Amy Tryphena
@realkernow.bsky.social
Cornish Writer • Teller of Cornish tales , nature writer and bipolar mental health blogger • Dendrophile, Ancient Stone Botherer & Haunter of the Woods 〓〓
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Spriggan - the Cornish piskies malevolent and grotesque cousins who guard the barrows, cairns and stone circles of West Penwith. Known to conjure storms, steal cattle and terrify travellers. Most frighteningly of all steal mortal children and swap them for changelings. #folkyfriday #Cornwall
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Spriggan - the Cornish piskies malevolent and grotesque cousins who guard the barrows, cairns and stone circles of West Penwith. Known to conjure storms, steal cattle and terrify travellers. Most frighteningly of all steal mortal children and swap them for changelings. #folkyfriday #Cornwall
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IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
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A wee tale of mischievous piskies
#folklore #kernow #wyrdwednesday
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#folklore #kernow #wyrdwednesday
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Threshold by Amy Tryphena
Ghosts of the old world make their presence still known upon the moors. Known by their ancient stone walls and standing stones that still litter the landscape. The walkers, incongruous in their pri…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A wee tale of mischievous piskies
#folklore #kernow #wyrdwednesday
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#folklore #kernow #wyrdwednesday
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The rather ruinous Sperris Quoit in its marvellous moorland setting, with the triangle of Zennor Quoit visible in the distance! #TombTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The rather ruinous Sperris Quoit in its marvellous moorland setting, with the triangle of Zennor Quoit visible in the distance! #TombTuesday
Bronze age barrow and cist - Penwith, Cornwall. In view of Chun Quoit and Chun Castle. A landscape clearly revered by Neolithic, bronze and iron age peoples. #TombTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Bronze age barrow and cist - Penwith, Cornwall. In view of Chun Quoit and Chun Castle. A landscape clearly revered by Neolithic, bronze and iron age peoples. #TombTuesday
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After hearing stories of the ghost in Somerset's Quantock Hills who tells passing walkers to fuck off, I decided to write about some of the other ghosts I've come across who have turned out to be massive dickheads: www.tom-cox.com/some-ghosts-...
Some Ghosts I Have Known Who Have Turned Out To Be Massive Dickheads
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November 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
After hearing stories of the ghost in Somerset's Quantock Hills who tells passing walkers to fuck off, I decided to write about some of the other ghosts I've come across who have turned out to be massive dickheads: www.tom-cox.com/some-ghosts-...
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The only way out is through your cabbage
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The only way out is through your cabbage
Tregeseal stone circle definitely one of my faves. #StandingStoneSunday #Cornwall #Kernow @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Tregeseal stone circle definitely one of my faves. #StandingStoneSunday #Cornwall #Kernow @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
Nos Kalan Gwav the Cornish - Kernewek 'Halloween'. Meaning eve of the 'first day of winter' or Kalan Gwav. An ancient celebration of the changing seasons. Or Allentide - the English name for Cornish Halloween. Traditional celebrations involve the exchange of red apples, divination games and feasting
October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nos Kalan Gwav the Cornish - Kernewek 'Halloween'. Meaning eve of the 'first day of winter' or Kalan Gwav. An ancient celebration of the changing seasons. Or Allentide - the English name for Cornish Halloween. Traditional celebrations involve the exchange of red apples, divination games and feasting
I made friends with a number of trees as a child. Some of which I still visit today.
Children have an innate sense of which trees are possessed by Wood Sprites. It's a faculty not ever adult loses. Some of us still hear trees whisper with withered bark voices in our minds. Still see their wooden bones as alphabet. We know they watch. – Joanna Vickers #VOH
October 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I made friends with a number of trees as a child. Some of which I still visit today.
Neolithic Stone bothering
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Neolithic Stone bothering
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The Ent Tree in Staffordshire: possibly a distant relative...
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The Ent Tree in Staffordshire: possibly a distant relative...
A bit of pony wrestling to start the day. Hairy little buggers got into next doors garden after bashing the fence down. Must have spotted the apple tree!
October 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A bit of pony wrestling to start the day. Hairy little buggers got into next doors garden after bashing the fence down. Must have spotted the apple tree!
Entrance to Chun Castle - iron age hillfort/ castle in Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday
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October 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Entrance to Chun Castle - iron age hillfort/ castle in Cornwall #StandingStoneSunday
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The Holestone.
"the tradition that the Holestone is a betrothal, if not a marriage token remains unbroken, and couples from all the district round still plight their troths by clasping fingers through the ring or hole in this stone".
H C Lawlor The Irish Naturalists Journal 1930
"the tradition that the Holestone is a betrothal, if not a marriage token remains unbroken, and couples from all the district round still plight their troths by clasping fingers through the ring or hole in this stone".
H C Lawlor The Irish Naturalists Journal 1930
October 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The Holestone.
"the tradition that the Holestone is a betrothal, if not a marriage token remains unbroken, and couples from all the district round still plight their troths by clasping fingers through the ring or hole in this stone".
H C Lawlor The Irish Naturalists Journal 1930
"the tradition that the Holestone is a betrothal, if not a marriage token remains unbroken, and couples from all the district round still plight their troths by clasping fingers through the ring or hole in this stone".
H C Lawlor The Irish Naturalists Journal 1930
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Magical Halloween experience coming to life at Trelissick
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
Magical Halloween experience coming to life at Trelissick
Trelissick, near Truro, is set to host Dark Cornwall: An Immersive All Hallows Tide from October 25 to November 2.
www.falmouthpacket.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Magical Halloween experience coming to life at Trelissick
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
#Cornwall #Kernow
🔗: https://www.falmouthpacket.co...
#StandingStoneSunday Tregeseal stone circle Penwith - Cornwall
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#StandingStoneSunday Tregeseal stone circle Penwith - Cornwall
Autumn pony adventures 🍂
October 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Autumn pony adventures 🍂
Foraged plenty of apples this year. Drying apple slices to make apple crisps 😋
October 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Foraged plenty of apples this year. Drying apple slices to make apple crisps 😋
All the Gen Z students in the university library looking on in confusion as I, the mature student, take notes in cursive by old fashioned pen and paper
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
All the Gen Z students in the university library looking on in confusion as I, the mature student, take notes in cursive by old fashioned pen and paper
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Castilly Henge: The recent excavation at Castilly Henge has now finished, with finds including fragments of Neolithic flint tools and post-medieval pottery.
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Castilly Henge: The recent excavation at Castilly Henge has now finished, with finds including fragments of Neolithic flint tools and post-medieval pottery.
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Stones in the mist – Tregeseal circle entirely cut off from Kenidjack common and the carn on the skyline invisible. At times like these, the danger of beguilement by unnatural lights and shifting paths grows, and stumbling pixie-led into the otherworld feels entirely possible … #StandingStoneSunday
October 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Stones in the mist – Tregeseal circle entirely cut off from Kenidjack common and the carn on the skyline invisible. At times like these, the danger of beguilement by unnatural lights and shifting paths grows, and stumbling pixie-led into the otherworld feels entirely possible … #StandingStoneSunday
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October 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered The Mirror Issue. Shipping begins now!
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A spectacular example of a quoit came looming out of the mist - Chun Quoit #Kernow #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A spectacular example of a quoit came looming out of the mist - Chun Quoit #Kernow #StandingStoneSunday @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social