#Grainne, the daughter of the High King of #Ireland, #Cormac mac Art, had agreed to marry #Fionn Mac Cumhaill. After first setting eyes on her groom, an old gray-haired hero, #Grainne forced #Diarmaid by means of géis to flee with her. They went on the run so they could escape Fionn’s wrath and be together, never sleeping more than a night in one place. After sixteen years of outlawry peace was at last made for #Diarmaid by the mediation of #Aonghus Óg with King Cormac and with Fionn. #Grainne bore to #Diarmaid four sons and a daughter.
While hunting, the Boar of Ben Bulben mortally wounded #Diarmaid. Fionn would have had the ability to save his former captain and friend, but hesitated until Diarmaid was dead.
#Grainne was at first enraged with Fionn, and sent her sons abroad to learn feats of arms, so that they may take vengeance upon him when the time would be ripe. But despite everything #Grainne made peace between Fionn and her sons, and dwelt with Fionn as his wife until he died.
Source: Dru Magus „#Myths and #legends of the #Celtic race“
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DwF-6cf97c
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RT @NeuKelte
#Celtic #FolkloreThursday #NationalStoryTellingWeek: In the chase of Diarmaid and Grania, it is Fionn's hound Bran that warns Diarmaid of Fionn's approach. On #Samhain, t…
https://twitter.com/NeuKelte/status/1621232099683344385

#OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay

áttorsceaða [ ᚪᛏᛏᚩᚱᛋᚳᛖᚪᚪ ]: venom-enemy / A poisonous destroyer; a venomous dragon

áttor (áttres/áttru): poison / venom

sceaða: scathe / harm / cause injury /a spiritual enemy / a fiend

Pronunciation: https://files-thefolklore-cafe.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/attachments/attorsceatha.m4a

The great áttorsceaða -- a deadly and venom-destroyer/enemy. A monster, like a dragon, who spreads poison where-ever it goes. This creation is a great wyrm (worm) or serpent. Deadly and fearsome; it lives in those dark and lonely places, marshes and swamps and destroys all living things.

#histodons #medieval #EarlyMedieval #medievodons #folklore #FolkloreFriday #Storytelling #dragon #monster #NationalStorytellingWeek

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It's #OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay time and today, in honour of #NationalStorytellingWeek we are going with

spelspreca [ᛋᛈᛖᛚᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳᚪ]:
prose-speaker; storyteller

spel(l): prose / work or prose

spreca: A speaker / one who speaks in council / Speaks with authority

Pronunciation: https://files-thefolklore-cafe.ams3.digitaloceanspaces.com/attachments/spelspreca.m4a

This is the title of a great storyteller, the person who tells the tales or greatness, adventure, of mourning and loss. There is no coincidence that we say stories are "spell-binding"; for the #AngloSaxons and #Jutes, telling stories were the deepest of magics. Every evocative word invoked the most powerful of spells.

#histodons #medieval #EarlyMedieval #medievodons #folklore #FolkloreThursday #Storytelling

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The #IsleOfWight tells the story of Ginger Tom — a cat that is said slide in and out of people’s letter boxes through the night. If you meet him, and offer him a special type of gingerbread (named after him) he will grant you his ear and give you advice.

But here’s the rub, if he does not like the treat he will not tell you, but his advice will be bad. It is only he enjoys the ginger that he will give you good advice.

If however, he visits and you have nothing to offer, then Ginger Tom will leave, never to visit you again.

A fresh batch of Ginger Toms was baked just this morning: they are thick and soft and made with real ginger.

#Folklore #FolkloreThurday #Storytelling #FolkloreOfTheWeek #FoodLore #NationalStorytellingWeek

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This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is 'Favourite Folktale,' and I could lie and say some interesting and unusual story is my favourite, but I'm embracing being basic and boring.

Invariably, my favourite stories are variants of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. I mentioned on Ether & Ichor that if you make me pick one between the two, it depends what mood you catch me in, and today you've caught me in a Beauty and the Beast mood.

One of my very favourite Beauty and the Beast variants is a Slavic version, "The Pigeon's Bride." I read it for last year's World Storytelling Day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr4Wypb3RFQ

#folklore #fairytales #NationalStorytellingWeek

Some of my favourite photos from our book signing on Saturday ❤️

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RT @OpenResearchUoA
It's #nationalstorytellingweek. Let's celebrate by exploring Scotland's rich diversity of oral storytelling traditions through recordings on the fully OA and interactive map https://mapofstories.scot/. Why not have a #cuppa and dive into a tale by our local Grace Banks? Enjoy!

Valuable resource from @GoodFinanceUK this #NationalStorytellingWeek to help you bring your impact story to life! They also signpost to their equally valuable webinar on the importance of storytelling https://t.co/OISugqZi7u https://t.co/KkOGDgtIqh

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#newwaystodoit

#thxYouTube #outsidecontent #solofilmclub #theNewWave #QualityofTradition #lifestylesofthehipandfabulous #lifestylesofthesadandlonely #lifestylesoftheprettyandpretenious #breaktherules #makenewrules #filmmontage

Breaking The Rules - The French New Wave | The Cinema Cartography
https://youtu.be/0R7R0JHvvgo

#nationalstorytellingweek
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#newwaystodoit

#thxYouTube #outsidecontent #solofilmclub #theNewWave #QualityofTradition #lifestylesofthehipandfabulous #lifestylesofthesadandlonely #lifestylesoftheprettyandpretenious #breaktherules #makenewrules

https://youtu.be/0R7R0JHvvgo

Today officially starts National Storytelling Week! But for us, that's every week. We're all stories so make yours a good one!

"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words." --William H. Gass

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#CommediaDellArte #commedia #improv #improvisation #ImprovComedy #ImprovisedComedy #theater #theatre #ComedicTheater #masks #MaskedTheater #comedy #farce #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #SCA #MySCA #RegramMySCA #NationalStorytellingWeek #StorytellingWeek

So, once upon a time, it was #NationalStoryTellingWeek :-) Why not have a look at these resources and get people dreaming.
https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/national-storytelling-week/#:~:text=To%20celebrate%20storytelling%20week%2C%20taking,to%20becoming%20young%20storytellers%20themselves.

Zoe's got her illustrator top on, ready to sign some books at Aylesbury Library this afternoon!

#booksbooksbooks #books #library #libraries #booksigning #illustratorlife #adoptionbooks #aylesbury #nationalstorytellingweek #familyliteracyweek