Scottish folklore by Ayrshire-born Druid and Bard, Stephen G. Rae the @BardCumberland. Published by The FolkLore Press and available in print and ebook.
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My: "Folklore of Scotland"
Come on a magical journey in faerie tales and folk horror, introducing almost 200 characters from Scottish folklore
more: folkloreofscotland.com
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#folklore #book #Scotland
We can't have a #HowlAtTheMoonDay without mentioning the infamous "Hexham Heads" news story, and subsequent werewolf activity. Real life folk-horror, courtesy of the BBC
It's #HowlAtTheMoonDay but in Cumbrian lore we don't have werewolves, we have were-sheep. Belle Sheephead is her name, and you can find out more in my:
"Folklore of the Lake District"
more: folklorepress.co.uk/
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#InternationalArtistDay My two new Zines: Dragons and Imaginarium
馃悏tales of 14 dragons from mythology, folklore and fantasy, illustrated throughout
馃 tales of 18 creatures from folklore and mythology, illustrated throughout
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#Zines #FolkloreSunday
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Pukwudgie, the little hairy goblin-like character from native American folklore
from: "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin" by Stephen G. Rae
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#goblins #folklore #booklovers
art: Stephen G. Rae (the author)
Beware visiting stone circles during Halloween; 'The Savages' are a race of goblins most common in the three days around Samhain
read more in my: "Folklore of Scotland"
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art: Brian Froud
At Samhain past, present, and future are one, and beings of The Otherworld walk amongst the living. It is a time of faerie folk, demons and spirits of the ancestors. Saturday is Halloween and the oncoming Winter is the 'season of the ghosts'
art: Alan Lee #FolkloreSunday
From Sunday 25th the full moon is the Hunters Moon (if it doesn't get blown away by Storm Boleo!)
It signaled the time to go hunting in preparation for the winter ahead
I prefer the Cree name Migrating Moon聽in reference to the time when birds begin to fly south to warmer climes
"stars is shining, moon is breet,
Boggart won't cum out to-neet!"
Boggart, my favourite character from northern folklore, a mischievous and malevolent hobgoblin
and read more in my "Folklore of the Lake District"
folklorepress.co.uk/
art: Stephen G. Rae
#Caturday P煤ca is a goblin-like being from Irish lore, that brings both good and bad fortune. It's a shapeshifter, able to take the form of a goat, hare, or cat
more in my: "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin"
folklorepress.co.uk
art: Stephen G. Rae
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From Sunday 25th, the full moon is the #HuntersMoon, it signaled the time to go hunting in preparation for the winter ahead. I prefer the Cree name Migrating Moon聽in reference to the time when birds begin to fly south to warmer climates
art: Knamil #FullMoon
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#FridayReads 1733 Renwick, a Cockatrice took up residence in the ruined church. A local man, John Tallantine killed the creature using rowan tree branch
read more in "Folklore of the Lake District" by Stephen G. Rae
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art: Stephen G. Rae, the author
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#FridayReads Goblins, they come in all shapes and sizes. They have both benevolent and malevolent characteristics
read more in: "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin" by Stephen G. Rae
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art: Stephen G. Rae, the author
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#FridayReads The Bheithir dragon ventures out of its lair only on summer nights when lightening strikes occur
more in: "Folklore of Scotland" by Stephen G. Rae
folkloreofscotland.com
art: Stephen G. Rae, the author
In the Highlands, chief amongst the Forest Spirits is the Uruisg, a half human/ goat being similar to the Faun that Ofelia meets
more in my "Folklore of Scotland"
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馃柤 poster for "Pan's Labyrinth", Guillermo del Toro's 2006 masterpiece, by Ise Ananphada
#FridayReads my: "Folklore of Scotland"
Come on a magical journey in faerie tales and folk horror
more: folkloreofscotland.com
馃摎 ships to UK via the website, and worldwide via Amazon, Apple Books, etc
Unicorns in Scotland? The "Beast of the Lowering Horn" on the Isle of Skye to be more precise
and read more in my "Folklore of Scotland"
folkloreofscotland.com
art: Stephen G. Rae
In Scottish language, 'bawd' and 'baud' is hare
Hare is a symbol of femininity and rebirth, and a messenger, moving by moonlight between this world and The Otherworld
art: Adam Oehlers
A hare was shot by hunters using a silver coin. At which moment an old lady passing-by, carrying wool for spinning cried out: "They have shot my familiar spirit" and she fell dead!
in my "Folklore of the Lake District"
folklorepress.co.uk/
馃柤 Gustave Dor茅 #witchwednesday
The superstition that witches favoured brooms as their mode of transport was popularised at the time of the Lancashire Witch Trials. Older sources tell of them travelling by pitchforks, pig troughs, plant stems.
馃柤 Jakub Rozalski #witchwednesday
#AppleDay Ents were the most ancient living creatures surviving in Tolkien's Middle-earth in the Third Age, and similar to the聽Tree Guardians of lore such as Oak Man and Apple Man
art: Apple Man by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
