As Guðrún prepared to celebrate Christmas eve with her lover, the Deacon, she did not know he had drowned a few days prior. So she had nothing to fear when he appeared at her door that night... "The moon glides, Death rides, Seest thou not the white place In the back of my head, Garun, Garun?"

#BookologyThursday I love the Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden and how it weaves so many figures from Russian folklore and storytelling into the trilogy. Illumicrate special edition cover by @rudebeetle on Instagram Fanart by Rosiethorns88 on Instagram (@rosiethorns88.bsky.social)

I always forget its a public holiday on All Saint's Day until I try to go shopping and all the stores are closed and then I convince myself it's Sunday and that's why the shops are closed until I realize its a public holiday right before a Sunday which means no grocery shopping this weekend!

Unfortunately, the Murder and Magic at Pengersick Castle episode is delayed until HALLOWEEN! Mainly because we've been watching the Blue Jays dominate during the World Series, but that does mean the spooky goodness will be ready very soon! Hope you can all wait just a little longer for the chaos!

What happens when you seduce a "far east" Princess, abandon her during her country's civil war, return home to your WIFE and son and then try to toss said Princess and her baby (your bastard child) off a cliff when she comes knocking on your door? Well... Pengersick Castle, Cornwall

I love a good fireside spooky story telling (bonus points if its during a summer camp scene). Of course, we have Gravity Falls and What's New Scooby-Doo as our classic October rewatchs, and we've got The Sisters Grimm lined up, but any other good suggestions out there?

Looking for a haunted house tale that isn't spooky? Well, Alee of Cairo chooses to spend the night in a house haunted by a Jinn, but instead of breaking his neck like it did to the previous dwellers, the Jinn gives him gold and solves all of his money problems. The end. 🎨 William Harvey, 1001 Nights

Just discovered Weird Tales magazine and I'll be in a spooky rabbit hole for the rest of the month!

Fiction Friday: I've just finished Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross and I gotta say, the myths and legends she writes are as gorgeous as the covers of her books. The concept of a Goddess coming into her own power and navigating the world of the Gods was enticing. Also can be read as a standalone!

With R.F Kuang's Katabasis starting so much discourse around the concept of the journey to the underworld, naturally we had to jump on the bandwagon. Add in Supergiant Games' Hades II coming out today and what a perfect time to retell the story of Orpheus and Eurydice!

Every now and then I remember the story of Thor dressing up as Freyja to trick-marry Thrym after the Giant stole his hammer and I am reminded of these glorious illustrations (including the SMITE Thor Valkyrie Bride skin)

Food and Folklore in Children's Books: Recipes and Stories have a lot in common especially how they are transferred and transplanted as people move away from home. Just as every country has a dumpling recipe, they have a cinderella tale! Read more about food folklore on our latest blog post!

Nabeshima Naotaka after seeing a play about a Bakeneko terrorizing his ancestors. The Bakeneko, a cat yokai, turned vengeful after his owner committed suicide following the murder of her son by the ruler of the Nabeshima clan. The cursed story became a popular play & Naotaka did file a complaint!

Have you listened to our latest episode? It features the "Love like Salt" Trope which is when a princess gets exiled for telling her father she loves him like salt. One of our inspirations came from @anooshasyed.com's retelling of the Pakistani version in her book "The Salt Princess."

Last night we started the massive operation of moving our reference library and document archives into our new premises, ready for public opening. Our fundraiser for this task is really vital to our success. We are just £50 away from hitting four figures. Can you help? bit.ly/flafundraising

We were recently given an ARC of "Curry Means More by Maria Marianayagam, illustrated by Geeta Ladi" and I am in love. As someone who has unfortunately heard "you smell like curry," I love picture books that showcase the smells of food as love and comfort instead of something shameful.

