Bevan Thomas<p>Greek theatre began as religious rituals for Dionysus; a masked figure adopted a persona to deliver a dramatic monologue. As the art form developed, other actors were added to the performances, and even secular topics were introduced. Masks remained important.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GreekFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreekFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theater</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Theatre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theatre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Dionysus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dionysus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mask</span></a></p>
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Bevan Thomas<p>In some Welsh legends, the little fairies eat poisonous mushrooms and a "fairy butter" found in the crevices of limestone rocks. Fey illusions make the food's appearance and taste more appetizing. More charmingly, fairy gloves are made from foxglove flowers.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTaleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairyTaleTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Superstitiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstitiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WelshMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelshMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelticMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WelshFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelshFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelticFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Faerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faerie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flower</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Foxglove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Foxglove</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mushroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mushroom</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>As the term "mancy" originally referred to divination, originally "necromancy" was less about raising zombies and more about using the dead to predict the future, such as by throwing bones, studying entrails, or summoning a prophetic ghost for questioning.<br>🎨 Ebenezer Sibley</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkyFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Superstitiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstitiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Occult</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Magic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Sorcery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sorcery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Necromancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Necromancy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Divination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Divination</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ghost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/JohnDee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnDee</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EdwardKelly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdwardKelly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EbenezerSibley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EbenezerSibley</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>A hand of glory is an artifact of European sorcery: the dried and pickled hand of a hanged criminal that holds a candle made from that criminal's fat. Its candlelight temporarily paralyzes everyone save the person wielding the hand. This is very useful for robberies.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Superstitiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstitiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EuropeanFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Occult</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Sorcery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sorcery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Witchcraft</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Victorian England, telling ghost stories at Christmas was a popular tradition. The sun setting so early in December, with families generally staying inside and huddling around the fire to keep warm, created an evocative environment for spooky tales.<br>🎨 John Massey Wright</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkyFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ghost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Story</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GhostStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostStory</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>Tristan is by far the most multitalented of King Arthur's knights in folklore. As well as being one of King Arthur's best fighters, Tristan is a skilled poet, singer, harpist, hunter, swineherd, and master of disguise. The Welsh legends also make him a wizard.<br>🎨 Edmund Leighton</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegendaryWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KingArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingArthur</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arthuriana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arthuriana</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Tristan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tristan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TristanandIseult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TristanandIseult</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>The most powerful monster in Welsh myth was Twrch Trwyth, a man so evil that God cursed him to become a gigantic boar. King Arthur's greatest warriors attacked Twrch Trwyth to acquire the golden comb, scissors, and razor entwined in his fur, and the boar slaughtered many of them.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegendaryWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KingArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingArthur</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arthuriana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arthuriana</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelticMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelticFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WelshMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelshMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WelshFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelshFolklore</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Welsh legend, the Awen is the divine force that possesses poets and bards to inspire their art, and possesses seers to give them visions of the future. However, if someone who lacks the proper will is possessed, the Awen can drive them insane.<br>🎨 John Hall</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Superstitiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstitiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelticMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WelshMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelshMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Bard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bard</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Norse culture, one of a lord's most important traits was generosity to his vassals. That's why one of the Norse god Odin's most precious magic objects was his gold ring Draupnir, which made eight copies of itself every ninth night. Odin gave these rings as gifts.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NorseMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorseMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VikingMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VikingMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Odin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odin</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>Ullr was a Norse god of hunting and skiing. Though none of Ullr's myths survive, the "Gesta Danorum" (a medieval history of Denmark) features "Ollerus," a wandering human wizard who rides a flying bone and is Odin's heir. They are likely versions of the same character.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegendaryWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NorseMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorseMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VikingMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VikingMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>An old Welsh technique to see if the fairies replaced your child with a changeling is to hollow out an eggshell and cook a meal in it. Often, the shocked changeling will say "I have seen the acorn before the oak but never the likes of this before," and then it will vanish.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Superstitiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstitiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Welsh</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Faery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Changeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Changeling</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>Though werewolves are usually ravening monsters in European fairy tales, werebears are often more sympathetic. They are frequently people cursed with bear form who wander the wilderness sad and alone until someone breaks the curse, and returns them their humanity.<br>🎨 Anton Lomaev</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTaleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairyTaleTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Superstitiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstitiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairyTale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LiteraturePosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiteraturePosts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Werebear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werebear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Werewolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Werewolf</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Shapeshifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shapeshifter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In order to learn the secrets of the dead, the Norse god Odin sacrificed himself. He was hung for nine days and nights on the World Tree with his enchanted spear in his side, denied food and water until he received an ecstatic vision of the Underworld's sacred runes.<br>🎨 Franz Stassen</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkyFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NorseMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorseMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VikingMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VikingMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Odin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Odin</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>"For what, Merlin? For your ambition? For the great prophet and magician of whom men speak with bated breath and give more worship than they would a king? And who is it pays this debt to God for carrying out your plans?"<br>- Mary Stewart, "The Crystal Cave"<br>🎨 Aubrey Beardsley </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookologyThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookologyThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arthuriana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arthuriana</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KingArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingArthur</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Merlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merlin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MaryStewart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaryStewart</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>"Beyond that circle whence so much was beaten back by the bright vehemence of the good man's curses, the will-o'-the-wisps rioted, and many a strangeness poured in that night from Elfland, and goblins held high holiday."<br>- Lord Dunsany, "The King of Elfland's Daughter"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookWormSat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookWormSat</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHorror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHalloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHalloween</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Halloween</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WeirdFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Faerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faerie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Goblin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goblin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LordDunsany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LordDunsany</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>The Maritime Museum in Victoria, Canada once was the old courthouse, and is haunted by the ghost of Matthew Begbie, the “hanging judge.” His hauntings include plagues of vermin, appearances of an oily silver liquid, and sounds of Begbie putting his fellow ghosts on trial.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Superstitiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstitiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHalloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHalloween</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHorror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Haunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ghost</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Paranormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paranormal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MatthewBegbie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewBegbie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>The animal most associated with vampires in Eastern European folklore is the wolf. Vampires became linked with bats only after blood-drinking bats were found in the Americas. This link was further enhanced by horror movies, as bats were easier to fake than wolves.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTaleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairyTaleTuesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Superstitiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstitiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHorror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHalloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHalloween</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gothic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vampire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vampire</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>"Lie close," Laura said,<br>Pricking up her golden head:<br>"We must not look at goblin men.<br>We must not buy their fruits.<br>Who knows upon what soil they fed<br>Their hungry, thirsty roots?"<br>- Christina Rossetti, "Goblin Market"<br>🎨 Dante Gabriel Rossetti</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfDarkandMacabre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHalloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHalloween</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Goblin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goblin</span></a></p>
In Wales, if you want a bwca or bwbachod (a goblin who cleans your home), then leave out a cup of cream each night (or better yet, a cup of ale). However, bwcas hate teetotalers. If you refuse to drink alcohol, they may kick you or throw your plates at you. 
Tony DiTerlizzi
A killmoulis is a goblin in Anglo-Scottish folklore who haunts mills. He has a giant nose but no mouth, and so inhales food through his nostrils. Though the killmoulis plays pranks and steals the miller's food, he pays the miller back by working hard in the mill. Brian Froud
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