Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐
@pjrobichaud.bsky.social
Literature, myth, folklore • Stories of the Stones: Imagining Prehistory in Britain, Ireland, & Brittany • Pan: the Great God’s Modern Return • Poems in NewPoetry.ca, The South Shore Review, and The Ekphrastic Review • Professor of English
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New publication date: 'Stories of the Stones: Imagining Prehistory in Britain, Ireland, and Brittany' will be published by Reaktion Books in the UK on 13 April.
Pre-order through your favourite bookseller! #BookSky
Pre-order through your favourite bookseller! #BookSky
February 10, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Report: Poisonings Of Domestic Partners Have Increased https://theonion.com/report-poisonings-of-domestic-partners-have-increased/
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Report: Poisonings Of Domestic Partners Have Increased https://theonion.com/report-poisonings-of-domestic-partners-have-increased/
Tonight’s listening: ‘Your Community Hub’ by @warringtonruncorn.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Tonight’s listening: ‘Your Community Hub’ by @warringtonruncorn.com
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My new book, exploring folk tales in Lincolnshire, is now available for pre-order! Publication: April 2026.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
My new book, exploring folk tales in Lincolnshire, is now available for pre-order! Publication: April 2026.
fiveleaves.co.uk/product/devi...
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The Sun's Return
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1993
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1993
February 4, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The Sun's Return
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1993
Kenojuak Ashevak ~ Inuk
1993
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'The Battle With The Welwa in the Copper Wood', a 1901 illustration by Henry Justice Ford. For one of Andrew Lang's 'Fairy Books', it shows the knight Petru scrapping with a monster: half-stag, half-dragon.
#folktale #folklore #legend #fairytale #dragon #monster #fantasyart
#folktale #folklore #legend #fairytale #dragon #monster #fantasyart
February 8, 2026 at 11:48 AM
'The Battle With The Welwa in the Copper Wood', a 1901 illustration by Henry Justice Ford. For one of Andrew Lang's 'Fairy Books', it shows the knight Petru scrapping with a monster: half-stag, half-dragon.
#folktale #folklore #legend #fairytale #dragon #monster #fantasyart
#folktale #folklore #legend #fairytale #dragon #monster #fantasyart
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The Merry Maidens
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
February 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
The Merry Maidens
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, ‘Out of Season’ (2002)
February 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, ‘Out of Season’ (2002)
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When the Mass rock invocation goes wrong:
"Isn't he actually, y'know, the Goat of Mendes himself?"
"Er, that would be an ecumenical matter."
"Isn't he actually, y'know, the Goat of Mendes himself?"
"Er, that would be an ecumenical matter."
February 7, 2026 at 7:29 AM
When the Mass rock invocation goes wrong:
"Isn't he actually, y'know, the Goat of Mendes himself?"
"Er, that would be an ecumenical matter."
"Isn't he actually, y'know, the Goat of Mendes himself?"
"Er, that would be an ecumenical matter."
‘I seek the hidden grove
Where Pan plays to the trees,
The nymphs, the fauns, the breeze,
And the sick satyr with his syren-song
Makes the world ache with longing. I am strong.’
— Victor Neuberg, ‘The Triumph of Pan’ (1910)
Where Pan plays to the trees,
The nymphs, the fauns, the breeze,
And the sick satyr with his syren-song
Makes the world ache with longing. I am strong.’
— Victor Neuberg, ‘The Triumph of Pan’ (1910)
February 7, 2026 at 5:41 PM
‘I seek the hidden grove
Where Pan plays to the trees,
The nymphs, the fauns, the breeze,
And the sick satyr with his syren-song
Makes the world ache with longing. I am strong.’
— Victor Neuberg, ‘The Triumph of Pan’ (1910)
Where Pan plays to the trees,
The nymphs, the fauns, the breeze,
And the sick satyr with his syren-song
Makes the world ache with longing. I am strong.’
— Victor Neuberg, ‘The Triumph of Pan’ (1910)
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Brightwell Barrow, from the Oxfordshire Series by Anna Dillon @annadillon.bsky.social This will also be a familiar viewpoint to Paul Nash fans, but I think Anna's version here is far better. More information and prints below;
annadillon.com/brightwell.html
annadillon.com/brightwell.html
February 7, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Brightwell Barrow, from the Oxfordshire Series by Anna Dillon @annadillon.bsky.social This will also be a familiar viewpoint to Paul Nash fans, but I think Anna's version here is far better. More information and prints below;
annadillon.com/brightwell.html
annadillon.com/brightwell.html
Enjoyed this contemporary ghost story set in Northern Ontario. Two British children sent to Canada during the War disappear mysteriously. Picked up a signed copy when I was back in Toronto last month.
February 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Enjoyed this contemporary ghost story set in Northern Ontario. Two British children sent to Canada during the War disappear mysteriously. Picked up a signed copy when I was back in Toronto last month.
🎨 Herbert Guschner, portrait of author Algernon Blackwood, 1938.
Blackwood was briefly a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, and the portrait’s imagery expresses his esoteric interests as well as his passion for mountaineering.
