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Marco Visconti @marcovisconti.org · 06/10/2026

I just backed this incredible project, even though I both love and hate it at the same time, because Lady Frieda Harris' unique Projective Synthetic Geometry style remains fundamental to the essence of the true Tarot of the New Aeon. Still, this looks gorgeous! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ale...

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The Thoth Marseille Tarot

The Thoth Tarot reimagined through the art of the Tarot de Marseille.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I know! I know! The rabbit is finally loose! And you can finally go get your very own copy of Winterset Hollow! Ack! Ebook, audio book, print, call me and I’ll read it to you! Whatever! Go forth unto your bookseller of choice! Your feast awaits! Gonna go spiral now! Love you guys!

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts' by @folklorewales.com and @folklorepod.bsky.social is out in paperback! Find your copy in your favourite local bookshop or through the link below 👻 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-fol...

Now in Paperback

‘a masterpiece of ghost stories in Welsh homespun.’

Myrddin ap Dafydd,
former Archdruid of Wales

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Beautiful Bizarre Magazine @beautifulbizarre.net · 02/10/2026

If you ever wanted to be a mermaid, this works too! Pretty iconic. Feeling Fishy Original artwork © Merissa Mann / Fish’n Flesh

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New episode! On our 5th anniversary, we spar and answer readers' questions. Expect lawsuits, mermaids, Slenderman, the beloved dead, dreams, (wo)men in black, tulpas, crisis apparitions, troll crowns, magic lanterns, the Seven Whistlers, and Angela Carter. www.buzzsprout.com/1859647/epis...

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Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

People around the world, tomorrow night, will be marking the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis of Assisi's passing. As described here.

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Mat Pringle @matpringle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

FRIDAY SHOP PLUG! matpringleillustration.bigcartel.com 'Tis the season for ghoulish linocut prints that delve deep beneath the blood dappled soil into the gnarled roots of folklore and folk horror. This linocut bunting features graven illustrations inspired by corn dollies, standing stones...

Linocut artwork carefully printed the directly onto wooden bunting. There are nine different prints across nine bits of plywood measuring approximately 15cm x 13cm each. The three in the picture depict two skeleton lovers, a witch hare and mask of sticks.

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Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you, Oxford Clarion! I'm a fan of your work 😘

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Two Oxford English dons have advised on Middle English dialogue for forthcoming horror film Werwulf, set in the 13th century. Dr Eleanor Baker and Professor Daniel Wakelin acted as consultants for director Robert Eggers. Werwulf will be released on New Year's Day. www.ign.com/articles/rob...

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“Does This Take Place in Hell?” Director Robert Eggers Teases Eerie Details About His 13th-Century Medieval Horror Film Werwulf

Director Robert Eggers reveals eerie new details about Werwulf, his upcoming medieval horror film starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe and Lily-Rose Depp.

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Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A Yorkshire witch cake collected in 1933. According to the label, these cakes were made every year between the 1st - 6th April and suspended behind the door to keep away witches. Hear more fascinating facts on our Witchcraft, Amulets & Magic tour, Wed 14 Oct, 2-3pm. £8/Members free. bit.ly/4gauF9Z

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This fresco depicts Cerberus, guardian of the underworld with Hercules left, who subdued him, and Mercury right. It was buried in a tomb for 2,000 years and only uncovered in 2023, which makes its vibrancy even more remarkable. 🕰️C1stBC-2ndAD 🏛️Tomb of Cerberus, Giugliano #FrescoFriday

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Hwæt! 🐉 Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English? #NationalPoetryDay

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Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This Saturday night we mark the 800th anniversary of the passing of Saint Francis of Assisi.

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Paula ⚪️ @paulaflucas.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Managed a spot of puddle bothering this morning. ⚪️ Portal.

Looking down on an oval shaped puddle on a muddy woodland path. The winter trees around and above it are reflected in the collected rain water and a pale blue sky with cumulus clouds. A few golden brown leaves are floating in the puddle and strewn around in the mud.

