Three Ravens Podcast
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A history, mythology and folklore podcast. Gather round the campfire and listen in! https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast
We also run the old Twitter hashtag #FolkyFriday - new themes each week, so do join in!
We also run the old Twitter hashtag #FolkyFriday - new themes each week, so do join in!
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High Priestesses and Willing Supplicants, thank you so much for your bountiful altar-load of sacrificial #FolkyFriday posts! 🖤
We will be back next week when, on 14/11, our theme will be "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for sharing then from 10am-6pm UK time!
We will be back next week when, on 14/11, our theme will be "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for sharing then from 10am-6pm UK time!
#FairyTaleTuesday In England, the great fairytale chroniclers were Nora and Andrew Lang. 🖤
As Tolkien said, "In English none probably rival either the popularity, or the inclusiveness, or the general merits."
Check out our Lang Fairy Tale Project here: www.threeravenspodcast.com/lang-fairy-t...
As Tolkien said, "In English none probably rival either the popularity, or the inclusiveness, or the general merits."
Check out our Lang Fairy Tale Project here: www.threeravenspodcast.com/lang-fairy-t...
THE LANG FAIRY TALES | Three Ravens Podcast
A bonus series for the Three Ravens Podcast featuring Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux reading the classic tales collected in the Fairy Books of Nora and Andrew Lang.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#FairyTaleTuesday In England, the great fairytale chroniclers were Nora and Andrew Lang. 🖤
As Tolkien said, "In English none probably rival either the popularity, or the inclusiveness, or the general merits."
Check out our Lang Fairy Tale Project here: www.threeravenspodcast.com/lang-fairy-t...
As Tolkien said, "In English none probably rival either the popularity, or the inclusiveness, or the general merits."
Check out our Lang Fairy Tale Project here: www.threeravenspodcast.com/lang-fairy-t...
On this week's episode of The Three Ravens #Podcast we're discussing the history and #folklore of the least populated historic county of #Wales, Radnorshire on the Welsh Marches! 🖤
From Sin Eating to the Radnor Dragon, Spirit Nights to the Llandrindod Sheela Na Gig, it's OUT NOW so have a listen!
From Sin Eating to the Radnor Dragon, Spirit Nights to the Llandrindod Sheela Na Gig, it's OUT NOW so have a listen!
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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November’s early darkness enfolds us. The smell of applewood fires and rot is a constant companion at twilight. We hurry between home and evensong, home and pub. Ghosts crowd the lanes, our folklore becomes filled with tales of cold teeth. Winter begins to growl. - #CLNolan
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
November’s early darkness enfolds us. The smell of applewood fires and rot is a constant companion at twilight. We hurry between home and evensong, home and pub. Ghosts crowd the lanes, our folklore becomes filled with tales of cold teeth. Winter begins to growl. - #CLNolan
On this week's episode of Local Legends Eleanor is joined around the campfire by storyteller priestess Christine Watkins to talk all about her home county of Monmouthshire! 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
On this week's episode of Local Legends Eleanor is joined around the campfire by storyteller priestess Christine Watkins to talk all about her home county of Monmouthshire! 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!
Hooray! It's the weekend! And what better thing to do of a cold and gloomy November evening than watch this month's Three Ravens Film Club pick, Dog Soldiers?! 🖤🐺
Email us your thoughts about the film by Monday 24th November then we'll include them in this month's episode!
Email us your thoughts about the film by Monday 24th November then we'll include them in this month's episode!
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hooray! It's the weekend! And what better thing to do of a cold and gloomy November evening than watch this month's Three Ravens Film Club pick, Dog Soldiers?! 🖤🐺
Email us your thoughts about the film by Monday 24th November then we'll include them in this month's episode!
Email us your thoughts about the film by Monday 24th November then we'll include them in this month's episode!
High Priestesses and Willing Supplicants, thank you so much for your bountiful altar-load of sacrificial #FolkyFriday posts! 🖤
We will be back next week when, on 14/11, our theme will be "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for sharing then from 10am-6pm UK time!
We will be back next week when, on 14/11, our theme will be "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for sharing then from 10am-6pm UK time!
