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Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

ForestFriday! I love this new hashtag 🖤🪻

Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Crawling back to social media after the last two years were eaten by academia feels weird — I have 0 idea what to do. Long story short: they censored my PhD thesis to the point where I refused to defend it, I quit my job as senior lecturer in law, and currently I’m on self-care vacation. Hi! 🍷

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Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I’m yet to return fully as I’m a bit overwhelmed with everything going on in the world on top of my own life being a mad carousel of unforeseen events, but thank you everyone so much for your kind words! I missed you too guys 🪻🖤🪻 Hope to come up with something interesting to post soon! Cheers!

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

GHOULISH GARDENS Step inside a 500 year old gothic garden via the mouth of a mythical #monster reclaimed by nature. The Garden of Bomarzo, or The Villa of Wonders is in Viterbo, Lazio; created in the 1600s in the valley below the Castle of Orsini #GothicSpring

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This will now take place on 20 May at 1.30. You can still find details on the site below!

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

#MementoMoriMonday #WorldOptometryDay Death and the Doctor, carved ivory spectacle case, c. 1500 The doctor holds a pair of eyeglasses in one hand and with the other seeks to stay Death's scythe. wellcomecollection.org/works/bqx6zzue #TheVictorianBookoftheDead

Oval carved ivory spectacle case showing a skeletal death with a dart and a scythe held over the head of a doctor with his spectacles in one hand and an hourglass at his feet. A young person in a tunic is at one side of the case and a swaddled baby at the other. The doctor's hand in on the scythe, trying to stay Death's hand.

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Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Artist: Tijana Lukovic @tijanadraws.bsky.social

$Stylised illustration. A forest clearing with a dark blue pond under a moon surrounded by fractured crescents in the sky. And the water swims the figure of a girl with long white hair trailing and four white wolves. Little creatures with multiple branching antlers walk mid the mushroom and snail undergrowth.$

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Next Tues! Virtual! Free! Let's talk about our favorite spectral women of NYC! Trailblazers, sensitives, reformers & more... A great #WomensHistoryMonth AND #WomenInHorror Month offering thanks to @untappedny.bsky.social! #WiHM

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Olivia @oliviaarmstrong.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

In Scottish lore, the Bean-nighe (Fairy Woman) was found in all the lonely places washing the linen of those about to die. If a person caught her unawares, she would tell them all what would happen after life. But if she saw them first, they lost the power of their limbs... 🎨Brian Froud #MorbidMarch

Between the rocks a woman in green is bent over washing linen in the rock pool.

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

New release for March ~ Moss Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom and Modern Pharmacology by Robert Dale Rogers A comprehensive illustrated guide to bryophytes Also explains how bryophytes have environmental benefits, such as in remediation of our increasingly polluted planet #Booksky

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Headless ghosts, colorful lights dancing around cypress knees, burial mounds for Giants... These are only a few of the tales from the Okefenokee Swamp. The dark, tannic water flows in my veins. #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #folklore #WitchSky

Photos of Bald Cypress trees in a swamp, Georgia. Photo by Holt Webb from his book "Vanishing America"

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Known as "Murder-Logs," the American alligator is a staple of Southern rootwork. Their paws & teeth are prized in luck magic—not just for power, but for the dark, resilient energy of a creature that has survived since the dinosaurs. Truly the ancient guardians of the Okefenokee. #SwampSunday

American Alligator laying in swamp water, Wassaw NWR, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/american-alligator-laying-swamp-water

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Behind every sweet scent in the swamp lies a deadly secret. Pitcher plants and Butterworts don't just grow; they wait. Their energy is as cunning as their design—a reminder that in the Okefenokee, even the flora has an appetite. #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #WitchSky

Okefenokee giant pitcher plant (Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis D.E.Schnell) Photographer:Karan A. Rawlins, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Photo of Floating Bladderwort, Utricularia inflata. Photographer: Alan Cressler

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

To walk among Cypress knees is to walk through a living cathedral. These woody protrusions anchor the trees in the shifting muck of the swamp, embodying a deep, grounded resilience. They are the bones of the wetlands, weathered and wise. They are the Ancestors. #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #Animism

Cypress knees along the St Mary's River, Georgia. Photograph: The Swamp Wytch / R.M. Stanford

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

#ShakespeareSunday #WorldDayforWater #WorldWaterDay Who pass'd, methought, the melancholy flood With that grim ferryman which poets write of, Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Richard III The Death-Boat of Heligoland, E. Goodall, 1837 Yale Center for British Art #TheVictorianBookoftheDead

Image of drowning, distress, and damned souls in and around a boat in very rough waters. Death, holding an hour glass, sits at the back of the boat with an upraised arm, seeming to revel in all the suffering.