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you’ll be in Durham on 18/11, I’m giving a talk at @durhamhistory.bsky.social seminar “Murder, Magic… Spreadsheets?” about writing my new book on witchcraft in France(1790-1940) due out with Cornell next year. The highs, the lows… the stupid stupid spreadsheets. www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... 🗃️

Black and white photo of a woman manipulating an ox heart with various other magical paraphernalia

History Department Research
Seminars
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Catherine Fletcher (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Wednesday 18 November 2026
Will Pooley (University of Bristol)
Wednesday 2 December 2026
Jane Whittle (University of Exeter)
Wednesday 27 January 2027
Emma Hunter (University of Edinburgh)
Wednesday 10 February 2027
Shamara Wettimuny (The Queen's College, Oxford University)
Wednesday 24 February 2027
Holly Stephens (University of Edinburgh)
Wednesday 10 March 2027
Olesya Khromeychuk (Ukrainian Institute London)
Wednesday 12 May 2027
Mark Bailey (University of East Anglia)

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Sabrina River Folk Podcast @sabrinariverfolk.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I feel like a 🐟 in a big podcast pond but here I am, probably the only podcast in the 🌍 about a river, the River Severn/Hafren/Sabrina UK. Expect archaeology, social & maritime history, myth & folklore, goddess worship, rights of Rivers, ecology & wildlife, music, Morris dancing, art, pubs & more

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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In modern Druidry, Michealmas is often associated with the Irish sea god Mannanan mac Lir. According to this view, with the arrival of Christianity, the cult of this Celtic water deity was swiftly folded into the veneration of the Archangel Michael. The latter was connected with safety at sea. 🌊

Manannán mac Lir, sculpture by John Sutton at Gortmore, Magilligan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Kenneth Allen

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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.

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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪

A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

JACK-O-LANTERNS Before the grinning pumpkins of Halloween the folkloric versions or Jack-o-Lanterns, named for the Irish myth, were terrifying; carved from turnips or swedes they had the appearance of shrunken heads #31DaysofHalloween #FairyTaleTuesday

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

THE FAIRY FELLER'S MASTER STROKE is on display at the RCA giving access to the stunning detail of a fairy #autumn. Dadd depicts the fairy 'feller' about to split a large chestnut with his axe to make a new carriage for Queen Mab, amid the prickly fruits of the London Plane Tree #FolkloreThursday

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Nina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Brief Guide

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Coffin Boffin @coffinboffin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

JACK PUMPKINHEAD is a fictional character from the Land of Oz in books by American author L. Frank Baum. Jack first appeared in the 2nd Oz book 'The Marvelous Land of Oz', 1904. Images of my cherished copy! #FairyTaleTuesday

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today is St Michael's Day apparently, so here's a suitable image by Nicholas Roerich, painted in 1912. #StMichael #Michelmas #angel #weirdart #art

In shades of mainly red and orange we see the gigantic 'The Last Angel' of the title standing, spear raised, in a cloud of smoke as the countryside around him/her burns.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From 18 October there will be a new exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge devoted to folklore (and supported, among others, by the @folkloresociety.bsky.social)

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Dr Icy Sedgwick @icysedgwick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm joined by writer @charliecreed.bsky.social in this episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, to chat about his new book, The Faery Rules. We talk about why fairies in folklore aren't lovely, ways to protect yourself, and unusual beliefs around all things fairy-like! youtu.be/sdL6E6jEgxc

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hex @ouijacore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I found these frames and wanted to put paintings of weird marginalia guys in them. I unofficially call this piece "They're Boyfriends."

a pair of 1970s ornate diamond frames with paintings from medieval marginalia

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hex @ouijacore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I need to actually get pictures of some of the prints I did for an artist market, but this guy is still one of my favorites. It's 1/3 of my Wicker Man mini collection I did.

a pink soft lino cut of The Fool/Punch from The Wicker Man, sitting on a tray surrounded by scraps of lino, a vintage tool and a thick sharpie.

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Hermetic Library @hermetic.com · 13/09/2026

Treasures on Earth #OmniumGatherum library.hrmtc.com/20...

