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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 7h

Scarecrows are traditional field guardians,evolved from ancient protective effigies into symbols of global folklore,harvest & mythology.Known locally as Corn John, Jack o' Straw, or tattie bogies/doolies, they may of replaced child laborers after 14C plague.#Folklore

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 21h

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Krampus autumnal Sunday vibes 🎃✨🍂

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Dying to Know: A Look at Folk Necromancy Who was raising the dead? And why? #Folklore lizziebickerstaff.substack.com/p/dying-to-k...

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hearing three loud knocks in an empty room, the crack of a whip, or a sudden, unexpected chime from a stopped clock. #Folklore pathologicalbodiesproject.home.blog/2020/11/20/d...

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Wyrd Wednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wyrdlings! It's the time, the bells have rung and the Mothers of the Wyrd return to their graves now! Thank you all for the wynderfully ghastly tales you shared with us today and fret not, we'll raise again with a new spooky #WyrdWednesday topic Monday next!

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The Wild Hunt News @thewildhunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A new Evangelical Alliance guide identifies growing interest in Witchcraft, tarot, crystals, & alternative spirituality as both spiritually dangerous & an opportunity for Christians to evangelize people increasingly looking beyond traditional religious institutions … wildhunt.org/2026/10/evan...

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Evangelical Group Sees Witchcraft and Spiritual Curiosity as Conversion Opportunity - News, Paganism, Religion, The Wild Hunt, U.K., World

Witchcraft & Pagan News - A new Evangelical Alliance guide identifies growing interest in Witchcraft, tarot, crystals, and alternative spirituality as both spiritually dangerous and an opportunity for...

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

If you want to start a side hustle in the field of animal control, you'd better know what you are doing, or else it is going to end badly for you. #Germany #folktale #folklore #snake wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Sna…

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The Snake Catcher

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Something Weird @i-am-estevan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In or around 1780, Italian physician and physicist Luigi Galvani performed an experiment on a dead frog. He wanted to see what would happen if it was given an electrical charge. He got a heart beat. The practice of electrifying biological material is known as Galvanism. #FrightClub #FolkLore

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I found some wonders last week! 🕸️🍂✨

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In ancient Greece, it was said mushrooms sprang up where Zeus, god of the sky and thunder, cast his lightning. There may be some truth in the tale; modern studies show strikes can boost mushroom growth, even doubling yields on spore-laden logs hit by lightning. #FolkloreThursday

Nine-photo collage of woodland mushrooms and toadstools, including vivid red-and-white fly agarics, pale capped fungi and small clustered mushrooms growing among moss, grass and autumn leaves, with several growing on fallen logs.

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Irish #folklore tells of lazy,clever drunkard named Stingy Jack who tricked Devil multiple times.When Jack died,he was turned away from Heaven and Hell.Devil gives Jack a burning ember to light his way in dark.Jack puts ember inside a hollowed-out turnip and wanders earth forever

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Szechuan(Sichuan)pepper used for-warding,protection,shielding, igniting passion.Venus retrograde challenges our self-worth,blur personal boundaries,tempting us to settle for less than we deserve.The spiky bush which peppercorns grows on acts as energetic "barbed wire" #Hægtesse

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Stephen G. Rae @stephengrae.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

white horses ride St. Mary's Loch upon Autumn winds I wrote this while walking beside the loch and was inspired by the water-horse, Kelpie from lore more in my: "Folklore of Scotland" folkloreofscotland.com #bookwormsat #Scotland

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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🌿🛡️🌿'Elfin Knight' - by Brian Froud. #FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🖼️ Bernhard Anton Funke

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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 21/09/2026

You should probably preorder KAIBYO THE SUPERNATURAL CATS OF JAPAN coming out Nov 10. Probably multiple copies. You can give them out as Christmas presents and make the world a better place. link.amazon/B00KDt3xD

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Julie Shiel @forgottenbeauty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In the Irish language, hedgehogs are called Gráinneog, which translates as 'ugly little thing'. They were thought to be witches in disguise & were hunted during the witch trials. 🎨Beatrix Potter redbubble.com/shop/ap/3585... #FolkloreSunday #art #vintage #illustration #decor #folklore

