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A folk tale for #SwampSunday. Despite its appearance in a Tolkien blog it comes from my wife’s family, so I can’t swear to its veracity. https://www.idiosophy.com/2018/01/goldberrys-kind-gets-around/

#SwampSunday 100% approves The Rig — an ecological thriller filmed in Scotland.

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From the woods, from the swamps we come…

Shishinga in East Slavic lore, is a tiny hunchbacked woman. She dwells in the reeds and drowns solitary travelers.

Come share your tales of forests and waterbodies with #SwampSunday 🐍
We repost throughout the day.

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Illustration: J. W. Waterhouse (detail)

If you enjoy Australian gothic, Troppo is a show for you!

100% #SwampSunday approved 🍃🐍🍃

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This #SwampSunday I was planting black willows on a riparian terrace, and fell into the Shenandoah River.

Slava Raškaj for #SwampSunday 🪷

In Kazakh lore, Konayak is a forest demon with belts instead of legs.

Konayak lies on the ground and cries for help, but if you approach such a creature, it will weave its belts around your neck and suffocate you.

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Located in the middle of the German Black Swamp, at the border triangle of Hesse, Thuringia and Bavaria, the residents of a village are said to have indulged in a sinful lifestyle. As punishment the entire village sank, and only a dark lake remained: the swamp eye (Moorauge).From time to time hikers hear the clock of the sunken church strike and at night three swamp maidens float over the swamp.

German links:

https://www.rhoenart-sage.de/html/das_versunkene_dorf_im_schwarz.html
https://www.rhoenart-sage.de/html/die_moorjungfern_aus_dem_schwa.html

Art: See second link

Will-o-the-wisps - mysterious lights that appear above marshy areas - have given rise to various types of #folklore around the world. The lights have been seen as fairies, pixies, blood-sucking 'fireball witches', & indicators of hidden treasure. In some tales, the lights are caused by damned souls using coals from hell to lead travellers astray. The lights sometimes appear in graveyards, where they are referred to as 'ghost candles'. Will-o-the-wisps are caused by gases resulting from organic decay. #SwampSunday #weird #history #weirdhistory #paranormal #graveyard

There are many tales in #JapaneseFolklore of frog brides. In these stories, magical frogs take on human form with the goal of marrying a human man. They look just like regular women, only they tend to be quite frail & often don't have the strength to do many normal tasks. If undiscovered, their marriages can be very long & happy, but if the husband witnesses his wife transforming into or from a frog, it will all end tragically.
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🎨1. Matthew Meyer
2. Watanabe Seitei

Your swamp heksa feels seen! 🐍

Illustration by Alexandra Dvornikova

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If you notice something red between the trees, that’s probably mavky swinging in a chain-dance.

These forest maidens are hollow from behind and encountering them can be dangerous.

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Illustration: Nata Vedana (Saatchi art)

From the woods, from the swamps we come!

Celebrate #SwampSunday with us!
Let’s talk about forests, swamps and other waterbodies! 🌾🌳🌾

'Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh' from the series 'Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations' also known as the 'Vertical Tokaido' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855.
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In #JapaneseFolklore iwana bozu are char (a type of river fish) who grow to an enormous size and transform into #yokai. They are able to shapeshift into human form, dress in Buddhist priest's robes, walk and talk. Mostly they approach people who are fishing in rivers to ask them to stop. They also talk to them about avoiding needless killing and taking only what they need. They warn people against fishing methods that cause damage such as river poisoning using Japanese pepper.
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In the Scottish Highlands, people used to believe that witches were capable of taking the form of a whale 🐋

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Illustration: Natalya Chernobryvets

From the woods, from the swamps we come!

Celebrate #SwampSunday with us!
Let’s talk about forests, swamps and other waterbodies! 🐊🖤🐊

Illustration: Seb Mckinnon