Dirk Puehl
@wunderkammertales.bsky.social
Pale student of #unhallowedarts, Wundertier-Trainer, Mother of #WyrdWednesday and until 6 January teller of #yulefolklore tales.
And for those of you who feel artsy or litsy in general - find my blog here:
https://wunderkammertales.blogspot.com/
And for those of you who feel artsy or litsy in general - find my blog here:
https://wunderkammertales.blogspot.com/
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Music hath not only charms to soothe savage breasts, as Mr William Congreve famously lets us know, but is also a time-honoured way to communicate with household spirits out and about in the darkest time of the year.
We meet such a one in our 10th #yulefolklore tale in Sweden ⬇️
🎨 John Bauer
We meet such a one in our 10th #yulefolklore tale in Sweden ⬇️
🎨 John Bauer
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'Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Snow in Chelsea' (1876) by James McNeill Whistler
(Harvard Art Museums)
(Harvard Art Museums)
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
'Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Snow in Chelsea' (1876) by James McNeill Whistler
(Harvard Art Museums)
(Harvard Art Museums)
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Can I brazenly point out that someone might appreciate poetry for Christmas? amzn.eu/d/8GeJEBX
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Can I brazenly point out that someone might appreciate poetry for Christmas? amzn.eu/d/8GeJEBX
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Krampus isn't the only child-snatcher: on Cuba and beyond in the Hispanophone, El Cuco walks the streets at night looking for children who do not listen to their parents, putting them in a black bag and taking them away from exasperated parents. #FairytaleTuesday
🖼: F. de Goya
🖼: F. de Goya
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Krampus isn't the only child-snatcher: on Cuba and beyond in the Hispanophone, El Cuco walks the streets at night looking for children who do not listen to their parents, putting them in a black bag and taking them away from exasperated parents. #FairytaleTuesday
🖼: F. de Goya
🖼: F. de Goya
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"Poor Robin And The Fairies. By J. A. Fitzgerald."
The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number 1876.
#FairyTaleTuesday #Victorian #Christmas #Fairy #Art #History #1870s
The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number 1876.
#FairyTaleTuesday #Victorian #Christmas #Fairy #Art #History #1870s
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Poor Robin And The Fairies. By J. A. Fitzgerald."
The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number 1876.
#FairyTaleTuesday #Victorian #Christmas #Fairy #Art #History #1870s
The Illustrated London News, Christmas Number 1876.
#FairyTaleTuesday #Victorian #Christmas #Fairy #Art #History #1870s
“Some people
Would cross the Hakone Pass
Even though the morning snow.
(Basho)
🎨 Kawase Hasu
Would cross the Hakone Pass
Even though the morning snow.
(Basho)
🎨 Kawase Hasu
December 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“Some people
Would cross the Hakone Pass
Even though the morning snow.
(Basho)
🎨 Kawase Hasu
Would cross the Hakone Pass
Even though the morning snow.
(Basho)
🎨 Kawase Hasu
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"There is silence high in the midnight sky."
From Songs of Christmas by Frances Ridley Havergal, 1885
From Songs of Christmas by Frances Ridley Havergal, 1885
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
"There is silence high in the midnight sky."
From Songs of Christmas by Frances Ridley Havergal, 1885
From Songs of Christmas by Frances Ridley Havergal, 1885
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‘The glaciers creep
Like snakes that watch their prey,
from their far fountains,
Slow rolling on.’ ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Mont Blanc.
🖼️ Crevasses Below the Grands Mulets, Ascent of Mont Blanc, Gabriel Loppé, 1875-83.
Like snakes that watch their prey,
from their far fountains,
Slow rolling on.’ ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Mont Blanc.
🖼️ Crevasses Below the Grands Mulets, Ascent of Mont Blanc, Gabriel Loppé, 1875-83.
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
‘The glaciers creep
Like snakes that watch their prey,
from their far fountains,
Slow rolling on.’ ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Mont Blanc.
🖼️ Crevasses Below the Grands Mulets, Ascent of Mont Blanc, Gabriel Loppé, 1875-83.
Like snakes that watch their prey,
from their far fountains,
Slow rolling on.’ ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Mont Blanc.
🖼️ Crevasses Below the Grands Mulets, Ascent of Mont Blanc, Gabriel Loppé, 1875-83.
Music hath not only charms to soothe savage breasts, as Mr William Congreve famously lets us know, but is also a time-honoured way to communicate with household spirits out and about in the darkest time of the year.
We meet such a one in our 10th #yulefolklore tale in Sweden ⬇️
🎨 John Bauer
We meet such a one in our 10th #yulefolklore tale in Sweden ⬇️
🎨 John Bauer
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Music hath not only charms to soothe savage breasts, as Mr William Congreve famously lets us know, but is also a time-honoured way to communicate with household spirits out and about in the darkest time of the year.
