Lmst

I have yet to meet the three midnight washerwomen. But it’s good to know which way to wring the sheets so my arms don’t snap off and I’m suffocated in their wet washing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Lavandi%C3%A8res

#folklore #celtic #cornwall

It doesn't always have to be a _black_ dog haunting the countryside. Try a yellow dog for a change!

#Germany #folktale #folklore #dog
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Yellow_Dog

If ghosts are not willing or able to go in Heaven's light, then they can always be forced to go in the Devil's name.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Banished_Villain

The dwarf king Hibich was able to roam the surface near the town of Bad Grund - until Imperial forces put an end to this during the Thirty Years' War.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #dwarf
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dwarf_King_Hibich

Folklore read live!

What did the devil do to German lands?

Find out in tonight's tales LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/Y2n6uQ4aJg0

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #german #folklore #legend #mountains

A storybook-style drawing of a winged giant devil crouched and scowling over a warring city with a wicked grin. Overlaid text: the Landscaping Devil of Germany

My first taste of wild garlic this year. In Northern hemispheres, we would bring in the new year around this time. We've survived the bitter winter&now we get to see new shoots, plants& flowers springing into life.

It's a time to rejuvenate the body&mind. Longer days& sunlight & an abundance of gifts from nature. This is what we should be thankful for. This is the real new year ❤️✨
#nature #forage #spring #newyear #wildgarlic #plants #earth #folklore #spirit

A patch of wild garlic growing from the ground. Green and vibrant with the words "Spring is here, happy new year!!!" written in yellow text in the bottem lefthand corner of the image

Well, just how the hell am I supposed to translate this, then? "Svenska Folk-Sagor och Äfventyr" Swedish folktales and folktales? Swedish folktales and adventures? What is the difference, in Swedish, between a saga and an äventyr?

I fell at the first hurdle, it seems.

#AmTranslating #SwedishFolktales #Folklore #Folktales

Folklore Material in Ruaraidh Erskine’s Gaelic Magazines
13 March, free online

Dr Petra Poncarová discusses materials on Scottish & other Celtic folklore published in Ruaraidh Erskine of Mar’s Gaelic magazines from 1900 to the 1930s

https://llc.ed.ac.uk/celtic-scottish-studies/css-seminar-series-260313

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaeilc #folklore #CelticStudies #20thcentury

In Haiti, some believe that magical practitioners can put people in a death-like trance, steal them from their graves after their funerals, revive them to a semi-conscious state, and force them to work. Some Haitians who claim to have been through this ordeal can show others their graves and death certificates. Such folklore likely, in part, originates from the traumas of slavery. The Haitian penal code states: "The use made against a person of substances, which, without giving death, will cause a more-or-less prolonged state of lethargy ... is considered an attempt on life by poisoning. If the person was buried as a consequence of this state of lethargy, the attempt will be considered a murder." The painting below is by Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite from 1946. #gothic #folklore #death #mythology #history #art #painting #graveyard #zombies

Painting showing zombie folk beliefs - in a cemetery a magician controls two shrouded corpses with a rope. By the Hatian artist Hector Hyppolite, 1946.

On a river island close to Berlin, an infamous alchemist plied his trade.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #alchemy #Berlin
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Peacock_Island

In Scottish folklore, selkies are intelligent seals who often become fascinated by human life. They can remove their seal skins to temporarily become beautiful men and women, and will have romances with the local humans. However, eventually all selkies return to the ocean.
🎨 Nataša Ilinčić

#FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #Scotland #Celtic #Monster #Wereseal #Fairy #Faerie #Seal

A selkie removes her seal skin on a beach. Illustration by Nataša Ilinčić.

The Norman fortress of Beeston Castle, perched high on its island of sandstone above the #Cheshire plain. #Legend has it a fabulous treasure is buried deep down in the rock below it. And here in the 1920s, if I remember correctly, a small mob of kangaroos was kept. #folklore #castles #medievalsky

My photo of the handsomely situated ruins of Beeston Castle on a tree-fringed crag.

The Wild Huntsman was a Catholic priest in life who slew a sacred stag on Christmas Eve.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #WildHunt
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Hubertus_Cave_near_Sillium

✨NEW PRINTS✨

I finally got around to editing and releasing these prints of the three most popular paintings from my latest October challenge! 🌲🥳

You can adopt them right here: https://lindenshieldarts.com/products/fine-arts-prints-dark-whimsy

All my prints are lovingly homemade in my own little studio, printed on archival cotton paper, and signed, stamped, and dated on the back~

#MastoArt #TraditionalArt #Folklore #FantasyArt #Nature #Forest #Mosstodon #ShopSmall #FediGiftShop #ArtPrints

A photo of three portrait-format prints, placed on a wooden desk and surrounded by moss, palo santo, hag stones, branches, leaves, and crystals. The prints all show mixed-media paintings, featuring, from left to right: a giant horned silhouette rising out of the mist above a gloomy mountain forest; a mossy bridge with dappled light in a dark conifer forest, a small stream winding towards the background; a large hag stone standing atop a pile pf rocks in a nighttime field, with a sunset view visible through its hole.

In British folklore, when King Gorlagon discovered his wife was having an affair, she used sorcery to turn him into a wolf. However, the king kept his intelligence and used his lupine body to protect his kingdom and harass his wife. After many years, Gorlagon regained his human form, and told his story to King Arthur.

#FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #KingArthur #Arthurian #Arthuriana #Wolf #Monster #Werewolf