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David W. J. Lloyd · @DayTripArt
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Here's a couple of my mixed media digital pieces that I completed this week. They are both prefixed by the series name - 'In Annwn, Everything Is Fine' (yeah, it's a play on the Eraserhead song) - The first piece is called Revival, the second, The Blessing.

#folkhorror #folklore #WelshFolklore #digitalart #daytripart #dwjlloyd #annwn #welshart #celfcymru #art

Last updated 2 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
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Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!

Enjoy this St David’s Day special episode of the ace Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast.

“EP39 The Magic Power of Leeks: Fight evil spirits with Wales’ national vegetable, and explore the darker side of St David’s Day history and traditions on the Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast” 🔗 markreesonline.com/podcast-st-

#flowers #podcast #nature #tradition #stdavidsday #cymru #Wales #WelshFolklore #folklore

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
415 followers · 410 posts · Server toot.wales
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Caught up with everything work-wise, so I’ll be spending the rest of the afternoon leafing through this excellent little book by Hellebore (HelleboreZine on IG)

#myth #church #britishfolklore #WelshFolklore #nature #castles #witchcraft #hauntings #folklore #Wales #helleborezine #occult

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
398 followers · 378 posts · Server toot.wales
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Yr Afanc is a gigantic lake monster from Welsh mythology, often likened to the Loch Ness Monster or described as a monstrous demon-platypus/beaver hybrid. Yr Afanc lived in Llyn-yr-Afanc in the River Conwy. When angered he was strong enough to break the banks, causing devastating flooding in the local area. He was eventually enticed to a lake far away, where he could cause no further trouble - Llyn Ffynnon Las, Eryri.

#mythology #Wales #WelshFolklore #folklorethursday #folklore

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
395 followers · 369 posts · Server toot.wales
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#tradition #folklore #WelshFolklore #welsh #cymru #Wales #romance #love #feastday #saintdwynwensday #saintdwynwen #dyddsantesdwynwen

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
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The custom of tŷ unnos (‘house in one night’) was a commonly-held folklore across Wales between the 17th to 19th centuries. It held that if a person could build a house on common land between dusk and dawn, then that person could lay claim to the legal freehold of the property.

🔗 bbc.com/news/uk-wales-53854853

🔗 ancient-origins.net/history-an

#WelshFolklore #histodon #history #cymru #welsh #Wales #tradition #folklore

Last updated 3 years ago
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Tom · @petlozki
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A pair mari lwyd, sculpted by Ana (Gardens of Hecate on IG).
I’m looking forward to getting some paint on these!


#miniatures #handsculpted #MariLwyd #folklore #WelshFolklore #cymru #Wales

Last updated 3 years ago
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Tom · @petlozki
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A pair mari lwyd, sculpted by Ana (Gardens of Hecate on IG).
I’m looking forward to to getting some paint on these!

#miniatures #handsculpted #MariLwyd #folklore #WelshFolklore #cymru #Wales

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
362 followers · 294 posts · Server toot.wales
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#wassail #wassailing #cymru #craft #art #miniature #modelmaking #Wales #WelshFolklore #folklore #MariLwyd #folklorethursday

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
357 followers · 287 posts · Server toot.wales
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“Wassail the trees, that they may bear
Many a plum, and many a pear
For more or less fruits they will bring,
As you do give them wassailing.”

- Robert Herrick

Artwork by the brilliant Johnny Greenteeth.

#johnnygreenteeth #illustration #art #folktradition #tradition #MariLwyd #wassailing #wassail #folklore #WelshFolklore #cymru #Wales

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
333 followers · 273 posts · Server toot.wales
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On Dydd Calan (New Year in ) children carried a ‘callenig’ from house to house in their village. Made with a fresh apple/orange, the callenig was skewered with 3 twigs and adorned with cloves, raisins or almonds, and topped with a sprig. Receiving the callenig is said to bring good luck and prosperity for the household, and in return the children would be given sweets or pennies. This tradition still takes place in some parts of Wales today

#newyear #cymru #Wales #WelshFolklore #folklore #welsh

Last updated 3 years ago
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Delyth Badder · @delythbadder
91 followers · 15 posts · Server toot.wales

Was an absolute pleasure joining @IcySedgwick on the to discuss the of and in .

Come for the cyhyraeth and the giant ghost greyhound of Clynnog Fawr, stay for the rant about the mistranslation and overgeneralization of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Also, Rhosllanerchrugog gets name-dropped *twice*.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=ML_4r60S

#WelshFolklore #Wales #ghosts #deathomens #folklore #FabulousFolklorePodcast

Last updated 3 years ago
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David W. J. Lloyd · @DayTripArt
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When I'm not making old-fashioned art, I sometimes play with the dreaded AI to make pictures. Here's some recent images of an imagined Welsh mining village, and the Mari Lwyd procession throughout the ages, made by AI, finished by me...

#midjourney #WelshFolklore #folklore #ai #MariLwyd

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
291 followers · 215 posts · Server toot.wales
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A selection of Mari Lwyds and a bonus Oss (the famous Pen Hood!) that will be taking part in the Wassail in early January 2023, via my faves blackthorn.ritualisticfolk on Instagram
🔗 blackthornbordermorris.com/eve

#cornwall #oss #folkbeast #cornishfolklore #midwinter #winter #tradition #wassail #nature #WelshFolklore #folklore #cymru #welsh #Wales #MariLwyd

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
290 followers · 214 posts · Server toot.wales
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Look at this beautiful Ceirw Arian photographed at sunset on the Solstice this year (made by the_bonnie_black_hare on Instagram, via the wonderful wyevalleywitch also on Instagram)!
The Ceirw takes the form of a spectral red deer hind. She is usually dressed in ghostly white, although her appearance may change for Cross Quarter festivals and sacred days

#ceirwarian #deer #nature #ceirw #december #midwinter #solstice #winter #WelshFolklore #folklore #witch #cymru #welsh #Wales

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
264 followers · 192 posts · Server toot.wales
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#art #craft #miniaturepainting #modelmaker #modelmaking #WelshFolklore #folklore #cymru #welsh #Wales #MariLwyd

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
177 followers · 160 posts · Server toot.wales
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Beautiful artwork by Valériane Leblond (valerianeleblond on Instagram) featuring a quilt-covered Mari Lwyd. The quilt is based on a design by Jen Jones (jen_jones_welsh_quilts on Instagram). Hat tip to @michaelcymro for this one!

#wassailing #december #christmas #winter #illustration #art #folklore #cymru #Wales #welsh #WelshFolklore #MariLwyd

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
166 followers · 146 posts · Server toot.wales
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One last Mari for you! By Neeza K (greyfieldmansion on Instagram)

#artist #art #illustration #cymru #welsh #Wales #WelshFolklore #folklore #MariLwyd

Last updated 3 years ago
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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
166 followers · 145 posts · Server toot.wales
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The Mari Lwyd by Heather Mahler (via Instagram heathermahlerart)

#art #illustration #cymru #Wales #welsh #WelshFolklore #folklore #MariLwyd

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Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
166 followers · 144 posts · Server toot.wales
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The Mari Lwyd by Katrin Blackwater (via Instagram katrinblackwater)

#art #illustration #welsh #cymru #Wales #WelshFolklore #folklore #MariLwyd

Last updated 3 years ago
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