At the beginning of Eino Hosia's (1905–1941) novel Tuliholvin Alla (Under the Fire Vault) (1940),we enter through a gate into the world of the front line,which is not a nightmare,but “a terrestrial reality for which there is no comparison”.The book is based on Hosia's own experiences #BookWormSat 🧵

All Quiet on the Western Front (German: Im Westen nichts Neues, lit. 'Nothing New from the West') is a semi-autobiographical novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the German soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma during the war #BookWormSat 🧵

The Unknown Soldier (Finnish: Tuntematon sotilas, Swedish: Okänd soldat) or Unknown Soldiers is a war novel by Finnish author Väinö Linna, considered his magnum opus. Published in 1954, The Unknown Soldier chronicles the 1941–1944 Continuation War #BookWormSat 🧵

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During times of war,a Roman general could perform a devotio,a ritualistic self-sacrifice by vowing his own life and the enemy's legions to the gods to secure victory.The general would throw himself into the enemy ranks,and his sacrifice was believed to ensure the Roman army's triumph. #FolkyFriday

The Bridge of Arta (Greek: Γεφύρι της Άρτας) is a stone bridge that crosses the Arachthos river (Άραχθος) in the west of the city of Arta (Άρτα) in northwestern Greece. It has been rebuilt many times over the centuries, #FolkyFriday 🧵

Hitobashira (Japanese: 人柱; "human pillar"), also known in Chinese as da sheng zhuang (simplified Chinese: 打生桩; traditional Chinese: 打生樁; pinyin: dǎshēngzhuāng; Jyutping: daa2saang1zong1), is a cultural practice of human sacrifice of premature burial before the #FolkyFriday 🧵

In Chinese #mythology, the humble chicken carries divine prestige as the “bird of five virtues,” symbolizing courage, loyalty, kindness, faith, and trust. Legends tell of a vast peach tree rising from the East Sea, its roots stretching 3,000 miles. At its summit perches 1/3

The Book Thief is a historical fiction novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The novel follows the adventures of a young girl, Liesel Meminger. Narrated by Death, the novel presents the lives and viewpoints #BookWormSat 🧵

Sudenmorsian/The Wolf’s Bride, by Finnish-Estonian writer Aino Kallas, retells an ancient folk tale. The story of Aalo, wife of Priidik the forester, who was changed by Satan into a werewolf, and fled from her lawful husband into the wilds, and there did #BookWormSat 🧵

Young Fleetwood Shuttleworth, a noblewoman, is with child again. None of her previous pregnancies have borne fruit, and her husband, Richard, is anxious for an heir. Then Fleetwood discovers a hidden doctor’s letter that carries a dire prediction: she will not survive another birth. #BookWormSat 🧵

Let the Right One In (Swedish: Låt den rätte komma in) is a 2004 vampire novel by Swedish writer John Ajvide Lindqvist. The story centers on the relationship between a 12-year-old boy, Oskar, and a centuries-old vampire child, Eli. It takes place in Blackeberg, #BookWormSat 🧵

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus #BookWormSat

In Finnish lore, Väinämöinen, the wise bard of the Kalevala, built worlds with song. He is a magician, poet, and patriarch - proof that wisdom, not war, can make a hero. #FolkyFriday Art: Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Sundiata Keita (Mandinka, Malinke: [sʊndʒæta keɪta]; c. 1217 – c. 1255,] N'Ko spelling: ߛߏ߲߬ߖߘߊ߬ ߞߋߕߊ߬; also known as Manding Diara, Lion of Mali, Sogolon Djata, son of Sogolon, Nare Maghan and Sogo Sogo Simbon Salaba) was a prince and founder of the Mali Empire. #FolkyFriday 🧵

Queen Vida is a legendary heroine from the folk tradition of the Slovene minority in Friuli (Slavia Friulana). Her story is closely associated with the Grotta di San Giovanni d’Antro (Slovene: Landarska jama) near San Pietro al Natisone (Slovene: Špeter Slovenov) #FolkyFriday 🧵

The Queen of Sheba,[a] also known as Bilqis[b] in Arabic and as Makeda[c] in Geʽez, is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she brings a caravan of valuable gifts for Solomon, the fourth King of Israel and Judah. #FolkyFriday 🧵

A ruined church in the Czech village of Luková holds life-sized ghosts made of gauze and plaster. Created by an artist, they sit in pews as if in eternal prayer. The living come to worship among the dead. #31DaysofHalloween #31DaysofHaunting

Algernon Blackwood is renowned for his compelling short stories. Some of his best include “The Willows,” “The Wendigo,” and “The Listener. ” These stories showcase his mastery of atmosphere and psychological depth, #BookWormSat 🧵

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, #FolkyFriday 🧵

The Ould Lammas Fair is a traditional and historic fair held annually in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on the last Monday and Tuesday of August. It is one of Ireland's oldest fairs, originating from the harvest festival and the ancient festival of Lughnasadh. #FolkyFriday 🧵

With its centuries-old tradition, the Basel Autumn Fair is a living cultural asset of the city of Basel. As the largest amusement fair in Switzerland and one of the largest inner-city fairs in Europe, it delights young and old alike. #FolkyFriday 🧵

Animal Farm (originally Animal Farm: A Fairy Story) is a satirical allegorical dystopian novella, in the form of a beast fable,by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It follows the anthropomorphic farm animals of the fictional Manor Farm #BookWormSat 🧵