Blackwood was briefly a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, and the portrait’s imagery expresses his esoteric interests as well as his passion for mountaineering.
February 6, 2026 at 12:55 PM
🎨 Herbert Guschner, portrait of author Algernon Blackwood, 1938.
Blackwood was briefly a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, and the portrait’s imagery expresses his esoteric interests as well as his passion for mountaineering.
Blackwood was briefly a member of the Order of the Golden Dawn, and the portrait’s imagery expresses his esoteric interests as well as his passion for mountaineering.
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Finding notes in my handwriting in a novel I’m pretty sure I haven’t read before.
February 6, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Finding notes in my handwriting in a novel I’m pretty sure I haven’t read before.
A Ghost Box classic this evening: Belbury Poly, ‘The Belbury Tales’ (2011)
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A Ghost Box classic this evening: Belbury Poly, ‘The Belbury Tales’ (2011)
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Ghosts. The Worcestershire folklorist Jabez Allies (1787-1856) once asked a local whether he had ever seen a ghost, and received the reply, "No, but my horse has."
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Ghosts. The Worcestershire folklorist Jabez Allies (1787-1856) once asked a local whether he had ever seen a ghost, and received the reply, "No, but my horse has."
Accidentally referred to 19th century American poet Lydia Huntley Sigourney as ‘Lydia Sigourney Weaver’ on an assignment posted on my online course page.
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Accidentally referred to 19th century American poet Lydia Huntley Sigourney as ‘Lydia Sigourney Weaver’ on an assignment posted on my online course page.
Henry in his chair looking ridiculously comfortable.
February 5, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Henry in his chair looking ridiculously comfortable.
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The horse is placed so centrally in folklore because our relationship to it has always been a defining cultural feature. Its ghosts are many. They pull spectral corpse carts, are steeds in phantom battles. A network of invisible clip-clopping down a thousand lanes. – Dr. M. Benn #FolkloreThursday
February 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The horse is placed so centrally in folklore because our relationship to it has always been a defining cultural feature. Its ghosts are many. They pull spectral corpse carts, are steeds in phantom battles. A network of invisible clip-clopping down a thousand lanes. – Dr. M. Benn #FolkloreThursday
Tonight’s listening: this very fine Ghost Box compilation album — ‘Intermisson’ (2020).
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Tonight’s listening: this very fine Ghost Box compilation album — ‘Intermisson’ (2020).
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Very sad to read of the passing of folklorist and poet Neil Philip. He was fascinating to talk to, and always kind and supportive.
When I interviewed him for issue 12, he quoted William Blake: “This world of Imagination is the world of Eternity”.
When I interviewed him for issue 12, he quoted William Blake: “This world of Imagination is the world of Eternity”.
February 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Very sad to read of the passing of folklorist and poet Neil Philip. He was fascinating to talk to, and always kind and supportive.
When I interviewed him for issue 12, he quoted William Blake: “This world of Imagination is the world of Eternity”.
When I interviewed him for issue 12, he quoted William Blake: “This world of Imagination is the world of Eternity”.
The 1974 Doctor Who serial ‘Invasion of the Dinosaurs’ featured a conspiracy to bring back dinosaurs and restore the Earth to a time before humans. To maximize suspense, the first episode was simply called ‘Invasion.’ #WyrdWednesday
🎨 Chris Achilleos
🎨 Chris Achilleos
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The 1974 Doctor Who serial ‘Invasion of the Dinosaurs’ featured a conspiracy to bring back dinosaurs and restore the Earth to a time before humans. To maximize suspense, the first episode was simply called ‘Invasion.’ #WyrdWednesday
🎨 Chris Achilleos
🎨 Chris Achilleos
Carved stele inside the Table des Marchands, a Neolithic tomb at Locmariaquer, Brittany. The shapes may represent shepherds’ crooks, symbolizing the pastoral life of the tomb's builders. #TombTuesday
📷 June, 2023.
📷 June, 2023.
February 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Carved stele inside the Table des Marchands, a Neolithic tomb at Locmariaquer, Brittany. The shapes may represent shepherds’ crooks, symbolizing the pastoral life of the tomb's builders. #TombTuesday
📷 June, 2023.
📷 June, 2023.
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"Colonizers could only explain anti-patriarchal activism as devil worship and witchcraft, placing blame on the marginalized populations of the colony." - Adrian Deveau
niche-canada.org/2023/10/03/c...
#envhist #envhum #quebec #folklore
niche-canada.org/2023/10/03/c...
#envhist #envhum #quebec #folklore
Consultation with the Devil: Witchcraft and Stolen Land in the Quebecois Colonial Imaginary
Folklore is embedded in the heart of Quebecois culture.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"Colonizers could only explain anti-patriarchal activism as devil worship and witchcraft, placing blame on the marginalized populations of the colony." - Adrian Deveau
niche-canada.org/2023/10/03/c...
#envhist #envhum #quebec #folklore
niche-canada.org/2023/10/03/c...
#envhist #envhum #quebec #folklore