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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Devil's Lamp (The Bewitched Man) by Francisco Goya. A man named Don Claudio is tricked by Hell into believing that he will die if a lamp goes out. The Devil is seen bowing with the lamp in a mocking way as Claudio, terrified, tries to keep it lit. In reality, it is all false. #wyrdwednesday

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A little late but Gruss vom Krampus 🖤💀

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The Aurora Borealis is associated with death among some Indigenous tribes. The Skolt Sámi believed that the dead bled from their open wounds in the afterlife, creating the ribbons that danced across the sky. #WyrdWednesday

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain 🎃🐈‍⬛ The veil is thin tonight. Be safe! 🖤 #PhantomsFriday

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

While hiking the Dolomites, be wary of tiny, mysterious footprints. Wanderers may encounter the Mazaròl. He knows all of the secrets of butter and cheese making, but at the cost of a mortal's memories of their former life. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore Image: Anita Stizzoli

black and white landscape image of Dolomites

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Oomancy, or egg divination, was (and still is) sometimes performed on people believed to have received the Evil Eye. The egg is passed over the person's body to absorb negative energy and then cracked to see if the energy has left the body. #BookologyThursday Art by Anton Pieck

clay bowl with two eggs still life on cloth

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Early Medieval bestiaries have perpetuated the myth that cranes on sentry duty for their flock will hold a rock. If they fell asleep and dropped it, they would be startled awake. During this period of time, cranes were a symbol of vigilance and loyalty. #MythologyMonday

Gerald of Wales’ Topographia Hibernica (Salisbury, late 12th century–early 13th century). Blue cranes sleeping with another crane that is awake and holding a rock.

Sleeping cranes in an illustrated bestiary (England, c. 1200–c. 1210). Blue cranes sleeping with another crane that is awake and holding a rock.

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Alice (1988) is a surrealist dark fantasy film by Czech film director Jan Švankmajer. It follows Alice as she wanders around a Wonderland full of bones, puppets, and taxidermy animals. #WyrdWednesday

horse skull wearing jester hat pulling on the dress of a doll

sock puppet with dentures and googly eyes next to basket

skulls dressed in clothing with fake eyes

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Hares in folklore are sometimes considered unlucky, as they are often associated with witches. It is especially unlucky to kill a hare before dawn. A witch could take revenge on the hunter for destroying their animal body. #BookologyThursday

Black and white art by prairiebones of hare with melting candles in its antlers

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Soucouyants are described as female vampires in Caribbean folklore, shedding their skin by night and traveling as a ball of flame to hunt. If a person finds their skin before dawn and rubs salt and pepper on it, the Soucouyant is destroyed. #WyrdWednesday Art: Horrorpedia

Oil painting of old woman on fire in woods

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Mo'o of Hawaiian legend are aquatic dragons that often appear as beautiful women, geckos, and giant lizards. In one tale, volcano goddess Pele sends her younger sister, Hi'iaka, on an errand to slay three mo'o and rescue her mortal sweetheart. #BookologyThursday Art by ArkaEdri

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The gargoyles of Notre Dame Cathedral are also called "grotesques" or chimeras. They are built to resemble monstrous human-animal hybrids. Some function as water drainage, while others are purely ornamental and contribute to the imposing atmosphere of the church. #WyrdWednesday

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The Witch-Cat Trial of 1719 William Montgomery, a mason by trade, had his house overrun by many cats. One night, he found five cats by the fireside, and a servant told him that they were "speaking amongst themselves." #BookologyThursday

dark barn with many cats with glowing eyes

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Kitsunebi are fire orbs created by fox spirits, a sign that other yokai are nearby. Malevolent foxes sometimes create them to lure travelers off of forest paths, and also during the night parade of one hundred demons. #WyrdWednesday Hiroshige, New Year's Eve Foxfires (1857)

Foxes gathered under tree with parade of ghosts

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

The Demon Hour, or Witching Hour, is the time at night between 3:00am-4:00am when demons are said to be at their most powerful. #WyrdWednesday Art: Dragan Bibin

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

A collection of illustrations from A Midsummer Night's Dream (1800s) #InternationalFairyDay 🌿

A fairy sleeping and others surround her under morning glories

Fairy holding flower up to man with donkey head while small animals and people gather

Male and female fairy meet on forest floor

Male fairy lands i. Front of female fairy surrounded by smaller fairies on forest floor

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

During Midsummer, bonfires are lit as a symbol of renewal. One custom in Denmark is to burn witch dolls made of hay. The fire would dispel their magic and cast their spirits away to the mountains. #FolkyFriday #Midsummer P.S. Krøyer, Midsummer Eve Bonfire on Skagen’s Beach, (1906)

