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The theme for the hosted #FolkloreThursday 19th Feb is Water Spirits and Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers, and Seas! Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at these times GMT:
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3.30-4.30pm
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February 19, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Today's #FolkloreThursday was brought to you by:
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That's the end of an epic #FolkloreThursday 🦈
Today's theme was "Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas”
This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your very last host today! Wishing you a happy Lunar New Year 🌙
1908 Arthur Rackham
Today's theme was "Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas”
This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your very last host today! Wishing you a happy Lunar New Year 🌙
1908 Arthur Rackham
February 19, 2026 at 7:32 PM
That's the end of an epic #FolkloreThursday 🦈
Today's theme was "Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas”
This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your very last host today! Wishing you a happy Lunar New Year 🌙
1908 Arthur Rackham
Today's theme was "Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas”
This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your very last host today! Wishing you a happy Lunar New Year 🌙
1908 Arthur Rackham
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In France and Germany, St Elmo's Fire was explained as being the lost soul of a drowned sailor warning of sea storms. In Brittany, it was known as the wandering candle. In Greece, it was seen as a bad omen come to destroy the ship... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Book Illustration c. 1860
February 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
In France and Germany, St Elmo's Fire was explained as being the lost soul of a drowned sailor warning of sea storms. In Brittany, it was known as the wandering candle. In Greece, it was seen as a bad omen come to destroy the ship... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Book Illustration c. 1860
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Behold the strömkarl of Trollhättan! He’s both folkloric and industrial.
Strömkarlen (as the piece is titled) was created by sculptor, Carl Johan Eldh, in 1908 in conjunction with a project that harnessed the power of the Göta älv.
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Strömkarlen (as the piece is titled) was created by sculptor, Carl Johan Eldh, in 1908 in conjunction with a project that harnessed the power of the Göta älv.
#FolkloreThursday
February 19, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Behold the strömkarl of Trollhättan! He’s both folkloric and industrial.
Strömkarlen (as the piece is titled) was created by sculptor, Carl Johan Eldh, in 1908 in conjunction with a project that harnessed the power of the Göta älv.
#FolkloreThursday
Strömkarlen (as the piece is titled) was created by sculptor, Carl Johan Eldh, in 1908 in conjunction with a project that harnessed the power of the Göta älv.
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The sons of a 'Lady of the Lake' and a mortal man were taught the arts of healing by their mother before she returned to her abode beneath Llyn y Fan Fach - renowned for its healing waters. Their descendants were known as the Physicians of Myddfai.
🎨Faerie Trails 📷ohwhataknight
The sons of a 'Lady of the Lake' and a mortal man were taught the arts of healing by their mother before she returned to her abode beneath Llyn y Fan Fach - renowned for its healing waters. Their descendants were known as the Physicians of Myddfai.
🎨Faerie Trails 📷ohwhataknight
February 19, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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The sons of a 'Lady of the Lake' and a mortal man were taught the arts of healing by their mother before she returned to her abode beneath Llyn y Fan Fach - renowned for its healing waters. Their descendants were known as the Physicians of Myddfai.
🎨Faerie Trails 📷ohwhataknight
The sons of a 'Lady of the Lake' and a mortal man were taught the arts of healing by their mother before she returned to her abode beneath Llyn y Fan Fach - renowned for its healing waters. Their descendants were known as the Physicians of Myddfai.
🎨Faerie Trails 📷ohwhataknight
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River merrow: salmon tailed merfolk, seaweed lore and the history of a loric beach dwelling wulver coil through my next book Collected Curiosities which is now available to preorder www.botanicafabula.co.uk/collected-cu... #folklorethursday friends may well enjoy😊✨🌿📚🐺🌊
February 19, 2026 at 7:08 PM
River merrow: salmon tailed merfolk, seaweed lore and the history of a loric beach dwelling wulver coil through my next book Collected Curiosities which is now available to preorder www.botanicafabula.co.uk/collected-cu... #folklorethursday friends may well enjoy😊✨🌿📚🐺🌊
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Blakemere is a pool of black water nestled in the Staffordshire Moorlands. There are two legends linked to these black waters. One tells of a land-locked mermaid who, following the death of her mariner-lover, would lure young men to a watery death if they passed by at night 1/2 #FolkloreThursday
February 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Blakemere is a pool of black water nestled in the Staffordshire Moorlands. There are two legends linked to these black waters. One tells of a land-locked mermaid who, following the death of her mariner-lover, would lure young men to a watery death if they passed by at night 1/2 #FolkloreThursday
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Jenny Greenteeth is a supernatural being or ghost from rural NW England. She haunts ponds and other bodies of water—sometimes even the sea—pulling children under the water to their death. Tales of her nefarious deeds can be traced from 1850-2019 #folklorethursday
1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
February 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Jenny Greenteeth is a supernatural being or ghost from rural NW England. She haunts ponds and other bodies of water—sometimes even the sea—pulling children under the water to their death. Tales of her nefarious deeds can be traced from 1850-2019 #folklorethursday
1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
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“There is something mysteriously attractive in all that nixies do. Under the quiet water there may lie hidden so much that is sweet or terrible! The fishes, who may know somewhat thereof, are ever mute; or do they keep silence because they are cunning?”