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☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Nice delivery this morning. Church Crawling by @friendlesschurches.bsky.social Rachel Morley! Looking forward to reading this (also it you want to donate a copy to my charity auction let me know)

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Delighted to be kicking off some 1400 year anniversary talks for the conversion of Deira (Yorkshire) in Pocklington on the 30th October For £5 you get to enjoy a talk about what Yorkshire was like before Christianity! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/little-kin... + you’ll be supporting a small museum

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Little Kingdoms of Yorkshire

Renowned author, Alex Harvey, is giving a talk entitled 'Little Kingdoms of Yorkshire: Post-Roman Pocklington & Beyond

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Some Other Sphere Podcast @sphericalpod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Episode 156 is out tomorrow! My guest is author and folklorist Jeremy Harte, who joined me to discuss his new book 'Treasures on Earth: Buried Wealth in Landscape and Legend'. It was a fun and interesting conversation. #Podcast #Folklore #Treasure #History #Magic #Ghosts @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I have a new (open access!) chapter out, ‘Competing Ethnographies of the Pagan Baltic’, in a volume about learned Latin ethnographies of Northern Europe edited by Per Pippin Aspaas, Anna Fredriksson and Andreas Klein. Free to download! brill.com/edcollchap-o...

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Nina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#SalomeSaturday Illustration by John Vassos 1927, inspired by Oscar Wilde's play although there is a suggestion of Alla Nazimova's fascinating 1922 cinematic adaptation.

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Going live in 30 minutes..!

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Apple 1997 – Think different Apple 2026 – Think compliant

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Stephen Miller @miller-flash-1066.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My review of ‘Fairies: A History’ is now up on the Taylor & Francis website ahead of publication in Folklore journal, ‘…a sure-footed guide across the shifting and treacherous terrain of an enchanted otherworld’. @folkloresociety.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social

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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

They look like characters from Doctor Zhivago. 🧡

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London Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Haunted Landscape 2026: Magic, Fairies and Old Gods Saturday 21 November 2026 10 am - 5 pm Francis Young - A History of European Fairy Traditions @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Lesser known fairies of Europe Details and tickets forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... 6/9

Francis Young resembles a hobbit-lawyer in this image. A friendly face, with thick dark hair, bear and eyes, considering something seriously. He is in a yellow bricked room, rather like a police cell, and is dressed in an immaculate sky blue shirt and a softer, dark tan waistcoat in some softer material.
This is who you would want to come and see you if you find yourself in Hobbit prison after some unfortunate firework or dwarf home-invasion incident.

Here a classic looking cover that is beautiful in it's simplicity. 'Fairies' at the top, 'Francis Young' at the bottom in some long font with a lazy but elegant serif to it. In the centre is a green circle showing a verdent wood where a nuch small 'A History' is centred.

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☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey everyone, and particularly anyone involved in publishing. @slipperyjack.bsky.social . Tales Accursed was one of the victims of the Unbound Saga and is still without a publisher. After the copies are sold from his website, this book will be gone forever. slipperyjack.bigcartel.com/product/tale...

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Hermetic Library @hermetic.com · 31/08/2026

Miracles of Our Own Making #OmniumGatherum library.hrmtc.com/20...

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I’ve signed a contract with @politybooks.bsky.social for ‘A History of Folklore’ – the first major history of the discipline of folklore in Europe in decades. It will chronicle folklore’s key role in European nation-building and propose a new way forward for the discipline. Coming 2028! 📚

An illustration by Arthur Rackham of an elf getting his beard stuck in a tree as two girls look on

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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#TodayInQueerHistory Aug 27 (1959) Oranges are Not the Only Fruit was the 1st book by Jeanette Winterson, who was born #OTD. It's semi-autobiographical, and explores the experience of a lesbian growing up in a conservative community. Jeanette's literary talent has earned her awards and accolades.

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Nordic Animism @nordic-animism.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Initially it was quite intimidating, but with time I have come to relish the experience of awkward silence, when you roll out to arts and humanities researchers the radicalism of a current anthropology perspective on the nature of spirit beings. peertube.nordicanimism.com/w/2u4XGTZGyQ...

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Are Spirits Real?

This lecture was given at the Seminar in November 2025 "Eco-Spirituality from a Neo-Animistic and Eco-Phenomenological Perspective" organized by the research group: “Time, Existence, and Nature Con...

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