Amateur folklorist with an interest in #fairies and #mermaids. Here to geek out on #FolkloreThursday and tweet about #folklore-related books, art, and music.
Joined September 2019
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The Folklore Files retweeted
25 Oct 2023
I'm pleased to learn that 'Twilight of the Godlings' is one of the standout bestsellers of @CambridgeUP's AIM (Academic Impact) programme, for 'books of such stature and significance that they make a lasting, even defining, impression on their fields' cambridge.org/news-and-insig…
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The Folklore Files retweeted
21 Oct 2023
‘this must be done with haste’—as there’s only a few tickets left for @DrFrancisYoung’s online talk @FolkloreSociety on the origins of British fairies. Tues 24 Oct, 6pm BST. Tickets £6 from eventbrite.co.uk/e/whereve-a…
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The Folklore Files retweeted
14 Feb 2022
Interpreting the Lady and the Unicorn buff.ly/3bXa9GU @ztevetevans
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The Folklore Files retweeted
18 Jan 2022
In Welsh folklore, a child born on the first day the cuckoo sang would be lucky for all their life...
🎨Jan Brueghel the Elder
#FairyTaleTuesday @EnchantedEzine
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The Folklore Files retweeted
30 Dec 2021
Publishing in 2022! Mermaids by Axel Müller, Christopher Halls & @BWilliamson1966 "offers a compelling overview of the emergence of the #mermaid #myth in western culture" ~ @HRitvo
🧜♀️ Discover more about this title: bit.ly/UEPMermaids
#FolkloreThursday #folklore #legend
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The Folklore Files retweeted
6 Jan 2022
The Boggart by Simon Young will be published this February!
The #book offers an eye-opening, entertaining account of a mysterious #supernatural being in British #folklore.
📖 Full details here: bit.ly/TheBoggart
#FolkloreThursday #boggart #harrypotter #history #legend
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The Folklore Files retweeted
17 Nov 2021
A cursed woman, a roving castle, a mysterious wizard
"I wanted to convey the message that life is worth living, and I don't think that's changed" - Miyazaki
#WyrdWednesday #animation #fantasy #film
Howl's Moving Castle 2004
dir. Hayao Miyazaki
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The Folklore Files retweeted
In a Flemish fairy tale a servant discovers a grimoire. He can transform himself into any animal he wants and leaves the castle. His father sells him in the shape of an ox, a horse and others. When he becomes a fox, he decides to remain a fox.🦊🧡
🎨Liljefors
#WyrdWednesday
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The Folklore Files retweeted
5 Oct 2021
Newly restored #Roman gymnasium area opens for public viewing at #Bath's Roman baths. chewvalleygazette.co.uk/arti… #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Somerset
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The Folklore Files retweeted
30 Sep 2021
Historical accounts of mermaid sightings include one by Christopher Columbus, who was sailing near the Dominican Republic in 1493 when he saw three rising out of the water. @FolkloreThurs @CentreMyth @FolkloreFiles @folk_horror
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The Folklore Files retweeted
4 Oct 2021
#KingHerla and the #WildHunt in Twelfth-Century #England and #Wales by @Mark_Truesdale #twitterstorians bit.ly/316RTba
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The Folklore Files retweeted
5 Oct 2021
Getting Even in #RomanBritain: The #Curse Tablets from #Bath (Aquae Sulis) by @CarlyASilver bit.ly/356rkV4
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23 Sep 2021
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The Folklore Files retweeted
25 Sep 2021
#Women on a Quest: The Hawaiian Saga of #Pele the #Volcano #Goddess and Hiiaka by @MultoGhost bit.ly/2JT00mx
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26 Sep 2021
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28 Sep 2021
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The Folklore Files retweeted
28 Sep 2021
Putting Their #Faith in the #Fairies: BBC #NorthernIreland’s Fascination with the ‘Wee Folk' by @PortiaWoods bit.ly/2My4Lmg
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The Folklore Files retweeted
28 Sep 2021
This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is pirates and the deep seas! (Image: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, via wikimedia commons)
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25 Sep 2021
A late (early?) contribution for Folklore Thursday: the folklore of magpies.👇
tinyurl.com/vsy67b9b
#magpies #birdlore #folklore #folklorethursday #rhymes
🖼️: © Bwiselizzy and © CaoChunhai via @iStock
The Folklore Files retweeted
1 Aug 2021
How Lord of the Rings Influenced The Green Knight denofgeek.com/movies/lord-of…
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