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Hypnogoria<p>In 1836 a cache of miniature coffins were found at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh - what were they - fairy burials, witchcraft, a murderers' trophies? I investigate here... <a href="https://www.hypnogoria.com/folklore_coffins1.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hypnogoria.com/folklore_coffin</span><span class="invisible">s1.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/faeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faeries</span></a></p>
Hypnogoria<p>In 1836 a cache of miniature coffins were found at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh - what were they? A fairy burial, witchcraft, a murderers' trophies? <a href="https://www.hypnogoria.com/folklore_coffins1.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hypnogoria.com/folklore_coffin</span><span class="invisible">s1.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/faeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faeries</span></a></p>
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>It's here (see pic).</p><p>And available to you here:</p><p><a href="https://norwegianfolktales.net/articles/legends-from-arctic-norway-by-regine-normann-now-available" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">norwegianfolktales.net/article</span><span class="invisible">s/legends-from-arctic-norway-by-regine-normann-now-available</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianlegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianlegends</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/norwegianfolktales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairytales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklorethursday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklorethursday</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>Today is a good day to buy Legends from Arctic Norway by Regine Normann. Dark folklore from the far north.</p><p><a href="https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/legends-from-arctic-norway" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">norwegianfolktales.net/books/l</span><span class="invisible">egends-from-arctic-norway</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianlegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianlegends</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/norwegianfolktales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairytales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklorethursday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklorethursday</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Hypnogoria<p>Investigating a famous folk tale from Cornwall, the legend of the mermaid of Zennor </p><p><a href="https://www.hypnogoria.com/folklore_zennor.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hypnogoria.com/folklore_zennor</span><span class="invisible">.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/mermaids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mermaids</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Cornwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cornwall</span></a></p>
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>Forthcoming.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianfolktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianlegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianlegends</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folktales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/norwegianfolktales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairytales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklorethursday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklorethursday</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>The deadly dead often feature in Regine Normann’s Legends from Arctic Norway.</p><p><a href="https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/legends-from-arctic-norway" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">norwegianfolktales.net/books/l</span><span class="invisible">egends-from-arctic-norway</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianfolktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianlegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianlegends</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folktales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/norwegianfolktales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairytales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklorethursday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklorethursday</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>Legends from Arctic Norway, by Regine Normann. Dark folklore related on a bright summer’s night. </p><p><a href="https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/legends-from-arctic-norway" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">norwegianfolktales.net/books/l</span><span class="invisible">egends-from-arctic-norway</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NorwegianLegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorwegianLegends</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DarkFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a></p>
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>If you like your <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> cold and dark, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Legends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legends</span></a> from Arctic Norway, by Regine Normann, is for you.</p><p><a href="https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/legends-from-arctic-norway" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">norwegianfolktales.net/books/l</span><span class="invisible">egends-from-arctic-norway</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NorwegianLegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorwegianLegends</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a></p>
P J Richards<p>💜🌛📖🌜💜New historical Witchcraft book from <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/folklorepod.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@folklorepod.bsky.social</a> (cover art by me)🪄 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MythologyMonday" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FairyTaleTuesday" target="_blank">#FairyTaleTuesday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LegendaryWednesday" target="_blank">#LegendaryWednesday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreThursday" target="_blank">#FolkloreThursday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkyFriday" target="_blank">#FolkyFriday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreSunday" target="_blank">#FolkloreSunday</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:u6duqowlrnjw7pue3qmupnp3/post/3lqn25aoawk2m" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:u6duqowlrnjw7pue3qmupnp3/post/3lqn25aoawk2m</a></span></p>
Hypnogoria<p>At this time of the year the woodlands are carpeted with bluebells. However as beloved as these wild flowers are, they have a lot of folklore surrounding them, and links to faeries, the dead, witches and the Devil himself!</p><p><a href="https://www.hypnogoria.com/folklore_bluebells.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hypnogoria.com/folklore_bluebe</span><span class="invisible">lls.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/plantlore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plantlore</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/bluebells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluebells</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a></p>
P J Richards<p>🔥🐾🔥Black Shuck - the huge and fiery-eyed spectral hound that haunts ancient sites and lonely roads in the English countryside. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreSunday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkloreSunday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MythologyMonday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FairyTaleTuesday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairyTaleTuesday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreThursday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkloreThursday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkyFriday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkyFriday</a></p>
Hypnogoria<p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a> - Not so Merry in the Month of May - why the fifth month was considered unlucky - <a href="https://www.hypnogoria.com/folklore_may.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hypnogoria.com/folklore_may.ht</span><span class="invisible">ml</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/May" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>May</span></a></p>
Nifty Buckles Folklore<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a></p><p>Wishing you all a🌼Blessed Beltane! <br>&amp; a🐈‍⬛Merry May Day! 🎀</p><p>Maypole ribbons twirl &amp; spin<br>Cats leap in, whiskers grinning!<br>Tabby, ginger, black, and gray<br>Make May Day bright with furry play.</p><p>If you find your ribbon tugged,<br>It’s just a cat, bright-eyed and snug!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MayDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MayDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Beltane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beltane</span></a> </p><p>🎨Margaryta Yermolayeva</p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a>: `Animals played an important role in the religion of the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Hallstatt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hallstatt</span></a> period. The role of the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/deer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deer</span></a> as a sacrificial <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a> is clearly shown by the corresponding figural scene on the Strettweg cult wagon. Since deer are not suitable for riding or pulling wagons, we must consider that deer snaffles were used as part of religious rituals.`<br>Source: MAMUZ Museum Mistelbach<br><a href="https://todon.eu/@NeuKelte/110089528153014197" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">todon.eu/@NeuKelte/11008952815</span><span class="invisible">3014197</span></a></p>
Hypnogoria<p>It's spring and the first bluebells are appearing - a flower rich in <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a>: One of the greatest <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> visions of the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Otherworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Otherworld</span></a> was that of Emain Albach, the Isle of Apples, a beautiful place of everlasting summer whose handsome residents danced the sun-drenched days away. The Otherworld looked like this world, only more beautiful and changeless: trees bore blossom and fruit at the same time there, no one ever aged or grew infirm, death had no dominion in the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Otherworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Otherworld</span></a>.<br>Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a>`</p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a>: The apples significance continues into folkloric uses such as that in the British Cotswolds, where an apple tree blooming out of season meant coming death. Symbolizing harmony and immortality, abundance and love, the apple was considered a talisman of good fortune and prosperity. Some have connected the word to Apollo, whose name may have originally been Apellon, a word derived from the same source as our word “apple.”<br>Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a>`</p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a>: `<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Fairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairies</span></a> were not evil. However, they were amoral, not tied to the moral and ethical demands of humanity. They were merely playful troublemakers rather than devilish opponents. They commonly tried to lead travelers astray. This was a minor inconvenience and could be quite frightening, but even without protection, the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairy</span></a> eventually grew bored with the trick and released the ensnared human.<br>More seriously, the fairies attempted to lure useful or attractive people into the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Otherworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Otherworld</span></a>, to do their bidding until released.`<br>Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a>`</p>
Hypnogoria<p>A selection of postcards featuring the Cornish Pisky <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a></p>
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