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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

It would be beautiful to revive winter storytelling gatherings, where elders speak, children listen, and the world feels held together by shared a bit of magic, firelight, and memory. #ThrowbackThursday

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Folklorist Vance Randolph noted that Ozark storytellers treated the Howler’s fiery eyes as a sign, a spark from the underworld or the forge of creation itself. Either way, fire meant power, and only the foolish ignored its warning. #WyrdWednesday #Folklore #Cryptid

Illustration of a massive black panther-like creature crouched beneath a tree. Its fur is dark and dense, blending into the shadows, while its eyes blaze with bright red fire. The scene has a misty, eerie atmosphere, evoking a sense of ancient wilderness and myth.

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SpellFire @spellfire.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

OooOOO almost forgot that tonight/tomorrow night the full moon is a supermoon! (It's at approx 8:19AM tomorrow) but I think I'll celebrate tonight. Nooooow I might have to change some things in the agenda!

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

The mists of Caddo Lake hold stories much older than Texas, told for generations by the Caddo Nation, whose ancestral lands include this region. Fog, memory, and spirit intertwine on the bayou. #MythologyMonday #Folklore #CaddoLake 📷 Photo by Shiva Shenoy (CC BY 2.0)

Golden morning mist rising around a cypress tree on Caddo Lake in East Texas, warm light diffused through fog over still water. Photo by Shiva Shenoy.

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

🎧 Streaming now on Spotify! Step into the world where stories, symbols, and digital culture collide. ✨ Lexicons Unbound: where #Folklore meets your algorithm! Listen today and discover how old tales shape new conversations. Link in bio. #FolklorePodcast #Storytelling #DigitalCulture

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

In this mini-episode, Melanie reflects on the legacy of women healers often labeled “Granny Witches,” weaving her own family history into the folklore of faith, care, and community. Listen to the latest episode of Lexicons Unbound wherever you get your podcasts #FolklorePodcast #WomenHealers

An elderly woman with silver hair pulled back sits beside a glowing lamp that casts a warm amber light across her lined face and rustic clothing. The scene feels quiet and intimate, evoking wisdom and calm presence.

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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 24/10/2025

The guys at GraveYard Tales are covering one of my favorite Tennessee legends today: The Bell Witch of Adams, Tenn. Listening now. #paranormal #folklore #podcast

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

In Alpine traditions, wooden masks, called Larven, were passed down through families. At Fasnacht, they danced to drive out winter spirits. Many of these “witches” were actually men in drag. A reminder that the witch figure was always a liminal one. #WyrdWednesday #WitchWednesday #Halloween2025

Three costumed figures at a Fasnacht parade in Bad Rotenfels, Germany, 2016. They wear traditional carved wooden masks: two grotesque witch faces with hooked noses, bulging eyes, and black headscarves decorated with pins, and one horned, animal-like mask with a shaggy mane. The scene reflects Alpine carnival traditions where such masks are used to drive away winter spirits. Baden de, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

“They didn’t burn witches—they burned women.” New episode is live! The Witch Next Door. What’s reclaimed, what’s commodified, and why the witch endures.🎧 Listen www.podpage.com/lexicons-unb... #Folklore #Witches #Feminism #Podcast #October #Halloween

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Soup is a story of the turning season. Autumn harvests of pumpkins, squashes, & roots all find their way into the pot. Every ladle carries tradition, a tasty reminder that food is folklore too. What's your favorite Fall soup? #FolkloreSunday #Foodlore Photo credit: Cala cala_maffia Wikimedia Commons

A bowl of bright orange autumn soup garnished with pumpkin seeds and crumbled cheese, placed on a light stone surface beside a spoon and a fall leaf. Photo credit: Cala cala_maffia, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

In Texas, the Wampus Cat has leapt from forest creature to Friday night lights. Once feared in folklore as a half-woman, half-cat, it’s now a high school football mascot. Proof that the stories we whisper become the symbols we wear. 🐾🏈 #WampusCat #FolkyFriday #HighSchoolFootball

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This Blood Moon rises tonight on the Corn Moon, the time of gathering, storing, and sharing the harvest. Folklore says red moons mark change, and maybe tonight it’s simply to nudge us to savor what we’ve gathered, and release what no longer serves. #FolkloreSunday #BloodMoon #CornMoon

Stylized painting of a woman in an apron standing in a golden field under a dark blue night sky, gazing up at a large red Blood Moon rising over layered Ozark-like mountains. The image evokes rural folklore and the symbolic Corn Moon harvest season.