Fictional Folklore: Did you know that Jinu's Tiger and Magpie pet duo from Kpop Demon Hunters are based off of the Korean folk art style of Minhwa? The art style which wasn't referred to as such until much later, was considered the art of the people. #FolkloreSunday

It's Caturday and which means sharing some of our favourite cat-related books that you can read in a day (or over the weekend)! These stories take you through the lives of different characters as they deal with loss, anger, sorrow, love and regret with elements of magical realism to them!

Fiction Folklore: The Second Chance Convenience Store by Kim Ho-Yeon "In ancient Korean mythology, there is a story about a bear that became human after eating only garlic and mugwort for a hundred days in a cave."

It's PRIDE MONTH, so we have delved deep into the folklore index to find you a tale in ATU514, "The Shift of Sex." Now, these stories are often of a disguised-Princess saving the Princess, marrying her and later being "cursed" into becoming a man.... 📖 H.J Ford from the Violet Fairy Book

As summer comes into full blast here in the mountains, we find ourselves surrounded by every shade of green imaginable. No artist captures the feeling of lush greenery as ethereally as Mulgil Kim's (@sooroway) exhibit "Echoes of Evergreen" or her "Art Roads" project!

“The natural world is fading. The evidence is all around. It has happened during my lifetime. I have seen it with my own eyes. It will lead to our destruction.” Happy Birthday, David Attenborough🎉 #nature #Biodiversity

Some metamorphosis for #folklorethursday (🧵) Myrrha was cursed by Aphrodite (or the furies) to desire her own father, so she tricked him into laying with her in complete darkness. One night, he grew curious and when he discovered his own daughter, he went to slay her. 🎨Franceschini

We tried really hard to get the episode out today but unfortunately the script was hit by a spear that took a year to forge (& only worked on during the Sunday sacrifice) while it was perched between the edge of a bathtub and the back of a buck- all located on a riverbank. 🎨 Dreoilin

I've been asked by @britishacademy.bsky.social to chair a panel in London as part of their FOLKLORE REIMAGINED series of events. I'll be hosting Lore of the Land: stories of wetlands, woods and weather on May 29th at 6pm. It's free and you can book at: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/lore-...

The Maypole has gone up in our town and instead of dancing around it, now is the time to defend it from neighbouring towns! Once the Maibaum is stolen, it can be returned after heated negotiations for hearty amounts of beer. What May traditions are you guys celebrating? Art by Ella Casella

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

In Netflix's "When Life Gives You Tangerines," episode 3, the Haenyeos taunt Gwan-sik's mother and grandmother by mentioning how even the heavens couldn't separate the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl because they still had to let them meet on the seventh day of the seventh month. This folktale is one...

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There's a lot to celebrate on March 20th but lets start with World Sparrow Day! Listen to a Sparrow Short: 🐈 The Cottager and his Cat: An Icelandic Tale 🐇 How the Rabbit Lost it's Tail: A Brazilian Folktale 🔨 The Hammer Heist from the Poetic Edda 🎣 Mermaid of the Magdalenes: Canadian Fairy Tale

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy these photos taken during my trip to Ireland. You can see a replica of "Oscar's Cast" which Oscar (Grandson of Fionn Mac Cumhail) cast during the Battle of Fionn’s Strand. It was a cool bit of folklore to come across by the Folger Cliffs on Valentia Island!

Cleaning your kitchen is one of the most cursed tasks you can do so what happens when a Pooka comes to clean it every night for you? Well, don't make the same mistake as the servant boy who rewards to Pooka with a horse's coat and unbeknownst to him, breaks the curse and sets the Pooka free.

Don't forget that the Steam Spring Sale is on until March 20th! Grab some of our favourite games like: 🔮 The Cosmic Wheel of Sisterhood 🦉30 Birds ❄️ Röki 🎶 Stray Gods 🛶 Spirit farer 🍻 Tavern Talk ⛺ My Time at Sandrock

Putting on my _other_ editorial hat: special congratulations to @premeemohamed.com, Ray Naylor, @suyidavies.com, @sillysyntax.bsky.social, & @thesuiway.bsky.social for their nominations for the Nebula for Best Novella. That's 5 of 6 finalists with a Canadian connection--first time that's happened!

