Shiny new things alert! It’s the podcast’s 3rd anniversary episode, so in order to honour the all powerful story rule of 3, I am bringing you not one but three episodes! My first has everything you might want in a story: bees, a blue eyed hare, a wise old woman, a witch & All Hallows Eve plus some interesting things you may not know about bees, honey, death & the Underworld: https://bit.ly/3Zd68rQ

#folktales #Folklore @folklore

Some people turn into werewolves so that they can tear people and animals limb from limb.

Others do it to commit highway robbery.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #werewolf @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-big-teeth-31962001

Il giorno in cui guardammo la Thailandia dalla bocca di un rospo

https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=38705

#musei #architettura #strano #edifici #animali #rospi #batraci #thailandia #viaggi #yasothon #dal mondo #viaggi #turismo #attrazioni #religione #storia #buddhismo #folklore #leggende #miti #anfibi #asia

Do not try to steal from the Snake King, for then his subjects will hunt you without pause.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #snake @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/kingdom-of-33670237

Only a few witches' gatherings are presided over by the Devil's own grandmother!

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil
https://www.patreon.com/posts/devils-35074601

The Devil is only too happy to gloat if you walk down the same villainous path as your father, grandfather, and great-grandfather before you.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #devil
https://www.patreon.com/posts/devil-as-68912874

Beware of sweating corpses!

#Germany #folktale #folklore #vampire @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/hunting-forest-75499244

Listen to @rorystarr 's reading of German folk tales where the Devil punishes sinners with much relish!

And, as they say, like and subscribe!

#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=661r85LkCDY

#MythologyMonday: Cian found his way to Balor’s domain and discovered the tower in which Eithne was imprisoned. Balor’s daughter bore Cian three sons, all of whom were thrown into the sea by their furious, frightened grandfather when he discovered their existence. Cian was able to save one, who became the god and hero #Lugh.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

The high mountains are no place for the living...

#Austria #Germany #Switzerland #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohqef4A-jVo

Do not summon the Devil in the presence of amateurs. They will always screw it up.

#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/summoning-devil-39474520

In Tokyo there is a statue of Hachiko the faithful dog near the busy Shibuya crossing. Legend goes that after the dog's owner died unexpectedly he continued to wait for him each and every day for the next nine years. The statue is now a famous meeting place.
#JapaneseFolklore #folklore #Japan @folklore

"An ancient African water spirit, Portuguese slave traders, and a snake charmer traveling with the circus--incredibly, all of their stories collide in a narrative that spans centuries, continents, and the best and worst of human instincts."

https://soundcloud.com/theobjectpodcast/water-for-spirits-the-circus-star-who-became-a-goddess

#Art #History #Snakes #Folklore

#Art #History #Snakes #Folklore
https://soundcloud.com/theobjectpodcast/water-for-spirits-the-circus-star-who-became-a-goddess

Night hags are known for riding their victims while they are asleep.

But sometimes, their victims manage to turn the tables.

#Germany #folktale #folklore @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ride-of-walrider-33109119

First volume now at close to 900 pages, making publication on a POD site impossible. Second volume just over 500 pages. Third volume <200 pages. This gives me cause to consider compiling volumes two and three in a single binding.

Volume one is a pain, though. I'm either going to have to increase the paper size or shrink the type.

(Vols 4–6 still unknown.)

#NorwegianFolktales #NorwegianLegends #Folklore @folklore @folklorethursday

„In England the fall equinox period was devoted to harvest fairs marked by mummers’ parades in which mythological characters like Robin Hood and Maid Marion danced with animal archetypes like the Hobbyhorse.“ 
„As the syllable hob usually indicates a connection with the #Otherworld, the hobbyhorse is thought to derive from Celtic practice, perhaps related to the horse goddess Epona.“ 
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` 
https://twitter.com/MrPunchNFriends/status/1445832160380796929 

„In England the fall equinox period was devoted to harvest fairs marked by mummers’ parades in which mythological characters like Robin Hood and Maid Marion danced with animal archetypes like the Hobbyhorse.“ 

„As the syllable hob usually indicates a connection with the #Otherworld, the hobbyhorse is thought to derive from Celtic practice, perhaps related to the horse goddess Epona.“ 

Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` 

https://twitter.com/MrPunchNFriends/status/1445832160380796929 

Behold the Cat with 301 Young!

Iä! Iä!

#Germany #folktale #folklore #cat @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/town-hall-cat-64625957

“But all collections have wellnigh been overtopt lately by the Norwegian (still unfinished) of Moe and Asbjörnsen, with its fresh and full store”

- Jacob Grimm. Teutonic Mythology, vol. III (1835). James Steven Stallybrass (trans.). London: George Bell & Sons. 1883, p. xv

#NorwegianFolktales #NorwegianLegends #Folklore @folklore @folklorethursday