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

The ghost light of the theater is more than safety. Lore says it burns to keep away mischievous spirits who might otherwise perform their own plays in the darkness, leaving chaos for the living troupe. #FolkloreSunday

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Today, folk traditions live in unexpected places - like sports stadiums. Folkdance isn’t just circles & squares. It’s familiar steps turned into spectacle on a baseball field. The Savannah Bananas know: when we dance the moves together, we find joy, belonging, & community. #folkyfriday #BananaBall

Savannah Bananas baseball players in bright yellow uniforms perform on the field, holding guitars and banjos while dancing together. They smile, laugh, and kick up their heels, turning the ballpark into a lively stage with the city skyline in the background.

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Logging camps gave us this giant lumberjack & his blue ox, legends of outsized power, adventure, & American spirit—long before #Marvel assembled theirs. #FolkloreSunday #PaulBunyan #Minnesota Photo credit: ‪@daytripper28.bsky.social‬

Statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in Bemidji, Minnesota. Paul is a giant lumberjack with a red plaid shirt, blue pants, and black cap. Beside him stands Babe, a bright blue ox with long horns. A sign marks “Paul Bunyan 1937,” with tall pine trees in the background. Photo credit ‪@daytripper28.bsky.social‬

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 22/08/2025

Leave out milk, bread, and honey and you'll have less housework to do: the brownie is a Scottish spirit that at night will tidy up the home a bit if given offerings. If ignored or offended, they become boggarts, so be kind. #FolkyFriday 🖼: T. DiTerlizzi

Arthur Spiderwick's notes about the Common House Brownie, from the Spiderwick Chronicles series of books, by Tony DiTerlizzi. I can't read the smaller text, but it shows a little man with funny ears in a white tunic and green striped pants, no shoes, and a hat of a thimble, needle, and other random bits, with a badminton feather duster, showing bread and honey above.

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Vance Randolph recorded Ozark folklore that says buttermilk + honey cured skin disease and restored a youthful glow. Today? The beauty industry sells similar for big $$$. Turns out grandma’s kitchen was the original Sephora. 😁 #FolkyFriday #Ozarks #Honey #HomeRemedy

Rustic folk-art style painting of a vintage milk bottle and a jar of golden honey, symbolizing an Ozark folk remedy once believed to heal skin and restore youth. Image created with Midjourney AI

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The Ozark Howler is described as a black, horned beast with glowing red eyes. Part panther, part phantom, its howl still echoes in the mountain folklore. From backwoods legends to modern memes, it refuses to be forgotten. #FolkloreSunday #OzarkHowler #AmericanFolklore

A shadowy black panther-like creature with glowing red eyes crouches on a wooded hillside at dusk. Mist drifts through the forest as the beast stares forward, evoking the folkloric Ozark Howler.

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Want free access to books, articles, and journals? (Let's face it, who doesn't??) That’s why we love WorldCat. 🌍📖 It’s like a search engine for every library shelf near you. We wrote a short post on how to use it! bit.ly/4lnWrAp #openeducation #librarymagic #folklorepodcast

Whimsical illustration of a smiling globe wearing a graduation cap, floating above an open book with pages swirling. Surrounded by colorful books and stars, evoking themes of global learning and accessible knowledge

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Ozark Mountain planting lore says: Cut sprouts in the dark of the moon, when the sign is in the heart (Leo). Farmers mapped the zodiac onto the body: Leo = heart, Gemini = arms, etc., and planned their work accordingly. #FolkyFriday #Folklore #Ozark

A traditional American folk art–style illustration of an Ozark mountain farmer standing in a stubbled field at night, holding a lantern in one hand and a hoe in the other. The scene is bathed in warm lantern light against a deep blue star-filled sky, rolling hills and tree lines in the distance. Digital artwork created with Midjourney AI.

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Bibliomancy is the practice of divining fate from books, often the Bible, Virgil’s Aeneid, or poetry. The reader opens at random, seeking answers between the lines. Literature itself becomes an oracle. #BookologyThursday

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Cacklin'.W. Reeve @cwreeve.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Is an outlaw always an anti-hero? Disney's Robin Hood was based on Reynard the Fox, an anthropomorphic red fox and trickster figure from medieval allegorical Dutch, English, French and German fables. And a dashing chap to boot! #WyrdWednesday

An anthropomorphic fox stands atop a wooden plinth, arms wide open. In one hand he holds a bow. He is dressed in a green tunic and a yellow hat.