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November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
High Priestesses and Willing Supplicants, thank you so much for your bountiful altar-load of sacrificial #FolkyFriday posts! 🖤
We will be back next week when, on 14/11, our theme will be "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for sharing then from 10am-6pm UK time!
We will be back next week when, on 14/11, our theme will be "Sleep, Hibernation and Dream Folklore!"
Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for sharing then from 10am-6pm UK time!
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According to the people of Northern Germany, a house must be sacrificed in order to slay a dragon - but its demise will bring great prosperity to the region!
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Of_the_Dragon
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Of_the_Dragon
Of the Dragon
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November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
According to the people of Northern Germany, a house must be sacrificed in order to slay a dragon - but its demise will bring great prosperity to the region!
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Of_the_Dragon
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Of_the_Dragon
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Medieval farmers sometimes buried a black rooster at the edge of a new field to ensure fertility. The belief was simple: offer life to strengthen the soil that must later feed you. #FolkyFriday
Art: Western Exposure
Art: Western Exposure
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Medieval farmers sometimes buried a black rooster at the edge of a new field to ensure fertility. The belief was simple: offer life to strengthen the soil that must later feed you. #FolkyFriday
Art: Western Exposure
Art: Western Exposure
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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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#FolkyFriday #November 🐏
In Anglo-Saxon tradition, Blōtmōnaþ, the "Blood Month," was when herds were ritually #sacrifced to feed families, and honor the dead before winter.
Scholars note no specific deity is linked to these rites.
Spill blood, then feast, survival meets the divine.
#BloodMonth 🩸
In Anglo-Saxon tradition, Blōtmōnaþ, the "Blood Month," was when herds were ritually #sacrifced to feed families, and honor the dead before winter.
Scholars note no specific deity is linked to these rites.
Spill blood, then feast, survival meets the divine.
#BloodMonth 🩸
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#FolkyFriday #November 🐏
In Anglo-Saxon tradition, Blōtmōnaþ, the "Blood Month," was when herds were ritually #sacrifced to feed families, and honor the dead before winter.
Scholars note no specific deity is linked to these rites.
Spill blood, then feast, survival meets the divine.
#BloodMonth 🩸
In Anglo-Saxon tradition, Blōtmōnaþ, the "Blood Month," was when herds were ritually #sacrifced to feed families, and honor the dead before winter.
Scholars note no specific deity is linked to these rites.
Spill blood, then feast, survival meets the divine.
#BloodMonth 🩸
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In rural Europe, household spirits like the domovoi and kobold once expected small offerings of bread, beer, or a drop of blood from a butchered animal. A neglected spirit could wreak havoc in the dark hours. #FolkyFriday
November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In rural Europe, household spirits like the domovoi and kobold once expected small offerings of bread, beer, or a drop of blood from a butchered animal. A neglected spirit could wreak havoc in the dark hours. #FolkyFriday
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#FolkyFriday 🔥 #WickerMan 👨🦲 #sacrifice 🔥
Did Celtic Druids burn criminals in wicker effigies for luck? Julius Caesar’s tales suggest so, but scholars warn it might be propaganda to demonize foes. 😈
Read more by Tastes of History, www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispell...
Did Celtic Druids burn criminals in wicker effigies for luck? Julius Caesar’s tales suggest so, but scholars warn it might be propaganda to demonize foes. 😈
Read more by Tastes of History, www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispell...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#FolkyFriday 🔥 #WickerMan 👨🦲 #sacrifice 🔥
Did Celtic Druids burn criminals in wicker effigies for luck? Julius Caesar’s tales suggest so, but scholars warn it might be propaganda to demonize foes. 😈
Read more by Tastes of History, www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispell...
Did Celtic Druids burn criminals in wicker effigies for luck? Julius Caesar’s tales suggest so, but scholars warn it might be propaganda to demonize foes. 😈
Read more by Tastes of History, www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispell...
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The heathens of old brought their sacrifices to the Teufelssee lake near modern-day Berlin.
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Lake
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Lake
The Devil's Lake
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November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The heathens of old brought their sacrifices to the Teufelssee lake near modern-day Berlin.
