#FolkWitchFriday is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 18 people shared 63 posts with it — around 2 a day. Activity is up 7% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 7 with 12 posts.

Posts with #FolkWitchFriday

RaggaMog (Morri-Arty)

@raggamog.bsky.social

3 months ago

Tehi Tegi is an enchantress or witch from Manx folklore who bewitched men with her beauty, leading to their downfall. She is central to the tradition of "Hunting the Wren" on St. Stephen's Day (Dec 26), as she transformed into a wren to escape after drowning men in a river. #FolkWitchFriday

An original artwork of a wren perched on a branch, created using watercolour paints on 5x7" watercolour paper.

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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty)

@raggamog.bsky.social

8 days ago

In UK lore, hares are deeply connected to the harvest. The farmer to cut the last sheaf had to weave the stalks into a small doll, representing the harvest/hare spirit. They had to care for this token all winter, looking after the spirit until spring returned. #FolkWitchFriday #OriginalArt

An original mixed media artwork of hare standing in barley with a harvest moon. Created on mulberry paper, using acrylic paints and copper leaf.

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The Swamp Wytch

@theswampwytch.bsky.social

1 day ago

Staying inside away from the heat to tend the internal fire: writing for my first book, painting on the alligator skull before setting teeth, drafting a paper-mache ritual mask, & making plans to photograph a local ruin for a project. Trying to find joy daily! #FolkWitchFriday #FolkWitch #AugustHeat

A vintage black-and-white silhouette print set on aged paper depicting five figures in tall pointed hats engaged in various activities, including holding a broom, reading at a table with an owl perched nearby, and conversing with spectacles and walking sticks.

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Witches;_five_silhouetted_figures._Wellcome_V0048920.jpg

Witches: five silhouetted figures. Aquatint, 1815.

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@hookland.bsky.social

about 2 months ago

The witch is the water she walks. Salt-hag on the shore. Curse-cleaner by the brook. Omen-harvester at her reflecting pool. Every nephomantic cloud amplified in its floating. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #FolkWitchFriday

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@hookland.bsky.social

3 months ago

Give me paths marked by Fox Brides. Give me feral magics. Give me navigations from shore to hedge to hill where each stepping is a conversation with the spirits of place. – #EmilyCBanting #FolkWitchFriday

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The Swamp Wytch

@theswampwytch.bsky.social

1 day ago

Between caretaking, grieving, and the state of the world, energy is hard to come by. Yet the pull toward my writing project and magic is fierce. Trying to honor this introspective tide while carving out small pockets of creation and joy. #FolkWitchFriday #FolkWith #WitchSky

A 1907 oil painting titled 'Interiør' by Georg Nicolai Achen, depicting a woman in a long white dress standing in a sunlit wooden hallway, tending to plants beside a brightly lit window near a staircase."

Source:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georg_Nicolai_Achen_-_Interi%C3%B8r_-_1907.png

Georg N. Achen (Danish 1860-1912)
Quiet Contemplation, Interior from Buderupholm, 1907
oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right

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@hookland.bsky.social

2 months ago

I used to be one of those witches who tidied away certain items before non-pagan friends came round. I've grown out of such nonsense. Our magic is in our relationships, including those of our tools. It is a duty to be proud of such things. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #FolkwitchFriday

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@hookland.bsky.social

about 2 months ago

For the salt-hag knows the power of the tide at its slack, at its moment of its low turning. This is her casting time. An extraction of ills. Troubles taken out to be sea-swallowed. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982, #FolkWitchFriday

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@hookland.bsky.social

about 1 month ago

The edge of a summer's day is my favourite threshold for nephomancy. Golden clouds for the telling of tomorrow. A harvest of floating omens to contemplate through the night. Witchery as delight as well as work. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #FolkWitchFriday

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@hookland.bsky.social

about 1 month ago

When the land sighs with the heat, releases shimmering visions, the witch knows the places of spiritual shade. Knows where to find cool, green communion. For the song of the land will always lead her to where she needs to be. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #FolkWitchFriday

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@hookland.bsky.social

2 months ago

A witch knows her patch as intimately as her lover's skin. Knows where spring lingers late, woodland groves whose green canopy closes last. She knows spots of ultimate bluebells to be weaved between, places the Ghost Bear comes to find final ransoms. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #FolkwitchFriday

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The Swamp Wytch

@theswampwytch.bsky.social

2 months ago

One of my tools looks like an ordinary small river rock. It's actually far more than that. A battery of power, faith, and magic. The Land provided the perfect shape to hold and anchor the work. #FolkWitchFriday #FolkWitch #Pellor #WitchSky