remind my cat Millie of when she’s engaging in crimes against soft furnishings. #FolkloreThursday

In Welsh myths, British king Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio possessed a magic gold & silver chess board whose pieces moved by themselves and which could play any opponent on its own. This board appears in many King Arthur legends, and it's one of the 13 Treasures of Britain guarded by Merlin. #FokloreThursday