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Nifty Buckles Folklore
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Valerie Hopkins (pen name Nifty Buckles). Author of myth & architect of The Darwind5 VAWT brand. Site: https://niftybucklesfolklore.fun
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"Granny Magic Chocolates," by Nifty Buckles

Millie Butterbloom mends hearts in quiet Brindle with her granny’s enchanted truffles.
When a flashy rival appears, quiet mountain magic wins the day!
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#BookologyThursday 📚🦄
Medieval lore—echoed in the Physiologus—claimed a unicorn’s horn could purify poison. When a serpent tainted a lake, the unicorn touched the waters, cleansing them so all creatures could safely drink. #EcoUnicorn #Unicorns

🎨 Remedios Varo
February 19, 2026 at 5:37 PM
#FolkloreThursday
Baba Yaga, the enigmatic Slavic witch & shapeshifter, dwells deep in the forest in her infamous hut on chicken legs—it spins, turns to face intruders, & moves on command! She flies in a mortar & pestle, iron-toothed & wild, shifting forms in tales of trickery, & dark wisdom.
February 19, 2026 at 4:47 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! 🏇
February 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
#FolkloreThursday 🧜‍♀️
In French lore, #Melusine is a fairy cursed to become half-serpent each Saturday. She weds Raymondin on one condition: never spy on her. He breaks the taboo, sees her true form, and loses her forever.
A legend of, love, & watery transformation claimed by noble lines as ancestor.
February 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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#BookologyThursday
People with a certain strength or fixity of purpose may have ghosts of a certain strength and fixity of purpose--most haunting ghosts, you know, must be as one idea'd as monomaniacs and as obstinate as mules to come back again and again. H.G. Wells, 1902
February 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for hosting the last hour of watery folklore- this is @mythcrafts.bsky.social here for the next hour fishing for your tasty folklore tidbits!
Img: Siren statuette from The Met
February 19, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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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:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
Don't forget to join us 1-2pm for: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/water-spir...
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Once a Selkie finds its skin again, neither chains of steel nor chains of love can keep her from the sea.

~Rosalie K. Fry
art by Tristan Elwell
#FolkloreThursday #BookologyThursday
February 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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“If the insect […] shall be successful, I will venture a seventh time to try my fortune in Scotland; but if the spider shall fail, I will go to the wars in Palestine, and never return to my native country more.”

—A spider inspires Robert the Bruce to persevere against the English
#BookologyThursday
February 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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“…while in the seas, rivers, and streams live the widespread race of water-spirits”

(de la Motte-Foqué “Undine”)

German Romantics had a certain fondness for elemental beings, with, being German, the ideological superstructure from Paracelsus et al.

🎨 Rackham

#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
February 19, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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A 'wraith' is an undead being from Scottish folklore, the embodiment of a soul on the verge of death

a 'waff' in Northumberland, and a 'swarth' in Cumbrian dialects

#bookologythursday #folklore
art: Vera Violetta
February 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

#BookologyThursday
#BookChatWeekly
February 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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"On the whole, I dislike my fellow beings; I find them so difficult to understand. But I have a tidy mind and untidy lives irritate me. Also, they are uncivilized". The brisk and pragmatic Flora attempts to sort out the brooding, ramshackle Starkadders of "Cold Comfort Farm" #BookologyThursday
February 19, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.

~Charlotte Brontë
(Jane Eyre)

Welcome to #BookologyThursday

Join us today for our theme:

✨Indomitable Spirits of All Kinds✨

In literature, myth, folklore and art.
February 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
#WyrdWednesday
At Camlann's bloody field, King Arthur falls mortally wounded, the mighty Pendragon breathes his last breath.
Yet death is no end: by ancient Celtic enchantment (some say Morgan le Fay's craft), his soul shifts into raven form
over Britain, to reclaim his realm again. #KingArthur 👑
February 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
#WyrdWednesday "Downfalls, Demises & It's All Over!" #Ragnarok 🔥🐉
Ragnarök: the ultimate final curtain in Norse lore. Odin devoured by Fenrir, Thor slain by Jörmungandr's venom, Loki & Heimdall mutually destroy each other. ⚔️

The World burns under Surtr's flame, drowns in flood—yet renews. 🔥
February 18, 2026 at 6:46 PM
#WyrdWednesday 🐉🔥
Orkney's Muckle Mester Stoorworm, monstrous sea serpent, devoured maidens & poisoned lands. Humble Assipattle crept into its maw, lit its liver with burning peat. The beast convulsed in agony, died exploding—teeth formed Orkney/Shetland/Faroes isles, corpse became Iceland.
February 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Happy #ChineseNewYear ! 😺🪙
The Maneki-neko beckons prosperity.
Today marks Lunar New Year: Year of the Fire Horse, galloping in energy, boldness & fortune!
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February 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
#MythologyMonday 🕸️✨
In Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, the spider becomes a fate-weaver. Like the Norns of old, Charlotte spins destiny into her web—words as spells, silk as salvation. A barnyard tale, yet steeped in ancient myth: that language itself can alter the threads of life. 🐖🕷️ #Charlottesweb
February 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
#MythologyMonday
#Dragonflies shimmer between worlds. In Japanese lore they were emblems of courage & victory; in parts of Europe they were called “devil’s darning needles,” feared yet fascinating. Born in water, rising to air, they embody transformation, illusion & the magic of midsummer light. 💫
February 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
#MythologyMonday
In Celtic #Buglore, a ladybug with fewer than 7 spots foretold a plentiful harvest 🌾🍀 If one lands on you, luck follows—but harm it and misfortune stirs.
In Norse lands, the “Lady” may once have echoed Freyja—goddess of love & fertility. 🐞✨ #Ladybugs
February 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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To win a copy of Bring Me Love by our pal @icysedgwick.bsky.social as heard on today's Valentine Magic special, follow us both then comment on this post with your favourite romantic gesture from across history, mythology or folklore! 🖤

#valentinesday #folklore #bringmelove #lovemagic #competition
February 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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I've just posted the February paid episode of Fabulous Folklore, exploring the Roman festival of Parentalia, offering devotion to the family dead! It's on Substack and Patreon... open.substack.com/pub/fabulous...
February 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
#NationalFlagofCanadaDay
61 years of our bold 🍁 rising strong.
We celebrate resilience & unity, & our hearts are with Tumbler Ridge B.C.
—holding the families of the 6 precious children & educator lost too soon. 💔🙏
February 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
#Catlore 🐈‍⬛
Viking ships carried Norwegian Forest Cats as fearless mousers, guarding grain from rodents and helping prevent plagues.
Their cousins? The mighty Maine Coon in America.
And the old lore whispers: 'When you gaze into a Norwegian cat's eyes, you may catch a glimpse of the fairy world.'
February 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM