Folklore: As I Live and Breathe!

by Dr. Emma Woods
Castle with turrets in the fog

You cannot venture into the world of internet Folklore without stumbling on the constant squabbles over what folklore is “right” and which version of a story is “correct”, yet the funny thing is that the fact these arguments exist means that people are not grasping how complex Folklore is, nor understanding the forces that drive it.

Tanuki: Mischief, Magic and Change in the Japanese Countryside

by Anne Louise Avery
The Lucky Tea Kettle of Morin Temple, from the series New Forms of the Thirty-six Ghosts, a series of 36 prints published by Sasaki Toyokichi in 1889-92. By Yoshitoshi https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5496954

The Japanese raccoon dog or tanuki, a shape-shifting, hedonistic and jovial trickster, has always lived in the borderlands between human settlement and the wilderness

The Fairy Trees: Blackthorn, Hawthorn and Rowan

by Lisa Schneidau
Hawthorn Blossom © Lisa Schneidau

White blossom on the trees is one of the delights of springtime, but it masks a deeper magic in three of the most charismatic of British trees: blackthorn, hawthorn and rowan. Storyteller and ecologist Lisa Schneidau has some practical tips on navigating plant folklore, bringing you face to face with the fairy realms and the ways of the Other Folk…..

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