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

Per Univision, this is what happened on 8/27 at Alligator Alcatraz (1/2)

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 🧵

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Bhramari(Sanskrit: भ्रामरी, romanized: Bhrāmarī, lit. 'like a bee')is the Hindu goddess of bees. She is an incarnation of the goddess Mahadevi in Shaktism. Bhramari was summoned by the gods to kill the demon Arunasura who took over the heavens and the three worlds. To kill Arunasura, #FolkyFriday 🧵

Bees have a special status for Albanians. The bee is considered a sacred animal, associated with human life. When an animal ceases to live, Albanians use the verb ngordh or cof; when a bee ceases to live, they use the verb vdes (which is used to refer to human death). #FolkyFriday 🧵

Zosim is not a widely documented major deity in Slavic mythology, but rather a figure associated with bees, mead, and the revelry of drunken feasts, often appearing in folklore and art rather than grand temples. The name itself likely derives from Saint Zosima of Solovki, #FolkyFriday 🧵

The story begins with Jake Whyte – an Australian woman – discovering a gutted sheep on her little farm on an isolated English island. For a long time she suspects the local kids but there is a ‘shape’ that moves in and out of the woods. #BookWormSat 🧵

Nevil Shute's most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading #BookWormSat 🧵

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"Pub spirit! George the resident Sussex pub ghost, may have found a family. The mischievous spirit, whose recent exploits included terrorising the painters redecorating the pubic house in Sidley, is being claimed by Amy King, of Windsor Road." #Bexhill Observer 17.4.1986. #PhantomsFriday #Ghosts

In Greek mythology, the name Pleiades refers to the seven divine sisters who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Their names are Maia, Electra, Alcyone, Taygete, Asterope (or Sterope), Celaeno, and Merope. #FolkyFriday 🧵

In Slavic mythology, the Milky Way is often associated with Iriy (or Vyraj), a mythical place where birds fly for the winter and souls go after death. It's sometimes seen as a paradise or the otherworld, with gates guarded by Veles, #FolkyFriday 🧵

In Finland people believed that the word was covered by the firmament as a huge dome. The firmament was supported by huge pillar. The Northern Star was called "Pohjannaula" (The Northern Nail). It was believed to connect the firmament to the supporting pillar. #FolkyFriday

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Ents are giant humanoids in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth who closely resemble trees; their leader is Treebeard of Fangorn forest. Their name is derived from an Old English word for "giant". #BookWormSat 🧵

The Giving Tree is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. First published in 1964 by Harper & Row, it has become one of Silverstein's best-known titles, and has been translated into numerous languages. #BookWormSat 🧵

“The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts. The most obvious part was a hollow, echoing quiet, made by things that were lacking. If there had been a wind it would have sighed trough the trees, set the inn’s sign creaking on its hooks, #BookWormSat 🧵

The Prancing Pony (i.e. the Inn of the Prancing Pony) was an inn in the town of Bree where Frodo Baggins, Sam, Pippin, and Merry first met Strider. The Prancing Pony was based inside the central hub of the town, near stables and various merchant stalls. Since Bree #BookWormSat 🧵

Jnana palam (Tamil: ஞானப்பழம், romanized: Jñāna paḻam, lit. 'Fruit of wisdom'), also rendered Gnana Palam, is the name of a divine fruit in Hindu mythology. It is associated with the myth of Murugan and Ganesha participating in a contest, and the former's sacred abode of Palani. #FolkyFriday 🧵

In Norse mythology, Sæhrímnir is the creature killed and eaten every night by the Æsir and einherjar. The cook of the gods, Andhrímnir, is responsible for the slaughter of Sæhrímnir and its preparation in the cauldron Eldhrímnir. After Sæhrímnir is eaten, #FolkyFriday 🧵

Kibi dango (黍団子, きびだんご; "millet dumpling") is a Japanese dumpling made from the meal or flour of the kibi (proso millet) grain.The treat was used by folktale-hero Momotarō (the Peach Boy) to recruit his three beastly retainers #FolkyFriday 🧵

31 people killed by Russia in #Kyiv the night before.5 of them are children 159 people injured,including 16 children. Russia kills,injures,destroys because it can.It gets more&more bloodthirsty.Russia must be stopped. 📹a woman by the residential building Russia destroyed,killing dozens of people

The Night Circus is a phantasmagorical fairy tale set near an ahistorical Victorian London in a wandering, magical circus that only opens at night and closes at dawn. Called Le Cirque des Rêves (The Circus of Dreams), it features exhibitions such as illusionists, fortune-tellers, #BookWormSat 🧵

Corn Grinding Dance steps. In ceremonies such as in the Tatéi Niwestsika ‘Etsixa (“Cultivation Ceremony”), children perform a series of dances to embody all Corn maids #Folklore www.inquiry.net/outdoor/nati...

El Cantar de mio Cid, or El Poema de mio Cid ("The Song of My Cid"; "The Poem of My Cid"), is an anonymous cantar de gesta and the oldest preserved Castilian epic poem. Based on a true story, it tells of the deeds of the Castilian hero and knight in medieval Spain 🧵 #BookWormSat