#FolkloreThursday

🗃️ 🐡 #FolkloreThursday Posting at the witching hour... Notice the spiked roof tiles (circled) in Cartagena, Colombia. During the Spanish colonial period, homeowners believed these spikes stopped witches from landing on their roof—keeping the household spiritually (and politically) safe. 🧹

#FolkloreThursday friends, Hello! I recently learned of Mary de Morgan's "The Toy Princess" from Kate Forsyth's collections, and I wondered if there are more public-domain fairy tales or folktales about women who walk away from the crown like the Toy Princess does?

England's Thorpe Park may look like a typical resort, but medieval graves have been found in the grounds... and an attempt to add a new ride stalled after reports of a headless monk! #FolkloreThursday More fair and theme park folklore:

🌾 On this #FolkloreThursday, in Weodmonath — the Anglo-Saxon "month of plants," named by Bede in 725 — the grain stands ready. The last sheaf was cried, crowned, and carried home: the field's spirit caught in the final straws, kept safe through the dark, then returned so the green would rise.

This #FolkloreThursday, we’re in Dorset, stomping up Maiden Castle: biggest Celtic hillfort in the world and scene of Merlin’s gruesome attempt to save Britain from the Saxons in Bernard Cornwell’s Arthurian novel series. (SPOILER: Merlin fails.) 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

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The poppy is another birth flower for those born in August. Poppies are sacred to Demeter, the Greek goddess of fertility, agriculture, and harvest. In the language of flowers they symbolise lasting love, remembrance, and consolation. #FolkloreThursday

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🪶🔮🪶'Medea' - by Evelyn De Morgan. #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

Come hear me talk about fairy tales and the body, Sunday, August 9 @ 4 pm in Baltimore! #FolkloreThursday #fairytales #bodylore #AskAFolklorist

🍂✨🍂'Dancing with the Fairies' - illustration by Arthur Rackham for 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' by J. M. Barrie. #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `By magic Gwydion guessed the name of Arawn’s champion: Brân. Thus the power of the dark gods was broken, and the sons of Dôn retained for the use of men the deer, the dog, and the lapwing, stolen from that #Otherworld, whence all […] [Original post on hear-me.social]