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Rautatie (Finnish for "railroad") is the first novel by the Finnish writer Juhani Aho, published in 1884. Its style has been called national miniature realism. The novel is about the quiet life of a couple living in the middle of the woods #BookWormSat 🧵

Yew trees and hedges were frequently present in medieval churchyards, partly because of their supposed magical qualities in protecting the sanctuary of the church. The magical quality ascribed to hedges themselves is indicated by the fact that “hag”,referring to a witch-like figure, #FolkyFriday 🧵

Elder often grows in hedgerows, though farmers regard it as a nuisance and tend to grub it out. Elder flowers are a traditional remedy, but the wood was said to be unlucky – if used for a cradle, the child would become sick, while burning elder wood could summon the devil. 1/2 #FolkyFriday

Hawthorn is the subject of endless superstitions – for instance the proverb “cleave to the crown though it hangs in a bush” is said to derive from hawthorn’s connection with the House of Tudor. After Richard III’s death at the Battle of Bosworth #FolkyFriday 🧵

“The hillside is dotted with with white plum-trees like puffs of smoke, each of them filmy and dapples as a round cloud. At half-past five in the morning, under the dew and the slanting rays of sunrise, the young wheat is incontestably blue, #BookWormSat 🧵

The Good Soldier Švejk[a] (pronounced [ˈʃvɛjk]) is an unfinished satirical dark comedy novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, published in 1921–1923, about a good-humored, simple-minded, middle-aged man who appears to be enthusiastic to serve Austria-Hungary in World War I. #BookWormSat

A posthumous classic that won the Pulitzer and gained a cult following, this novel follows the misadventures of Ignatius Reilly, a lazy, overweight, misanthropic, self-styled scholar who lives at home with his mother. He is an educated #BookWormSat 🧵

Old Finnish people believed that the best way to keep the bears away from their property was to women showing their bare butts at the edge of the forest in the springtime. They believed that there was a magic between women's legs which made bears afraid. #FolkyFriday

Skull pine(Kallohonka in Finnish) was a tree in Finland where bear's head was placed after the hunt. Bear's bones were buried under the tree in the right order to make sure that the bear could return to heaven to and would be able to reborn. Art by: www.deviantart.com/sammalsiipiart #FolkyFriday

In Finland people believed that the northern lights were created by the mythical firefox. When the fox was running in and its fur hit the rocks and the trees, sparkles rised up in the sky. #FolkyFriday 🧵

Leshy or Leshi[a] is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology. As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit. Leshy often appears as a masculine humanoid, and possesses an ability to disguise himself as any person, #FolkyFriday 🧵

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The Wood Between the Worlds was the name given to a mysterious realm of portals that allowed magical travel between the worlds of Charn, Earth and Narnia, and numerous others. It had the form of a quiet forest dotted with many wide pools of supposed water, #BookWormSat 🧵

Mirkwood, sometimes called Mirkwood the Great, was the greatest forest of Middle-earth, located in the eastern region of Rhovanion between the Grey Mountains and Calenardhon. It received its name in the Third Age. #BookWormSat 🧵

In Andrzej Sapkowski's "The Witcher" books Brokilon (Brokiloén in Elder Speech) also known among humans as the Forest of Death,is an ancient forest queendom on the Continent and the sole nonhuman state in the Northern Kingdoms never conquered nor subjugated by Nordlings. #BookWormSat 🧵

The Dance of Death by the German artist Hans Holbein(1497–1543)is a great,grim triumph of Renaissance woodblock printing.In a series of action-packed scenes Death intrudes on the everyday lives of thirty-four people from various levels of society—from pope to physician to ploughman. #FolkyFriday 🧵

The sardana (Catalan pronunciation: [səɾˈðanə]; plural sardanes in Catalan) is a Catalan musical genre typical of Catalan culture and danced in circle following a set of steps. The dance was originally from the Empordà region, #FolkyFriday 🧵

Folk music and folk dance in Finland embraces a broad spectrum of different music and dance styles. Ancient runo song tradition co-exists with younger pelimanni music traditions. Many regions have their own strong traditions, such as the fiddle playing in the Kaustinen area, #FolkyFriday 🧵

Polish folk dance encompasses regional dances and five National Dances: the lively and acrobatic Oberek, the proud and elegant Polonaise, the energetic Krakowiak, the graceful Kujawiak, and the popular Mazur (or Mazurka). #FolkyFriday 🧵

First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. 🧵 #BookWormSat

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In Jersey, the Tchian d'Bouôlé (Black Dog of Bouley) tells of a phantom dog whose appearance presages storms. Le Chien de Bouley is described as a monstrous black hound with eyes the size of saucers and (in some versions of the legend) #FolkyFriday 🧵

Simargl (also Sěmargl, Semargl) or Sěm and Rgel is an East Slavic god or gods often depicted as a winged dog, mentioned in two sources. The origin and etymology of this/these figure(s) is the subject of considerable debate. #FolkyFriday 🧵

The Xoloitzcuintle, also known as the Mexican Hairless Dog, has a long and fascinating history that is closely tied to the ancient Aztec civilization. These dogs were highly prized by the Aztec people and were considered sacred animals #FolkyFriday 🧵

In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams, #BookWormSat 🧵

The Red Badge of Courage is an 1895 war novel by American author Stephen Crane. The novel was published on 3 October 1895. Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, #BookWormSat 🧵