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@FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday is place to share folklore related blog posts and facts every Thursday! Managed by@DeeDeeChainey and@WillowWinsham. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/how-the-folklorethursday-hashtag-on-twitter-has-become-a-global-event-a6919731.html … -
#FolkloreThursday The leannán sídhe inspires, but also causes madness and death. "The Gaelic poets die young, for she is restless..." —Yeats pic.twitter.com/jVtpE3RoNd
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The notorious and terrifying 'horror tree' in Stowlangtoft, Suffolk.
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The DAOINE SIDHE Fairy were credited with building the MEGALITHS of IRELAND which are still seen as gateways to Fairyland
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An epic journey... The Well at The World's End
#WilliamMorris#BurneJones 1896#KelmscottPress#FolkloreThursday pic.twitter.com/B23bQM1QpE
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A púca/phouka is a Celtic spirit that can be either of good luck or bad luck. It can change shape.
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Anglo Saxons named the Summer Solstice 'Sunstede'
the day when 'heofenes gim' (heaven's jewel) stands still in the sky #FolkloreThursday pic.twitter.com/TWm6l48egK
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Old Philemon and Old Baucis. Art by Arthur Rackham
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Alkonost and Gamayun are Slavic folk creatures, also know as the 'Birds of Joy and Sorrow.' They enchant through song.
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Swedish Midsummr: 9 fungi & wood thrown in bonfires in defiance of trolls who walk that night In essence... trolling them
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Beware! The first thunder heard in spring is said to wake up the snakes.
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In folklore dogs are associated with the magical powers of women, and provide company for witches and goddesses alike
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Original name of the
#foxglove may derive from folksglove, a reference to faeirie folk. Latin name; digitalis purpurea#Folklorethursday pic.twitter.com/5G6H5SjVy2
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St John's Wort flowers at midsummer, the feast day of St John.
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Willow trees are said to uproot themselves at night and mutter in travelers ears as they stalk behind them.
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Until the 19th century swallows were believed to hibernate in the mud of ponds, explaining their disappearance in winter.
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Also, we're curious... which
#folklorist would you cosplay as to the@afsfolklorists meeting?#folklorethursday#askafolklorist -
We love this from
@karajrichards https://youtu.be/2GEFQbV__DE Visit the real life locations in this song#somersetghostwalk#folklorethursday pic.twitter.com/gv1v3eNqvc
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MERMAID Lore-once human in love w/a sailor who died at sea.Their mourning made them mermaids to weep for their former love
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NORSE goddess FREYA rode in a chariot drawn by CATS so farmers left out offerings for her cats to ensure a good harvest.
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Citipati, Lord of the Cemetery - a Tibetan Buddhist figure considered to be the guardians of cemeteries.
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