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

In Chinese lore, the “apricot grove” (杏林) became a sacred metaphor for healers through the legend of Dong Feng of the Three Kingdoms. Refusing payment, he asked only for apricot trees from the cured. The grove flourished, over 100,000 trees strong, feeding the hungry with golden fruit. 1/2

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Olivia @oliviaarmstrong.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Cauls (pieces of the birth membrane) were rare and highly prized by mariners who bought them for quite high prices. They were believed to protect the owner from drowning... 🎨Alma-Tadema #MorbidMarch

Stormy sea, rolling waves, a cradle floating on the water with a golden haired baby asleep soundly. a startled black and white cat is clinging to one corner desperately maintaining balance.

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Maria Strutz @mariastrutz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Dream of the Ghost Narwhale 🤍 #animalMarch #KleineKunstklasse

the skeleton of a narwhale swimming diagonally forward from right to left, their single tusk pointing to the lower left, the spine angled down towards the right corner. White dots in the water behind the skeleton. Linedrawing, watercolours, white acrylic. Shades of bluegreen and white. Maria Strutz

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

#WorldWaterDay 💧 The Stench is Unbearable | Clark's Inspection of Bridgend 📝 A blog post about the fear of disease, filthy housing conditions, and a desperate need for a water supply 💧 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/the-stench... #Wales #History

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The Stench is Unbearable | Clark's Inspection of Bridgend.

On the 4th of June 1849, two petitions were sent to the General Board of Health on behalf of the inhabitants of the hamlets of Lower Coity and Lower Newcastle – what we now know as Bridgend Town Centr...

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Cottage in the Woods @cottageinwood.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Be the change you want to see in the world 💚

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Tatiana Fajardo @tatiana1979.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

#MythologyMonday Familiar spirits & devilish imps by @willowwinsham.bsky.social Owning familiars, or supernatural spirits, was common among accused witches in England, from Margaret Ley of Liverpool to some of the more famously accused witches of history. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/fami...

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

FAIRY BRIDE In 1915 Frances Evering & Dotty Buchanan married in full fairy garb. A decadent nod to the power of the fae #GothicSpring #FairytaleTuesday

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Tatiana Fajardo @tatiana1979.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Charles Keeping (1924–1988), “Lucy Westenra” Illustrations to ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker (1988)

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Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I finally managed to log in! So, are we still here? What are we doing now? How’s everyone?

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Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Devendra P. Varma, in The Vampire in Legend, Lore, and Literature, records a chilling 18th c. case from Sikkim: Princess Pedi Wangmo bled her half-brother, Chador Namgyal, to death, then drank his blood. Some believed she returned as a vampire after execution 🩸 #folklore #vampiresweekly

Photo: Nona Limmen

Alt: A dramatic black-and-white image of a lady in flowing, translucent fabric, captured mid-motion in a powerful stance. She holds a raised sword high above her head, silhouetted against a misty, ethereal backdrop of cliffs and sky.

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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 30/09/2025

Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon!Fernando Trujillo a #VoiceforWetlands directs the Omacha Foundation, a conservation group focused on aquatic wildlife & river ecosystems and leads health evaluations of river dolphins. Read more: apnews.com/article/amaz...

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Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation.

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Stephen is referencing one of my life's greatest achievements, when I was walking New-York-fast in New Orleans (read: PRETERNATURALLY FAST), dressed in Gothic Victorian regalia. Teenager elbows friends as I strode past & murmurs "Oh my God. That... was a LEGIT. Vampire."

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Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Spooky season approaches, babies. Photo: Niko Pekonen

Photo: a slim, auburn fox bites with its whole mouth at an amanita toadstool.

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Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · 30/09/2025

What's the point of owning intellectual property if we're the ones who have to opt out? What makes these asses so special?

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Scott M | Haunted Edition 🎃 @voxparlour.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

It's your last day to pick blackberries. After Michaelmas they turn sour because the devil pissed/spat on them #folklore

A black and white print of the devil hocking up on a bunch of blackberries

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Tatiana Fajardo @tatiana1979.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Gary Oldman as Dracula with his brides, played by Florina Kendrick, Michaela Bercu and Monica Bellucci.

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

So pleased to contribute to this excellent article on Victorian Spiritualist paraphernalia. www.history.com/articles/gho... 4 Tools of Victorian-Era Ghost Hunting From tables to trumpets, spiritualists used these tools of the trade to summon the dead.

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4 Tools of Victorian-Era Ghost Hunting

Spiritualists used these tools of the trade to summon the dead.

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Scott M | Haunted Edition 🎃 @voxparlour.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Windsor’s Phantom Huntsman illustration by Eric Fraser from Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain (1973)

Black and white. A horned hunter blows a hunting horn and rides a horse beside imps and dogs

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Dragonflies - the embodiment of all elements, riding atop an alligator. Mysteries, upon mysteries! "We probably enjoy observing animals so much because we learn a great deal about ourselves in doing so." ~ Charles Baudelaire #SwampSunday #Auguries #FolkWitch

Photograph of a dragonfly upon an American Alligator's head, in the Okefenokee Swamp. Photographer unknown. Posted by the Okefenokee Swamp Park's FB page.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Hahakigami (broom spirits) are a type of #yokai that occur once a broom has reached a very old age and is transformed into (or possessed by) a spirit, known as tsukumogami. Because brooms were used in ritual purifications, they can become powerful magical charms. #MythologyMonday 1/2

Illustration of a broom that appears to be sweeping by itself.