We meet such a one in our 10th #yulefolklore tale in Sweden ⬇️
🎨 John Bauer
We meet such a one in our 10th #yulefolklore tale in Sweden ⬇️
🎨 John Bauer
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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
~e.e. cummings
art by Lady Viktoria
~e.e. cummings
art by Lady Viktoria
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
~e.e. cummings
art by Lady Viktoria
~e.e. cummings
art by Lady Viktoria
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Join us this Thursday (11th December) for the final #FolkloreThursday of the year! Our hosts will share your winter and festive themed folklore at the following times (GMT):
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
Don't forget to include the hashtag! 🎄☃️🎁❄️
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
Don't forget to include the hashtag! 🎄☃️🎁❄️
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us this Thursday (11th December) for the final #FolkloreThursday of the year! Our hosts will share your winter and festive themed folklore at the following times (GMT):
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
Don't forget to include the hashtag! 🎄☃️🎁❄️
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
Don't forget to include the hashtag! 🎄☃️🎁❄️
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A little late but Gruss vom Krampus 🖤💀
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A little late but Gruss vom Krampus 🖤💀
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Wyrdlings!
It’s fantasy fantasy pioneer George MacDonald’s 201st birthday this week and to honour him, we’ll give you:
“Going Deep - Goblins and Other Things that Burrow and Crawl Underground”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic!
Come and share tales with some depth ⛏️👻
It’s fantasy fantasy pioneer George MacDonald’s 201st birthday this week and to honour him, we’ll give you:
“Going Deep - Goblins and Other Things that Burrow and Crawl Underground”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic!
Come and share tales with some depth ⛏️👻
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Wyrdlings!
It’s fantasy fantasy pioneer George MacDonald’s 201st birthday this week and to honour him, we’ll give you:
“Going Deep - Goblins and Other Things that Burrow and Crawl Underground”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic!
Come and share tales with some depth ⛏️👻
It’s fantasy fantasy pioneer George MacDonald’s 201st birthday this week and to honour him, we’ll give you:
“Going Deep - Goblins and Other Things that Burrow and Crawl Underground”
as our #WyrdWednesday topic!
Come and share tales with some depth ⛏️👻
"... graves at my command
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth
By my so potent art."
(William Shakespeare "The Tempest", ill. Edmund Dulac, New York, 1915)
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth
By my so potent art."
(William Shakespeare "The Tempest", ill. Edmund Dulac, New York, 1915)
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"... graves at my command
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth
By my so potent art."
(William Shakespeare "The Tempest", ill. Edmund Dulac, New York, 1915)
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth
By my so potent art."
(William Shakespeare "The Tempest", ill. Edmund Dulac, New York, 1915)
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The Vulture and Eagle, the Cock and the Hen,
The Ostrich, the Turkey, the Snipe and the Wren—
The Parrot chattered, the Blackbird sung,
And the Owl looked wise but held his tongue.
~Edward Lear
The Scroobious Pip
#OwlishMonday
The Ostrich, the Turkey, the Snipe and the Wren—
The Parrot chattered, the Blackbird sung,
And the Owl looked wise but held his tongue.
~Edward Lear
The Scroobious Pip
#OwlishMonday
December 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The Vulture and Eagle, the Cock and the Hen,
The Ostrich, the Turkey, the Snipe and the Wren—
The Parrot chattered, the Blackbird sung,
And the Owl looked wise but held his tongue.
~Edward Lear
The Scroobious Pip
#OwlishMonday
The Ostrich, the Turkey, the Snipe and the Wren—
The Parrot chattered, the Blackbird sung,
And the Owl looked wise but held his tongue.
~Edward Lear
The Scroobious Pip
#OwlishMonday
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Thinking of going tomb robbing in Scandinavia? Think again: revenant draugr rise to defend their tombs, and cannot be slain by conventional means. Protecting the honor of their kin is of paramount importance, so to defeat them they must be appeased #MythologyMonday
🖼️: Aptrgang
🖼️: Aptrgang
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thinking of going tomb robbing in Scandinavia? Think again: revenant draugr rise to defend their tombs, and cannot be slain by conventional means. Protecting the honor of their kin is of paramount importance, so to defeat them they must be appeased #MythologyMonday
🖼️: Aptrgang
🖼️: Aptrgang
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#OwlishMonday 'December' by Quentin Blake, from Roald Dahl's 'My Year'
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#OwlishMonday 'December' by Quentin Blake, from Roald Dahl's 'My Year'
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Art of the day
Sabra Field (American, b. 1935, Tulsa, OK, USA) - Winter Woods, Woodblock Print: Ink on Paper
Sabra Field (American, b. 1935, Tulsa, OK, USA) - Winter Woods, Woodblock Print: Ink on Paper
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Art of the day
Sabra Field (American, b. 1935, Tulsa, OK, USA) - Winter Woods, Woodblock Print: Ink on Paper
Sabra Field (American, b. 1935, Tulsa, OK, USA) - Winter Woods, Woodblock Print: Ink on Paper
“The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.”
(Emily Brontë)
🎨 Dandrey
#owlishmonday
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.”
