Since lots of new people have arrived from #Twitter recently:

If any of you are from the #MythologyMonday , #FairyTaleTuesday , #WyrdWednesday , or #FaustianFriday crowds, let's connect!

I am still around here, and post about German #folklore daily!

From the Egyptian "Book of the Dead" - Hall of Judgment

Shay, God of #Fate who determines the the life span of humans
Anubis, Lord of #Embalming
Thoth, here as #Scribe of the Gods

#Papyrus Ani, ca. 1250 BC, #Egypt

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#WyrdWednesday #ancientmagic #BookOfTheDead #Egyptian #Shay #Anubis #Thoth #Egyptology

The #ancient Egyptian god Shay personified the concept of fate in #Egyptian believe.

In this #divination he was invoked amongst other gods to "bring in the light".

It then says:

Thoth, let #creation fill the earth with light! Ibis, let #truth emerge!

From a #ritual instruction for a divination, 2nd-3rd century, Egypt

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#wyrdwednesday #fate #thoth #ibis #egypt #anubis

For #InternationalWomensDay

Saint Wihtfyr [ ᚹᛁᚻᛏᚠᚣᚱ ] (Light of Wight) is an unattested / local #Justish #saint who lived in the 7th century; she was the sister of King #Arwald.

According to local legend she was born in Rowridge Valley on the #IsleOfWight and sent to #Kent at an early age to marry the then underage king, Ecgberht I where she converted to Christianity.

According to legend, through the village of Bearsted when she encountered a terrifying creature known as a #Manticore. This creature was said to have the body of a lion, the wings of a bat, and a long, barbed tail that could impale its victims.

With her unwavering faith and her trust in God, she drew upon her strength, confronted the Manticore and defeated the creature. From that day forward, she became known as a symbol of courage and victory over evil.

Eventually she was revered as a holy woman and a defender of the faith in parts of the Isle of Wight. After her death, her holy relics were said to have been brought to the Island and placed within a shrine in hamlet of Rowridge. If true, it would have been the first Christian shrine to be built on the Island. NB the shrine has been lost

Wihtfyr's has been depicted holding a sword with a crown on it and standing on the plane Manticore.

#WyrdWednesday #histodons #AngloSaxon #medievodons #medieval

@anglosaxon @histodons @medievodons

Hello everyone, I know I have been away for a few weeks, but I'm back!

I'm working on putting together info on my #OldEnglish word of the day series, #AngloSaxon saint of the week, Lost Villages of the Month, Anglo-Saxon God of the Month and Weekly #Folklore

I'd just like to share my favourite part of the #BayeuxTapestry as it always makes me smile

What's your favourite part?

#histodons #WyrdWednesday @AimeeMaroux
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@anglosaxon

static or moving?
wyrd encounter in the wild wood

#tree #WyrdWednesday #shapeshifting

#AngloSaon #SaintOfTheWeek

Saint Ƿærburh (Werburgh)d. 700, the patron saint of Chester. Her feast day is 3 February.

It has been said that her name means "true city", but a more accurate translation would be:

Ƿær: 1. truth ; faith 2. fidelity ; friendship 3. agreement ; promise

bur(h): an inner chamber / inner room

Inner Chamber of Faith/truth or "Body Filled with Faith".

She was born in Staffordshire in mid 7th century and was the granddaughter of King Penda of Mercia. She was the daughter of St Ermenilda (Next week's Sant of the Week).

She devoted herself Christ at an early age and entered the Abbey of Ely to become a nun. She became the fourth Abbess of Ely; she succeeded her mother Ermenilda, her grandmother Seaxburh, and great-aunt Etheldreda.

Come Miracles:
1. Ƿærburh commanded flock of geese causing havoc in the cornfields of Weedon. The command banished them and since then no geese have been seen in those parts.
2. She parted the River Dee at flood, to save the Earl of Chester
3. Her favourite goose, Greying was eaten and she revived him with just the left over bones
4. In 708 her brother King Coenred opened her grave and she was found to be miraculously intact -- a year later he abdicated and became a monk

There are ten churches in England dedicated to the saint.

#histodons #medievodons #WyrdWednesday #medieval #Folklore

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#OldEnglish #WordOfTheDay

dreócræft [ ᛞᚱᛖᚩᚳᚱᚫᚠᛏ ]: the magical arts; magic work ; casting magic; spell casting

dreó / drí / drý: A sorcerer, #magus; sorcery

cræft: strength ; power ; skill ; device, especially magical

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

This is the act of spell binding / making of powerful magic by a great #sorcerer.