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Emma LH Ghost Catcher Isles @ghostcatcherisles.com · 13/08/2025

Hey, readers! I'm back to explore the mysteries of ghosts, folklore, and the paranormal! Get ready for thrilling tales, intriguing articles, and a new podcast on the horizon. Thanks for your support! Let’s dive into the unknown together! #BlogUpdate #Paranormal #Folklore tinyurl.com/2bdyndxx

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The author shares updates on their journey after a challenging period, including two bereavements. They plan to blog more about ghosts, folklore, and the paranormal, along with magazine contributio…

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Lexicons Unbound is streaming on Spotify! It's where folklore meets your algorithm. We unpack myths, memes, and the weird world of digital storytelling. 🎧 bit.ly/4omUBCF #folklore #podcastrecommendation #storytelling

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The FolkLore Press @thefolklorepress.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

#WorldElephantDay in Scotland? Sightings of the Loch Ness monster may have been circus elephants enjoying a swim, says Neil Clark of the Hunterian Museum. An elephant trunk and hump in the water bears similarities to some of the most famous Nessie photographs #elephants #nessie #Scotland

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Jana Byars @janalena.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

And now for some good storytelling. Matt Sparks and Olivia Sizemore talk about Haint Country: Dark Folktales from the Hills and Hollers. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #Folklore #Appalachia #GhostStories #hauntings #Folktales #Kentucky newbooksnetwork.com/haint-country

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Who are these folklore nerds behind the mic? 👀 Meet your hosts of Lexicons Unbound, Melanie & Molly. We’re two curious minds w/ a love for stories, symbols, and how culture sneaks into your feed. 🎙️ Listen to our short intro episode: www.podpage.com/lexicons-unb... #folklore #podcast #storytelling

Lexicons Unbound hosts introduce the podcast in this collage: one hiking outdoors, the other on a bench. Text reads 'A short audio hello from your hosts.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Publishing next month, 'Folklore' by @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is a gripping new guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore. As two leading experts they provide the definitive guide to British folklore past and present. #FolkloreThursday #booksky

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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty) @raggamog.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

In Celtic folklore, the August full moon, sometimes known as the "Grain Moon," is associated with Lughnasadh. It signifies the first harvest and celebrates abundance . It's also known as the "Dispute Moon," when legal matters were often settled. Art my own. #FullMoon #Folklore #OriginalArt

A one of a kind original mixed media artwork of a hare. Created on mulberry paper, using acrylic paints and copper leaf.

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Friends, it's #FolkyFriday! Our theme today is "Folkloric Food!" Let us glut ourselves with stories and fill the day's belly with peculiarity! From goblin fruit and Lembas bread to gingerbread houses and magic beans, tag related lore, art and customs #FolkyFriday for shares from 10am-6pm UK time!

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

In Appalachian folklore, you must never salt another person’s food. It’s said to bind them to you or curse their luck. Spilled salt invites the devil, unless thrown over your shoulder. The kitchen is a sanctuary, but it is also a threshold. #FolkyFriday Art: Barbara Schock

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missscarlett2024.bsky.social @missscarlett2024.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

What to eat in order to see #ghosts 😆 🥩🥪🍵🍰 #PhantomsFriday #FolkyFriday

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Because instinct isn’t betrayal. Because folklore remembers. Because safety shouldn't be radical. We’re breaking down it down: folklore, fear, and why so many women trust the bear. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3UjGqQU #FolkyFriday #ManvsBear #FolklorePodcast

Bold podcast art for 'Trust the Bear'—a folklore episode from Lexicons Unbound. Features a detailed bear framed by Celtic knotwork and roses, evoking strength, myth, and symbolism.

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

It’s here! Welcome to Lexicons Unbound: a folklore podcast for curious minds. We’re unpacking myths, memes, and the cultural threads woven through your feed.🎧 Start with our intro episode: bit.ly/46Jzap4 Because storytelling is a survival skill! #folklore #curiosity #culture

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Lissa Sloan @lissasloan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Selkie Moon #giveaway To enter: Sign up for my newsletter at lissasloan.com . Like & comment with your favorite fairy tale/folklore sea creature or character. Last day to enter is August 2.US addresses only. Sorry! @kellyjarviswriter.bsky.social #selkie #selkiewife #fairytales #orkney #scotland

A copy of Selkie Moon with swag (a map postcard, a postcard of a long-haired woman gazing out to see at a seal on the rocks under a full moon, plus a crescent moon bookmark.

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Lexicons Unbound @lexicons-unbound.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Hello Folklore Enthusiast (and all of BlueSky) Introducing the Lexicons Unbound Podcast From fairy tales to #ForYouPages, stories evolve. We uncovers how #folklore meets digital life. Listen to our trailer: bit.ly/45bZRA3 Full launch Aug 5—join us!

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