(Heine)
#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
(Heine)
#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
February 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“There is something mysteriously attractive in all that nixies do. Under the quiet water there may lie hidden so much that is sweet or terrible! The fishes, who may know somewhat thereof, are ever mute; or do they keep silence because they are cunning?”
(Heine)
#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
(Heine)
#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
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Water spirits can compel their intended victims to come closer to their lake so that they can kill them more easily.
#folklorethursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Nixie_in_the_Lake_near_Wanzka
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Nixie_in_the_Lake_near_Wanzka
Nixie in the Lake near Wanzka
wiki.sunkencastles.com
February 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Water spirits can compel their intended victims to come closer to their lake so that they can kill them more easily.
#folklorethursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Nixie_in_the_Lake_near_Wanzka
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Nixie_in_the_Lake_near_Wanzka
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oops, I almost completely missed #folklorethursday ! Here's a little kappa that I made, the best water-dwelling yokai, holding one of its favorite things, a cucumber. Its other favorite thing, of course, is the shirikodama, a mysterious orb that is found in the human butt😅
February 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
oops, I almost completely missed #folklorethursday ! Here's a little kappa that I made, the best water-dwelling yokai, holding one of its favorite things, a cucumber. Its other favorite thing, of course, is the shirikodama, a mysterious orb that is found in the human butt😅
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River spirits often symbolize boundaries. Crossing water in folklore marks transition into new phases of life or danger. #FolkloreThursday
Art: Abhishek Singh
Art: Abhishek Singh
February 19, 2026 at 6:45 PM
River spirits often symbolize boundaries. Crossing water in folklore marks transition into new phases of life or danger. #FolkloreThursday
Art: Abhishek Singh
Art: Abhishek Singh
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"When the wind is blowing we can go there, can go past. If the wind stops you can't go any further, because they are there!"
The Martu of Western Australia believe cannibalistic Ngayurnangalku live under Kumpupirntily lake - in a world with its own sky & a sun that never sets ...
"When the wind is blowing we can go there, can go past. If the wind stops you can't go any further, because they are there!"
The Martu of Western Australia believe cannibalistic Ngayurnangalku live under Kumpupirntily lake - in a world with its own sky & a sun that never sets ...
February 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
#FolkloreThursday
"When the wind is blowing we can go there, can go past. If the wind stops you can't go any further, because they are there!"
The Martu of Western Australia believe cannibalistic Ngayurnangalku live under Kumpupirntily lake - in a world with its own sky & a sun that never sets ...
"When the wind is blowing we can go there, can go past. If the wind stops you can't go any further, because they are there!"
The Martu of Western Australia believe cannibalistic Ngayurnangalku live under Kumpupirntily lake - in a world with its own sky & a sun that never sets ...
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In Zennor, #Cornwall, a mermaid sometimes attended church services & is said to have one day lured a handsome chorister to her home beneath the waves. This bench end was carved with her image, to warn other men about these dangerous creatures. #FolkloreThursday #folklore #mythology
February 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
In Zennor, #Cornwall, a mermaid sometimes attended church services & is said to have one day lured a handsome chorister to her home beneath the waves. This bench end was carved with her image, to warn other men about these dangerous creatures. #FolkloreThursday #folklore #mythology
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Old Boneless is a coastal fairy made of clinging fog and mist haunting the seashores of Down and Antrim, obscuring the rocks from unwary mariners. Over the centuries, it has drifted towards the towns where it sustains itself on the smoke from chimneys... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Sedlacek
February 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Old Boneless is a coastal fairy made of clinging fog and mist haunting the seashores of Down and Antrim, obscuring the rocks from unwary mariners. Over the centuries, it has drifted towards the towns where it sustains itself on the smoke from chimneys... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Sedlacek
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Three mysterious maidens once visited one of the villages near Mummelsee lake. But they had to return to the lake each night before their curfew ended.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Maidens_from_the_Lake
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Maidens_from_the_Lake
The Three Maidens from the Lake
wiki.sunkencastles.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Three mysterious maidens once visited one of the villages near Mummelsee lake. But they had to return to the lake each night before their curfew ended.
#folklorethursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Maidens_from_the_Lake
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Maidens_from_the_Lake
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Cadborosaurus is a sea serpent with a horse-like head that has often been reported around Vancouver Island, BC - most famously at Cadboro Bay, Victoria. Various carcasses that have washed ashore have been claimed to be a cadborosaurus, but most turn out to be whales or sharks.
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February 19, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Cadborosaurus is a sea serpent with a horse-like head that has often been reported around Vancouver Island, BC - most famously at Cadboro Bay, Victoria. Various carcasses that have washed ashore have been claimed to be a cadborosaurus, but most turn out to be whales or sharks.
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“The waves eventually devour
Both sailor and boat, I believe;
A deed which with her singing,
Lorelei did achieve”
In 1824, Heine’s “Lore-Ley” established the Rhine siren sitting singing on her rock, combing her hair & luring boatmen to their watery grave
#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
Both sailor and boat, I believe;
A deed which with her singing,
Lorelei did achieve”
In 1824, Heine’s “Lore-Ley” established the Rhine siren sitting singing on her rock, combing her hair & luring boatmen to their watery grave
#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
February 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“The waves eventually devour
Both sailor and boat, I believe;
A deed which with her singing,
Lorelei did achieve”
In 1824, Heine’s “Lore-Ley” established the Rhine siren sitting singing on her rock, combing her hair & luring boatmen to their watery grave
#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
Both sailor and boat, I believe;
A deed which with her singing,
Lorelei did achieve”
In 1824, Heine’s “Lore-Ley” established the Rhine siren sitting singing on her rock, combing her hair & luring boatmen to their watery grave
#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
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'... I call to the dwellers along the shore
With a voice of gramarye evermore.
And if one for love of me
Gives to my call an ear,
I will woo him and hold him dear,
And teach him the way of the sea...'
~From 'The Sea Spirit' by L.M. Montgomery
🎨 Howard Pyle
#BookologyThursday
#FolkloreThursday
With a voice of gramarye evermore.
And if one for love of me
Gives to my call an ear,
I will woo him and hold him dear,
And teach him the way of the sea...'
~From 'The Sea Spirit' by L.M. Montgomery
🎨 Howard Pyle
#BookologyThursday
#FolkloreThursday
February 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
'... I call to the dwellers along the shore
With a voice of gramarye evermore.
And if one for love of me
Gives to my call an ear,
I will woo him and hold him dear,
And teach him the way of the sea...'
~From 'The Sea Spirit' by L.M. Montgomery
🎨 Howard Pyle
#BookologyThursday
#FolkloreThursday
With a voice of gramarye evermore.
And if one for love of me
Gives to my call an ear,
I will woo him and hold him dear,
And teach him the way of the sea...'
~From 'The Sea Spirit' by L.M. Montgomery
🎨 Howard Pyle
#BookologyThursday
#FolkloreThursday
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#FolkloreThursday Lüschersee is a small Swiss Alpine lake which is said to be bottomless. In its depths lives the Butatsch Cun Ilgs, a monster described as looking like an enormous cow's stomach covered with hundreds of hypnotic eyes, which can also shoot fire.
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February 19, 2026 at 4:36 PM
#FolkloreThursday Lüschersee is a small Swiss Alpine lake which is said to be bottomless. In its depths lives the Butatsch Cun Ilgs, a monster described as looking like an enormous cow's stomach covered with hundreds of hypnotic eyes, which can also shoot fire.
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abookofcreatures.com/2015/09/23/b...
Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🐉
That was Crystal at @crystalponti.bsky.social sharing your posts before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your final host today (for the next hour).
Today's theme is Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas 🧜♀️
1928 Ivan Billibin
That was Crystal at @crystalponti.bsky.social sharing your posts before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your final host today (for the next hour).