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Lake
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil%27s_Lake
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#FolkyFriday 🏴🐲🧙♂️ #Sacrifice
In Welsh lore, young #Merlin faces Vortigern’s tower of doom. Druids demand his blood, but he reveals two dragons fighting below—red for Wales, white for Saxons—saving his life.
Read the article here by @ztevetevans.bsky.social ztevetevans.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/t...
In Welsh lore, young #Merlin faces Vortigern’s tower of doom. Druids demand his blood, but he reveals two dragons fighting below—red for Wales, white for Saxons—saving his life.
Read the article here by @ztevetevans.bsky.social ztevetevans.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/t...
The Prophecy of Merlin: The Two Dragons
In the Arthurian realm of legend and romance destiny and fate play essential parts in many of the legends and stories. The practice of some writers from the Romances back to Geoffrey of Monmouth t…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#FolkyFriday 🏴🐲🧙♂️ #Sacrifice
In Welsh lore, young #Merlin faces Vortigern’s tower of doom. Druids demand his blood, but he reveals two dragons fighting below—red for Wales, white for Saxons—saving his life.
Read the article here by @ztevetevans.bsky.social ztevetevans.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/t...
In Welsh lore, young #Merlin faces Vortigern’s tower of doom. Druids demand his blood, but he reveals two dragons fighting below—red for Wales, white for Saxons—saving his life.
Read the article here by @ztevetevans.bsky.social ztevetevans.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/t...
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3/3 "I know that I hung, on a wind-rocked tree, nine whole nights,
with a spear wounded, and to Odin offered,
myself to myself;
on that tree, of which no one knows from what root it springs."
-The Poetic Edda
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with a spear wounded, and to Odin offered,
myself to myself;
on that tree, of which no one knows from what root it springs."
-The Poetic Edda
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Fairy Folk Tree - Imagina - Arthur Rackham by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Fairy Folk Tree - Imagina - Arthur Rackham 1914
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November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
3/3 "I know that I hung, on a wind-rocked tree, nine whole nights,
with a spear wounded, and to Odin offered,
myself to myself;
on that tree, of which no one knows from what root it springs."
-The Poetic Edda
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3438... #FolkyFriday #art #poetry #Norsevember #mythology
with a spear wounded, and to Odin offered,
myself to myself;
on that tree, of which no one knows from what root it springs."
-The Poetic Edda
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3438... #FolkyFriday #art #poetry #Norsevember #mythology
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2/2 He forbade the other gods to help him but hung there for 9 days & nights. Finally, his sacrifice was accepted & the runes were revealed, initiating him to the mysteries. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #mythology #giftideas #art #vintage #illustration #Norse #folklore #Norsevember
Odin in disguise -Arthur Rackham by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Odin in disguise -Arthur Rackham
A disguised Odin gives prophecy to the dwarf Mime.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
2/2 He forbade the other gods to help him but hung there for 9 days & nights. Finally, his sacrifice was accepted & the runes were revealed, initiating him to the mysteries. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #mythology #giftideas #art #vintage #illustration #Norse #folklore #Norsevember
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1/3 Odin saw the Norns one day & wanted the knowledge of the runes. The runes come from the well below Yggdrasil so Odin hung himself, pierced his side & stared into the waters. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #mythology #art #illustration #folklore #Norse #Norsevember
Odin Rides to the Rock - Arthur Rackham by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Odin Rides to the Rock - Arthur Rackham
Odin (Wotan) flies through the sky on Sleipnir
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November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
1/3 Odin saw the Norns one day & wanted the knowledge of the runes. The runes come from the well below Yggdrasil so Odin hung himself, pierced his side & stared into the waters. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #FolkyFriday #mythology #art #illustration #folklore #Norse #Norsevember
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Ancient Europe followed a lunar calendar. November roughly corresponds with their 'Blod-Monath', or 'Blood Month'. At this time the livestock were slaughtered for the coming winter months.
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3754... #art #vintage #illustration #FolkyFriday #folklore #gifts
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3754... #art #vintage #illustration #FolkyFriday #folklore #gifts
Leap the Elk in the Snow at Night - John Bauer by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Leap The Elk in the Snow at Night - John Bauer An elk in the snow under a night sky filled with stars From Bland Tomtar Och Troll (Among Gnomes and Trolls) Please look in my shop for more work by Joh...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ancient Europe followed a lunar calendar. November roughly corresponds with their 'Blod-Monath', or 'Blood Month'. At this time the livestock were slaughtered for the coming winter months.