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Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

The ever-excellent Books n Cats - why have I never read Nalo Hopkinson before?! Listening to Skin Folk on audio and it’s fantastic. youtu.be/HCdIZITeBnE?...

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Bluebeard: The Evolution of Folklore's Most Horrifying Villain

YouTube video by Books 'n' Cats

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Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The only war I want to post about: In the Bashkir epic Ural-Batyr, the hero battles the evils of the world – so many that their fallen bodies become the land beneath our feet. The tale reminds us that nature is sacred, and it's our duty to protect it and all living creatures. #MythologyMonday

A fantasy-style painting of a warrior standing in a forest. The warrior, wearing ornate armor and a red cape, holds a glowing sword pointed downward. He stands near a large, ancient tree with twisted branches and hanging moss.

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Mythology Monday ✨ @mythologymonday.thefolklore.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2025

Hello again, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: WAR. Which myths feature a person, event, or object related to war and battle? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can […] [Original post on thefolklore.cafe]

Roman marble statue of Mars, the God of War. He wears full armour, an impressively crested helmet with a sphinx and wings atop his head. A gorgoneion, the head of Medusa, adorns his breast plate.

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Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

The spooky season is here, and I’ve been summoned by brilliant @bunikanovel.com 🦇 How’s everyone doing? It’s not easy coming back to social media after such a long break, but I’m trying! Still drained from the endless PhD grind, but now I refuse to let it consume my life. So… bear with me, please!

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Natalja Saint-Germain @nataljastgermain.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Ozzy 🖤😔 Tbh, it feels like loosing your fav uncle.

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C.W. Reeve @cwreeve.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

In 1981, a new cabinet appeared in arcades around Portland, Oregon. Polybius was described as abstract & dangerous, and players were said to suffer from amnesia, seizures & hallucinations. The arcade cabinet was so addictive that many played until they went insane, died, or vanished. #WyrdWednesday

An 80s style arcade cabinet with two joysticks.

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Lysander @lysander666.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

From now till the end of my thesis submission [or thereabouts] I have decided to live on random moon Hypi Bra EV-P d5-78 6 a. I will present [at least!] one moon fact a day from here! The excitement!! Tagging @nvgg.online and @nataljastgermain.bsky.social because of reasons 📖🪐 #elitedangerous

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

✨️ NEW BLOGPOST ✨️ In this blogpost, I explore the life of Eleanor Davidson, an attendant at Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🧠 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/eleanor-da... #histmed #Wales

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Folkloring Podcast @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The final edit of my book is out of my hands and to the editor for her final pass. The die is cast..... All the thanks to the @crossedcrowbooks.bsky.social team for all their amazing work! #magick #booksky #authorsky #writerslife #mindovermagick

Cover of Mind Over Magick by author Tracy Nicholas including two alchemists with a beaker

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Beverley Lee @beverleylee.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Who'd like to boost my preorders by one? #booksky THE HAUNTING OF WOUNDED BIRDS, a coming-of-age folk horror steeped in ritual & tragedy. Dark forests. Black birds. Old rituals. Haunted boys. Some stories will not rest. 11/11/25 PREORDER mybook.to/woundedbirds

Book cover. A young jackdaw on a dark background with fly agaric mushrooms to the foreground. The Haunting of Wounded Birds by Beverley Lee

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Daniel Pietersen @pietersender.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Super pleased to see that my review of Theatre and the Macabre (@uniwalespress.bsky.social) is in the new issue of Extrapolations (@livunipress.bsky.social). An excellent collection of essays that explore theatre’s “inherently haunted, uncanny space”. Link to the journal 👇

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Scylla takes the form of her namesake - the hermit crab (skyllaros in Greek). The rocks from which she emerges act as her shell, her curled tail anchors her in place. The dogs protruding from her waist representing the many legs. 🔗👇 #mythologymonday mythcrafts.com/2017/12/28/s...

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Scylla and Charybdis: Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

Have you ever uttered the phrase: “Stuck between a rock and a hard place”? This common idiom used to describe a choice between two unfavorable options comes directly from Greek mythology: navigatin…

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Brett Hollyhead @witchofsalopia.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Only a month to go & the Salem Witchcraft & Folklore festival will be here😍 Join me online on August 20th from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM for my talk centred around the Threads of protest: Craftivism and the magic of yarn 🧶 www.salemwitchfest.com/event-detail... #witchsky #pagansky #magicsky #crochetsky

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Threads of Protest: Craftivism & the Magic of Yarn with Witch of Salopia | Salem Witch Fest

Purchase an individual online ticket for this event.

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