(Emily Brontë)
🎨 Dandrey
#owlishmonday
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
“The giant trees are bending
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.”
(Emily Brontë)
🎨 Dandrey
#owlishmonday
Their bare boughs weighed with snow;
The storm is fast descending,
And yet I cannot go.”
(Emily Brontë)
🎨 Dandrey
#owlishmonday
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According to the Homeric ‘Hymn to Pan,’ when Pan was born, his nurse fled at the sight of him. His father Hermes brought him to Olympus, where he was especially beloved of Dionysus, ‘and they called the boy Pan [‘All’] because he delighted all their hearts.’ #MythologyMonday
🎨Franz Von Stuck
🎨Franz Von Stuck
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
According to the Homeric ‘Hymn to Pan,’ when Pan was born, his nurse fled at the sight of him. His father Hermes brought him to Olympus, where he was especially beloved of Dionysus, ‘and they called the boy Pan [‘All’] because he delighted all their hearts.’ #MythologyMonday
🎨Franz Von Stuck
🎨Franz Von Stuck
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‘The grey wolf knows me; by one ear
I lead along the woodland deer;
The hares run by me growing bold.
They will not hush, the leaves a-flutter round me, the beech leaves old.’ ~ Yeats, The Madness Of King Goll.
🖼️ Hare in Snowy scene, Karl Wagner.
I lead along the woodland deer;
The hares run by me growing bold.
They will not hush, the leaves a-flutter round me, the beech leaves old.’ ~ Yeats, The Madness Of King Goll.
🖼️ Hare in Snowy scene, Karl Wagner.
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 AM
‘The grey wolf knows me; by one ear
I lead along the woodland deer;
The hares run by me growing bold.
They will not hush, the leaves a-flutter round me, the beech leaves old.’ ~ Yeats, The Madness Of King Goll.
🖼️ Hare in Snowy scene, Karl Wagner.
I lead along the woodland deer;
The hares run by me growing bold.
They will not hush, the leaves a-flutter round me, the beech leaves old.’ ~ Yeats, The Madness Of King Goll.
🖼️ Hare in Snowy scene, Karl Wagner.
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Thrilled that my Nature Prize shortlisted poem "Black on Black" is published in the nature poems anthology of Black Cat Poetry Press 🖤 #poetry #poetrycommunity @blackcatpress.bsky.social
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The Water Knows I Love You | The Black Cat Poetry
The Water Knows I Love You is the second in the nature anthology series from Black Cat Press, gathering 45 poems from emerging and established voices. Across varied styles and forms - from quiet lyric...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thrilled that my Nature Prize shortlisted poem "Black on Black" is published in the nature poems anthology of Black Cat Poetry Press 🖤 #poetry #poetrycommunity @blackcatpress.bsky.social
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'And she is known to every star,
And every wind that blows'
-William Wordsworth
🎨Mary L. Macomber
And every wind that blows'
-William Wordsworth
🎨Mary L. Macomber
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
'And she is known to every star,
And every wind that blows'
-William Wordsworth
🎨Mary L. Macomber
And every wind that blows'
-William Wordsworth
🎨Mary L. Macomber
The end of the year is a liminal time and the believe of witches abroad doing mischief is almost universal across Northern Europe in December.
We meet one in our 9th #yulefolklore tale in the Bavarian Alps – and, of course, she’s up to no good!
Read it following the link below.
🎨 Maéna Paillet
We meet one in our 9th #yulefolklore tale in the Bavarian Alps – and, of course, she’s up to no good!
Read it following the link below.
🎨 Maéna Paillet
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The end of the year is a liminal time and the believe of witches abroad doing mischief is almost universal across Northern Europe in December.
We meet one in our 9th #yulefolklore tale in the Bavarian Alps – and, of course, she’s up to no good!
Read it following the link below.
🎨 Maéna Paillet
We meet one in our 9th #yulefolklore tale in the Bavarian Alps – and, of course, she’s up to no good!
Read it following the link below.
🎨 Maéna Paillet
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Impressively fierce unicorn that apparently inhabits a part of Africa where people live in A+ tree houses. As imagined in the 1570s by Maerten de Vos, whose day has been today.
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Impressively fierce unicorn that apparently inhabits a part of Africa where people live in A+ tree houses. As imagined in the 1570s by Maerten de Vos, whose day has been today.
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#OnThisDay - 7 December - in 43 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero was assassinated at Formia. Cassius Dio (47.8.4) also notes that Mark Antony’s wife, Fulvia, spat upon Cicero’s decapitated head and stuck her hairpins into his tongue, in vengeance for his speeches against her husband. #AncientHistory 🏺
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#OnThisDay - 7 December - in 43 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero was assassinated at Formia. Cassius Dio (47.8.4) also notes that Mark Antony’s wife, Fulvia, spat upon Cicero’s decapitated head and stuck her hairpins into his tongue, in vengeance for his speeches against her husband. #AncientHistory 🏺