Today's theme is Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas 🧜♀️
1928 Ivan Billibin
February 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🐉
That was Crystal at @crystalponti.bsky.social sharing your posts before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your final host today (for the next hour).
Today's theme is Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas 🧜♀️
1928 Ivan Billibin
That was Crystal at @crystalponti.bsky.social sharing your posts before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your final host today (for the next hour).
Today's theme is Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas 🧜♀️
1928 Ivan Billibin
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1/2 Thank you @folklorethursday.bsky.social for having me today!
Thank you to everyone who joined us and for your excellent questions. Great to be in a crowd with people with the same interests.
If you want to to read The Lure of Water and Wood, here's a link.
www.amazon.com/dp/0986266663
Thank you to everyone who joined us and for your excellent questions. Great to be in a crowd with people with the same interests.
If you want to to read The Lure of Water and Wood, here's a link.
www.amazon.com/dp/0986266663
The Lure of Water and Wood
Amazon.com: The Lure of Water and Wood: 9780986266669: Lundström Erwin, Helen: Books
www.amazon.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM
1/2 Thank you @folklorethursday.bsky.social for having me today!
Thank you to everyone who joined us and for your excellent questions. Great to be in a crowd with people with the same interests.
If you want to to read The Lure of Water and Wood, here's a link.
www.amazon.com/dp/0986266663
Thank you to everyone who joined us and for your excellent questions. Great to be in a crowd with people with the same interests.
If you want to to read The Lure of Water and Wood, here's a link.
www.amazon.com/dp/0986266663
I'm @crystalponti.bsky.social and that’s a wrap on this hour of #FolkloreThursday! Thanks for a wonderful session. It was a delight exploring water spirits and shape-shifters with you all. Up next: @shanonsinn.bsky.social returns to host the final session of the day at 6:30 GMT.
Art: Emily Ward
Art: Emily Ward
February 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I'm @crystalponti.bsky.social and that’s a wrap on this hour of #FolkloreThursday! Thanks for a wonderful session. It was a delight exploring water spirits and shape-shifters with you all. Up next: @shanonsinn.bsky.social returns to host the final session of the day at 6:30 GMT.
Art: Emily Ward
Art: Emily Ward
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The Scottish Kelpie: a notorious shape-shifting water horse haunting lochs & lonely rivers. 🌊
It appears as a lost dark grey or white pony, tempting the unwary to climb aboard—then drags them to a watery grave beneath the depths.
Beware the sticky hide that traps riders fast! 🏇
The Scottish Kelpie: a notorious shape-shifting water horse haunting lochs & lonely rivers. 🌊
It appears as a lost dark grey or white pony, tempting the unwary to climb aboard—then drags them to a watery grave beneath the depths.
Beware the sticky hide that traps riders fast! 🏇
February 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
#FolkloreThursday 🐎
The Scottish Kelpie: a notorious shape-shifting water horse haunting lochs & lonely rivers. 🌊
It appears as a lost dark grey or white pony, tempting the unwary to climb aboard—then drags them to a watery grave beneath the depths.
Beware the sticky hide that traps riders fast! 🏇
The Scottish Kelpie: a notorious shape-shifting water horse haunting lochs & lonely rivers. 🌊
It appears as a lost dark grey or white pony, tempting the unwary to climb aboard—then drags them to a watery grave beneath the depths.
Beware the sticky hide that traps riders fast! 🏇
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"Legend Of The Dragon-Slayer Of Lyminster" by Samuel Evershed, Esq. Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol.XVIII, 1866.
"...the pool never frozen over...this mysterious spring had no bottom...was then the haunt of a Monster which ravaged the country for miles round..."
#FolkloreThursday #Knucker
"...the pool never frozen over...this mysterious spring had no bottom...was then the haunt of a Monster which ravaged the country for miles round..."
#FolkloreThursday #Knucker
February 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"Legend Of The Dragon-Slayer Of Lyminster" by Samuel Evershed, Esq. Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol.XVIII, 1866.
"...the pool never frozen over...this mysterious spring had no bottom...was then the haunt of a Monster which ravaged the country for miles round..."
#FolkloreThursday #Knucker
"...the pool never frozen over...this mysterious spring had no bottom...was then the haunt of a Monster which ravaged the country for miles round..."
#FolkloreThursday #Knucker