"Simon se drý þurh dreócræft worhte ærene næddran, and ða hie styredan"

Translation: Simon the sorcerer [ #SimonMagus] made adders [snakes] made of brass and though the use of #magic they moved by themselves

"Hé bysmraþ men mid his dreócræfte"

Translation: He mocked men with his magical skills

#AngloSaxon #Jutish #WyrdWednesday #Folklore #pagan #WitchWednesday #Witchcraft

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@oldenglish
@languagelovers
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Old English word of the day: #Eftwyrd [ ᛖᚠᛏᚹᛁᚱᛞ ]

The end of the beginning is the beginning of the end…

A description of the Eftwyrd — a becoming again a renewal of existence

#AngloSaxon #OldEnglish #Pagan #Jutish #Folklore #Wyrd #WyrdWednesday #histodon

@folklore @pagan @paganism @histodons

RT @CWReeve@twitter.com

Selene, Greek goddess of the Moon, charged with not leaving mortals in the dark when her brother Helios, the Sun, was hidden below the horizon. The daughter of the Tians Hyperion and Theia, she rides a snow-white chariot, pulled by a pair of winged horses.

#WyrdWednesday

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CWReeve/status/1613109732335648770

RT @frome_maude@twitter.com

A C19th netsuke (miniature sculpture) of the lunar rabbit, endlessly mixing the elixir of eternal life with pestle & mortar for the Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e. She drank her tyrant husband’s elixir, became immortal, & with her pet rabbit, fled to the moon. #WyrdWednesday

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/frome_maude/status/1613009025440043009

This week’s #WyrdWednesday #BookRecommendation from my collection is Ben Aaronovitch’s “Rivers of London,” the opening volume in his hugely successful urban-fantasy-meets-London-history series. #bookstodon #bookworms

For the first of my #BookRecomendations to fall on #WyrdWednesday you can’t go past Tolkien’s ‘Adventures of Tom Bombadil.’ For all the shelves of papers written on JRRT’s work, no one has ever really solved the mystery of who Tom is, or where he fits into the wider #LOTR mythos. #bookstodon

RT @NatureFolklore@twitter.com

Knockers are spirits of dead miners in Cornish folklore. Their knocking warned of mine collapses, and miners left their crusts of pasties to appease them so they didn’t get mischievous and put miners at danger.

#FolkloreThursday #Cornwall #WyrdWednesday

🖼Rob Potter, Unsplash

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NatureFolklore/status/1608229350322626561

On the fourth day of #GothicChristmas

Join me for the Tale of The Cargast Coins

Listen for FREE: https://youtu.be/ETPnCeaQv-0

Written and Performed by Me.

The fallow season is a time of rest for the living; also a time for us to put away all the things that have entertained us through the brighter months. However, for the creatures of the night and the jealous souls of the restless dead, it is a time for them roam free. The spectres and ghosts use this time to travel far and while, fore they know their time is limited and the days are slowly growing longer... Listen to hear the whole story

#Folklore #Folktales #audiobooks #audio #AngloSaxonArt #WyrdWednesday #Storytelling #paganism #pagan #histodon #histodons #history #ChristmasTide #Yule #YuleTide #FolkHorror

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Here’s an early entry in my upcoming #BookRecommendations series of posts (which will begin in earnest on 01/01/23) - #Threadneedle from Cari Thomas and the good folk at HarperVoyager - the first in a new and exciting London-based fantasy series, a first class read, and ideal material for a #WyrdWednesday. 😁📚

RT @AnnieBrassey@twitter.com

Just a reminder not to fall asleep at Christmas... "A Christmas Dream. - Drawn By Kate Greenaway." (1846-1901) From The Illustrated London News 26.12.1874 for #WyrdWednesday. #GothicAdvent #Victorian #Christmas #History #1870s #Dreams #Drawing #Art

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AnnieBrassey/status/1603058654449631239

#GothicAdvent Day 17:

The #Winter Arch sits on the lonely edge of the #IsleOfWight . It stands in position so that through the #Yule season the sun will always set directly between it. No one knows who maintains it or who originally built it, only that it has been there for as long as anyone can remember.

It is built from driftwood, that is skilfully bound together with rope and wooden pegs. Mysteriously being repaired every summer by the Unknown Crafter (as they are known).

It is said to be used by those who are of the cunning to commune with the Somewhen. They hold parle and present offerings to placate the shades and spectres of the other place. For it is known that the growing of the darkness gives these creature a better hold in the world of things.

Many people have said, when they casually pass through the arch, that is feels like they have passed through something ethereal. Yet others report a sense of dread just be being within a stride of this curious wooden passage.

#Folklore #WyrdWednesday @folklore #ghosts #CunningFolk

RT @CaraLHamilton@twitter.com

The Scandinavian Kitchen Witch is folk magic that brings both culinary productivity and averts ill-will. In Norway keeping one in the kitchen has been popular for centuries to keep roasts from burning and pots from boiling over. #WyrdWednesday

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CaraLHamilton/status/1600432304295276544

RT @RubiconFilmsUK@twitter.com

One for the #WyrdWednesday clan!
We got into the World's No. 1 #Horror Magazine.

Here's the full article:
https://www.screamhorrormag.com/the-new-age-of-british-folk-horror-is-here-with-rubicon-films-new-sideworld-documentaries/

#FolkHorror @WyrdWednesday@twitter.com @FolkloreThurs@twitter.com @Mythandlorezine@twitter.com @FolkloreFilmFes@twitter.com @CentreMyth@twitter.com https://twitter.com/ScreamHorrorMag/status/1600393633319964672

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RubiconFilmsUK/status/1600471907543175168