After reading "Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries," I find immense joy in visualizing W.B Yeats as a Dryadologist running around Ireland to write "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry." #bookchatweekly

Nightmare demons that sit on a sleepers chest are common in a lot of different folklore traditions. "Mara" from the Norse term are one form of this creature, and the interpretation of Mara as teenagers from Luke Pearson's Hilda is one of my favourite depictions #WyrdWednesday 📺 Netflix

Order HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY now for in-store pickup from the Harvard Book Store (after March 18 or March 24), and you might get a signed copy! They have eight on hand right now. #books #history #histsci #histmed 2/2 www.harvard.com/book/9780520...

Snowdrops have some lovely folklore, but there are many dark superstitions about them as well. Clusters can be seen as omens of death and bringing them into your home is guaranteeing your own ill-fortune 🖼️Will Gist 📔Degenesis, NOVAK

Started with Celtic Weird by @johnnymains.co.uk and became a slippery slope of buying more and more anthologies and collections of folklore, fairy tales and myths.

What kind of Carl Larsson Sunday is everyone having? Chores, reading or renovations? Some time outside perhaps? I know lots of places (Canada included) are going through another blast of second winter, but here we are enjoying Spring earlier than expected so lots of sunshine!

Happy International Women's Day! Here are some fairytales and myths we think make a good fit for today's celebration of women and everything they are capable of. First, a personal favourite, the story of Aicha, the Demon Slayer! After killing a ghoul, Aicha is cursed to restlessly travel the land!

This is the story I needed right now. Holy shit. This is one of my favorite so far this year. @uncannymagazine.bsky.social @samtasticbooks.com www.uncannymagazine.com/article/10-v...

We have "and they lived happily ever after" but the Tuscan storytellers have: Se ne stettero e se la goderono E a me nulla mi diedero They stayed and enjoyed it and gave nothing to me. Illustrations by Otto Kubel and musing from Thomas F. Crane's Popular Italian Folktales.

Snow White is a classic, but if you are looking for a Tuscan version that features an Eagle revenge story with fairies, a Witch who is frankly bad at her job, an evil Stepmother, a King with necrophilia & his bewildered mother, then boy do we have the tale for you! Franz Jüttner, Sneewittchen

Building inclusive #communities is key to a thriving future. Join @folkloresociety.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social @superstitionsam.bsky.social and #CathBannister to talk about inclusive #engagement. Questions you'd like them to answer on the day? Post them below! Tickets: buff.ly/3COVz7A

Goodbye year of the Dragon and hello to the wood Snake! We want to wish all those celebrating a Happy New Year! Join us tomorrow as we share some New Year Stories and dive a little deeper into the order of the Zodiac through the Great Race and animals travel to see Buddha stories!

Re-reading Iron Flame in preparation for Onyx Storm and I came across an interview where Rebecca Yarros says one inspiration for FW was how angry the rewriting of history made her. Looking through it now, the erasure of folklore, stories and fables are tied to the erasure of culture and memories. 🧵

Folktale Week 2024 7: Blossom Let’s head down to southwest Japan. This is a folktale called “The Sun and the Moon” from a little island, Amami Oshima. I’ve portrayed the sun and the moon as twin sisters. ☀️💃💃🌙 #folktaleweekblossom #folktaleweek2024 #folktaleweek #folktales #kidlitart

Happy Perchta Tag! If you haven't done your yuletide cleaning or spinning then expect to be gutted and have your bowels filled with stones (all the better to throw you down a well)! Today marks the end of the Yuletide monsters visits so 2025 can start in full blast! Art by IrenHorrors

I want to crawl into an Esther Bennink scene and never leave. Warm, soft lights and cuddly animals? Sign me up!