Fancy a folkloric read? Check out #FolkloreThursday’s books!
Fancy a folkloric read? Check out FolkloreThursday’s books!
The Above World: Reaching for the Sky in Native American Traditions
The Sky World of Native American tradition refers to a parallel celestial universe located in the Sky. It is home to deities such as the Sun, the Moon and Morning Star, but ordinary people can sometimes access it in exceptional and magical circumstances.
The Ogham Alphabet Deciphered, in Twenty Hilarious Tweets
Here’s an introduction to the trees featured in the Ogham alphabet!
Past Anxieties: Defining the Folk Horror Narrative
‘Have you ever heard the term ‘folk horror’ before?’ I asked a colleague of mine: a classics professor. ‘In particular, when describing drama?’
Here Be Pirates: The Tales of Edward Teach, Anne Bonney and Mary Read
Avast ye scurvy landlubber, listen up and hear me well, for I have got a tale or two of derring-do to tell ye all!
Was it Really East of the Sun and West of the Moon?
The Norwegian folktale, “East of the Sun and West of the Moon,” in which a white bear comes to take a poor girl away, is loved by people the world over. It is also part of a huge cycle of folklore and myth that has spanned Eurasia in the last 2500 years.