#FolkloreThursday

I am drawn to Japanese folklore because their yōkai (spirits), far from being simple monsters, are multi-faceted characters. Yuki-onna (‘snow woman’), associated with midwinter and snowstorms, is both terrifying to
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Today's #archaeology theme is #folklorethursday (!) so here's a thread about Alderley Edge and the local legend many people will know 1/ 2/ Alderley Edge in Cheshire is probably
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#FolkloreThursday Thread: Serbian/Croatian proverb: "Who doesn't get smoked, doesn't get warm". The proverb simply states the fact that from the moment people started using fires inside roofed dwellings, the inside
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For #FolkloreThursday I thought I'd talk about one of Kyoto's most famous bridges...though perhaps you've never heard of it.The bridge makes an appearance in the lives & deaths of many
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If you’re currently reading Susan Cooper’s The #DarkisRising (2nd book of the TDiR series, set around #Christmas ) here’s a thread about the folkloric sources of one of its most
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New Thread! 'Wolves In Ireland: A Natural & Cultural History'! I will be using my new book of the same name by Kieran Hickey as my main reference point! If
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A few weeks ago, I submitted Serat Ngalamating Kucing as an entry for #FolkloreThursday: a Javanese manuscript that consists of verses depicting different types of #cats. There are still no
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FAMILIARS AND FORTUNESVisitors to shrines & temples for a long time have enjoyed having their fortunes determined by lucky dip, but in recent years Kyōto's familiars have helped kickstart a
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#PrehistoryOfPenwith: A ThreadThe end of #Cornwall where I live, #Penwith, is incredibly rich in prehistory.I know very little about our standing stones/circles and fogous so this thread's here for me
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