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Old Mr. Pricklepin - Beatrix Potter by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble

Old Mr. Pricklepin - Beatrix Potter from Appley Dappley Nursery Rhymes 1917 Look in my shop for more Beatrix Potter

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1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻 @neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: „The Cŵn Annwn are associated with the Wild Hunt. They are supposed to hunt on specific nights (the eves of St. John, St. Martin, Saint Michael the Archangel, All Saints, Christmas, New Year, Saint Agnes, Saint David, and Good Friday) […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

Cŵn Annwn, cut out from Giles Watson's The Lords of Annwn and edited by 1. Neu-Kelte; CC BY-SA 2.0

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Warding off witchcraft with paper: an everyday solution for everyday problems.Particular words written on paper were meant to carry power to ward off witches and defeat evil. #Folklore www.aber.ac.uk/en/history/n...

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fairy doors #FolkloreSunday medieval lore spoke of fairy mounds, fairy forts, and natural openings in the earth or hillsides that served as portals to an underground realm. historymedieval.com/medieval-fai...

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Think of any fairy tale illustration of elves or goblins sitting on or under a toadstool, and most likely the cap of such a fungus will be bright red with white spots treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-for...

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A wonderful fey start to October 🕸️🎃🍂✨

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Because winter and scarcity approached, the beginning of October was a time to finish final harvest tasks, bring warmth indoors, and set out small protective charms or burning rowan branches to keep households safe.#Folklore

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Old Michaelmas Day-also called “Devil Spits Day”the last day blackberries can be picked.This is the day that Devil fell to earth from sky,straight onto a blackberry bush,so he cursed the fruit, scorched by his fiery breath,stamped and spat on them making them unfit to eat!

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Derived from the Latin word limen (meaning threshold), autumn represents an Embrace the In Between phase where nature shifts from an ending to a preparation for the next beginning. a symbolic thinning of the veil between past and future, or this world and the unseen #Folklore

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SelineSigil @selinesigil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If the Gaoth Sidhe (fairy wind) blew on one side of the road when sun was highest, there would be a death in the family on that side of the road before midnight. Some would make the sign of the cross to avert bad luck! #Folklore

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The Folklore of Warwickshire @warksfolklore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A white hare once roamed around Brailes Hill which no one would ever try to kill as it was held to be sacred. #FolkloreSunday

Round enamel brooch featuring a white hare leaping over a snowy landscape

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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🍀🐇🍀An old English superstition says that to see a Hare is a sign of good luck, and a wish can be made as soon as it passes by. #FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As we've just had the full moon closest to the autumn equinox, known in Hookland as the Corn Maiden Moon, it seems appropriate share some of the folklore of the Heading the Corn. #FolkloreSunday

Full moon closest to the autumn equinox – Heading the Corn Part of the cultus in St. Urith in the county, but clearly also part of much older harvest festival traditions, the heading of the corn is the name for the ritual of the first sheath of corn cut being bound and taken to the nearest church so that the spirit of the saint could live in it to the next harvest. The sheath is traditionally taken on a cart, crowded with reapers, often wearing masks made of sack, shouting: ‘Hooky! Hooky! while the cart is led by an extravagantly dressed couple referred to as the Lord and Lady of the Harvest. Before the procession gets to the church to deliver the sheath, they will be met at a crossroad by a figure personifying death who will let them pass only after the shedding of blood (usually done by the nicking of the hands of the Lord and Lady of the Harvest). When the sheath has been delivered and a thanksgiving mass given, a usually somewhat riotous harvest supper is then held.

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The glorious and ancient Old Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury was demolished not long after this painting was made by Paul Sandby. But the county town of #Shropshire still boasts many beautiful old buildings - 600 of them listed - and is home to much ghostlore. [More #SpookySunday

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

FAIRY TRANSPORT Fairies & elves are said to cast an enchantment over woodland animals. They are shown delighting in their mode of transport in the fantastical world of French author and illustrator Jean-Baptiste Monge #FolkloreSunday

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