#Today is apparently #WorldFolkloreDay.

Devon #folklore encompasses tales of pixies, witchcraft, ghosts, & other supernatural creatures & weird happenings, with Dartmoor as the setting for many of these.

The tale of the ‘Hairy Hands’ was one that particularly caught my imagination as a child - a pair of disembodied hands that appear and suddenly grab the wheel of a moving car & try to force it off the road! This & more at https://visitdartmoor.co.uk/myths-and-legends

What’s your favourite folklore tale?

Ania Freer, an Australian-Jamaican filmmaker, cultural researcher, and creative storyteller, featured Shango and his experience with a River Mumma, a water spirit who inhabits and protects the rivers in Jamaica. In our folklore, it's said that one of the River Mummas lives beneath Flat Bridge, one of the oldest bridges in Jamaica, which spans the River Cobre.

https://vimeo.com/545325243

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