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3754... #art #vintage #illustration #FolkyFriday #folklore #gifts
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3754... #art #vintage #illustration #FolkyFriday #folklore #gifts
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There are many examples of prehistoric barrows and tombs being haunted by men without their heads (see list below). Could they be #ghosts or folk memories of sacrifices linked to some ancient head cult? (It's a doubtful theory but all I could think of for #FolkyFriday !)
#PhantomsFriday #FolkHorror
#PhantomsFriday #FolkHorror
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
There are many examples of prehistoric barrows and tombs being haunted by men without their heads (see list below). Could they be #ghosts or folk memories of sacrifices linked to some ancient head cult? (It's a doubtful theory but all I could think of for #FolkyFriday !)
#PhantomsFriday #FolkHorror
#PhantomsFriday #FolkHorror
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In Japan there is a famous tale about Oiwa whose husband disfigured her so he could remarry. This ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1852) shows the vengeful ghost of Oiwa squeezing blood from her hair, watched by her terrified husband who she endlessly haunted.
#FolkyFriday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
#FolkyFriday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In Japan there is a famous tale about Oiwa whose husband disfigured her so he could remarry. This ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1852) shows the vengeful ghost of Oiwa squeezing blood from her hair, watched by her terrified husband who she endlessly haunted.
#FolkyFriday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
#FolkyFriday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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The Kirchsee lake, too, demands a sacrifice on St. John's Day.
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_St._John%27s_Day_Sacrifice
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_St._John%27s_Day_Sacrifice
The St. John's Day Sacrifice
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November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Kirchsee lake, too, demands a sacrifice on St. John's Day.
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_St._John%27s_Day_Sacrifice
#folkyfriday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_St._John%27s_Day_Sacrifice
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The Aztecs believed the world was powered by sacrifice. Every beating heart was a star’s promise renewed. Today the scale shocks, but the idea echoes old truths: life is always traded for life, even if the rituals now look different. #FolkyFriday
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Aztecs believed the world was powered by sacrifice. Every beating heart was a star’s promise renewed. Today the scale shocks, but the idea echoes old truths: life is always traded for life, even if the rituals now look different. #FolkyFriday
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And here is another blood-drinking #yokai. This one resembles a flying squirrel and it swoops down from trees to latch onto your face. They can also shoot swarms of bats out of their mouths because, well, why not?
#FolkyFriday #JapaneseFolklore
#FolkyFriday #JapaneseFolklore
In #JapaneseFolklore there is a #yokai called nodeppo that resembles a flying squirrel. They swoop down from trees at night and latch onto people's faces in order to drink their blood. Nodeppo can also shoot swarms of bats out of their mouths, which will then fly towards...
#LegendaryWednesday
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#LegendaryWednesday
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November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
And here is another blood-drinking #yokai. This one resembles a flying squirrel and it swoops down from trees to latch onto your face. They can also shoot swarms of bats out of their mouths because, well, why not?
#FolkyFriday #JapaneseFolklore
#FolkyFriday #JapaneseFolklore
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@threeravenspod.bsky.social In legends of the Trojan War, Agamemnon, leader of the Greek forces, is obliged to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess Artemis in order for the ships to sail to Troy. image: Antique fresco from Pompeii, attributed to the school of Timanthes.
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@threeravenspod.bsky.social In legends of the Trojan War, Agamemnon, leader of the Greek forces, is obliged to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia, to the goddess Artemis in order for the ships to sail to Troy. image: Antique fresco from Pompeii, attributed to the school of Timanthes.
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Another blood-sucking #yokai for #FolkyFriday.
In #JapaneseFolklore there is an insect #yokai known as tsutsugamushi. They are large and red with huge jaws and long antennae. They live deep in the mountains but come out at night and creep into houses to drink the blood of sleeping humans which can cause all kinds of...
#LegendaryWednesday
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#LegendaryWednesday
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November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Another blood-sucking #yokai for #FolkyFriday.