Midsummer bonfire in the evening with crowd of people

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

"If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear." - Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream #BookologyThursday

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Want to meet your true love? At 12am on Midsummer Eve, run through a churchyard while spreading rose petals and chant “Rose leaves, rose leaves, rose leaves I strew, He that will love me, come after me now.” #WyrdWednesday A Midsummer Night's Dream, Gustav Doré (1870)

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Midsummer is when the Holly King is victorious in battle over the Oak King, and rules the remaining half of the year. He will lose his crown again at Yule. #FairyTaleTuesday #Folklore Art: Yule King, Michael Kerbow

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Visitors to the fairy realm should not touch food or drink unless they want to remain a part of that world forever. Sometimes, people are sent back home to wither away from being unable to eat anything. #BookologyThursday Art: The Goblins' Market, Margaret W. Tarrant

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Show respect for the Fae by leaving regular gifts outside for them. They love milk, honey, alcohol, bread, and fresh fruit from the garden. #WyrdWednesday Art: Tuesday Riddell

fallen fruit in the forest being eaten by bugs

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

As a kelpie submerges under the water of a riverbank, a clap of thunder is sure to follow. The wailing of this demon horse will warn of an approaching storm. #BookologyThursday Art by CapeKelpie

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Witch bottles were a folk magic practice in England and the United States that involved burying bottles to counter against witchcraft. They were often prepared by a folk healer and filled with urine, pins, needles, hair, red thread, and red wine. #WyrdWednesday #Walpurgisnacht

two witch bottles on wooden table filled with bones and string as a folklore practice

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

In European folklore, it was believed that witches would transform into hedgehogs to steal milk and spy on neighbors. #WyrdWednesday

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The ouroboros is a symbol of a reptile that eats its own tail. Sometimes, it is described as a large serpent that encircles the world. It is common in many different cultures and often used to represent infinite cycles, such as death and rebirth. #WyrdWednesday

Reptile from folklore eating its own tail, trying to blend in with forget me not flowers

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

A great way to invite fairies into your garden is to plant a ring of flowers. However, if you find a ring of mushrooms, be careful not to step into it. Humans disappear into the fairy realm because of their own curiosity, and not because they have been tricked. #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday

Black and white original illustration of the folklore of a fairy ring by prairiebones

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Salamanders were once believed to both create and extinguish fire. When firewood was brought inside someone's home and burned, the sudden appearance of the hibernating animals rising from the ashes (escaping the flames) contributed to the myth that they are elemental spirits. #WyrdWednesday

vintage salamander in flames illustration. Dragon folklore

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Legend of the Bleeding Heart❣️ A man fell in love with a selfish princess and bought her many gifts, but could not win her affection. Each part of the blooming flower represents one of the gifts. Saddened by rejection, the man plunged a knife into his heart. #WyrdWednesday

Bleeding heart doves with nest of bleeding heart flowers. Folklore Legend for Valentines Day.

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Gruss vom Krampus! Do animals have their own folklore? Is Krampus just a goat that steals naughty pets? #FolkyFriday

Krampusnacht folklore art by PrairieBones

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Beginning in the 16th century, "Grimalkins" became associated with demons that chose to take the form of a cat. The cat must then willingly present itself to a witch in order to become their Grimalkin, or familiar. #WyrdWednesday #Folklore

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Church Grim folklore is one of my favorites! They are usually described as spectral hounds with glowing eyes. It was believed that the first mortal creature buried in a churchyard would need to guard the church against the Devil, so an animal would be buried first and become The Grim.

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Gruss vom Krampus 🖤❤️‍🔥#FairytaleTuesday

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

The Questing Beast is described as a chimera with the head of a snake, the spots of a leopard, the haunches of a lion, and the cloven hooves of a deer. It has incredible speed and will let out a thunderous bark if threatened. #WyrdWednesday #Folklore Art by N Puttapipat

Questing Beast of Arthurian legend. Folklore bestiary by artist N Puttapipat

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

A skvader is a half rabbit, half wood grouse cryptid from Sweden that was originally created as a hunting tale hoax. And I am unconditionally and irrevocably in love with them. #WyrdWednesday

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hello! I would love to be added to this list if possible! 🖤

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

A kind daughter helps a fairy, and in return is granted a gift of having jewels fall from her lips whenever she speaks. The other daughter also visits the fairy. She is so rude that she is cursed to have toads and vipers fall from her mouth. #Fairytales #Folklore Art by Reinhold Lilie

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Through the darkness of the woods, you are always being watched. #art #horror

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Prairie Bones @prairiebones.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I would love to be added if possible! I make art about dark folklore 🖤 My Bluesky account is very new

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