Wyrd Wednesday
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Wyrdlings!
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
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Wyrdlings!
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wyrdlings!
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
Wyrdlings!
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wyrdlings!
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
In the bleak mid-November
grey light made
us give you:
"Novembre Noir - Black & White, from Games of Chess to White Snows, Black Ravens and Whisky Blends"
As this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Tell us something that’s monochrome from folklore, myth or pop culture.
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Once the Future King was a Queen.
“Hatshepsut, meaning “the Foremost of Noble Women,” an Egyptian king of the Eighteenth Dynasty who ruled during the fifteenth century bc and negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority.”
#WeirdWednesday
“Hatshepsut, meaning “the Foremost of Noble Women,” an Egyptian king of the Eighteenth Dynasty who ruled during the fifteenth century bc and negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority.”
#WeirdWednesday
The Woman Who Would Be King | Kara Cooney
The extraordinary rise and reign of Hatshepsut.
www.laphamsquarterly.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Once the Future King was a Queen.
“Hatshepsut, meaning “the Foremost of Noble Women,” an Egyptian king of the Eighteenth Dynasty who ruled during the fifteenth century bc and negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority.”
#WeirdWednesday
“Hatshepsut, meaning “the Foremost of Noble Women,” an Egyptian king of the Eighteenth Dynasty who ruled during the fifteenth century bc and negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority.”
#WeirdWednesday
Well Wyrdlings, thank you for another great #WyrdWednesday! We loved your posts about kings and queens.
We will announce our new topic soon. Until then, have an enchanting week 🪄
We will announce our new topic soon. Until then, have an enchanting week 🪄
a group of rats are standing in front of a staircase in a dark cave
ALT: a group of rats are standing in front of a staircase in a dark cave
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November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Well Wyrdlings, thank you for another great #WyrdWednesday! We loved your posts about kings and queens.
We will announce our new topic soon. Until then, have an enchanting week 🪄
We will announce our new topic soon. Until then, have an enchanting week 🪄
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According to medieval bestiaries, apes always give birth to twins - one which the mother loves and one which she hates. When she carries her young, she holds the loved one in her arms, but the hated one clings to her back. Ironically, this means the loved one is more easily dropped.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
According to medieval bestiaries, apes always give birth to twins - one which the mother loves and one which she hates. When she carries her young, she holds the loved one in her arms, but the hated one clings to her back. Ironically, this means the loved one is more easily dropped.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
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According to legend, a French merchant stole the Hope Diamond from a Hindu idol and sold it to King Louis XIV in 1669. Now in a museum, the diamond is believed to be cursed, as past owners have died by murder, suicide, torture, lynching, or decapitation. #WyrdWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
According to legend, a French merchant stole the Hope Diamond from a Hindu idol and sold it to King Louis XIV in 1669. Now in a museum, the diamond is believed to be cursed, as past owners have died by murder, suicide, torture, lynching, or decapitation. #WyrdWednesday
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It is said that the Kings of the Wends still live in secret among their people.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Kings_of_the_Wends_Today
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Kings_of_the_Wends_Today
The Kings of the Wends Today
wiki.sunkencastles.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It is said that the Kings of the Wends still live in secret among their people.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Kings_of_the_Wends_Today
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Kings_of_the_Wends_Today
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In Arthurian myth, kingship was not granted by birth but by worth. Whoever could draw the sword from the stone proved divine favor, but folklore warns that every miracle demands repayment. #WyrdWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In Arthurian myth, kingship was not granted by birth but by worth. Whoever could draw the sword from the stone proved divine favor, but folklore warns that every miracle demands repayment. #WyrdWednesday
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King John (1899) was the first film adaptation of a Shakespeare play. The only surviving scene shows King John dying after being poisoned off-screen. #WyrdWednesday
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November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
King John (1899) was the first film adaptation of a Shakespeare play. The only surviving scene shows King John dying after being poisoned off-screen. #WyrdWednesday
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In this gruesome English #fairytale, a boy tricks a giant into cutting open his own stomach. “At the dead time of the night in came the Welsh giant” -Jack the Giant Killer
🎨Arthur Rackham redbubble.com/shop/ap/4130... #WyrdWednesday #art #vintage #illustration #homedecor #folklore
🎨Arthur Rackham redbubble.com/shop/ap/4130... #WyrdWednesday #art #vintage #illustration #homedecor #folklore
Jack the Giant Killer - Arthur Rackham by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
"At the dead time of the night in came the Welsh Giant"
Jack the Giant Killer - Arthur Rackham for the Allies' Fairy Book
redbubble.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In this gruesome English #fairytale, a boy tricks a giant into cutting open his own stomach. “At the dead time of the night in came the Welsh giant” -Jack the Giant Killer
🎨Arthur Rackham redbubble.com/shop/ap/4130... #WyrdWednesday #art #vintage #illustration #homedecor #folklore
🎨Arthur Rackham redbubble.com/shop/ap/4130... #WyrdWednesday #art #vintage #illustration #homedecor #folklore
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The dwarf king Hibich dwells beneath a rock formation near Bad Grund.
But ever since the Thirty Years' War, he is no longer permitted to visit the surface world.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dwarf_King_Hibich
But ever since the Thirty Years' War, he is no longer permitted to visit the surface world.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dwarf_King_Hibich
The Dwarf King Hibich
wiki.sunkencastles.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The dwarf king Hibich dwells beneath a rock formation near Bad Grund.
But ever since the Thirty Years' War, he is no longer permitted to visit the surface world.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dwarf_King_Hibich
But ever since the Thirty Years' War, he is no longer permitted to visit the surface world.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dwarf_King_Hibich
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'And Arthur rowed across and took it--rich
With jewels, elfin Urim, on the hilt,
Bewildering heart and eye--the blade so bright
That men are blinded by it...'
-Lord Tennyson
🎨John Duncan
#WyrdWednesday
With jewels, elfin Urim, on the hilt,
Bewildering heart and eye--the blade so bright
That men are blinded by it...'
-Lord Tennyson
🎨John Duncan
#WyrdWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
'And Arthur rowed across and took it--rich
With jewels, elfin Urim, on the hilt,
Bewildering heart and eye--the blade so bright
That men are blinded by it...'
-Lord Tennyson
🎨John Duncan
#WyrdWednesday
With jewels, elfin Urim, on the hilt,
Bewildering heart and eye--the blade so bright
That men are blinded by it...'
-Lord Tennyson
🎨John Duncan
#WyrdWednesday
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Before today, my understanding of a "rat king" was based on this guy, and I think life was a little better then. Look it up in Wikipedia at your own risk. #WyrdWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Before today, my understanding of a "rat king" was based on this guy, and I think life was a little better then. Look it up in Wikipedia at your own risk. #WyrdWednesday
Thanks to @cwreeve.bsky.social for the last round!
@prairiebones.bsky.social is here for all your Kings, Queens, and other individuals chosen by the gods themselves.
@prairiebones.bsky.social is here for all your Kings, Queens, and other individuals chosen by the gods themselves.
a woman wearing a crown and a necklace with a heart shaped pendant on her forehead
ALT: a woman wearing a crown and a necklace with a heart shaped pendant on her forehead
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Thanks to @cwreeve.bsky.social for the last round!
@prairiebones.bsky.social is here for all your Kings, Queens, and other individuals chosen by the gods themselves.
@prairiebones.bsky.social is here for all your Kings, Queens, and other individuals chosen by the gods themselves.
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"The Queen was in the Parlour, Eating Bread and Honey"; she's been interpreted as a moon goddess & as a representation of Catherine of Aragon. Most amusingly, she was co-opted by "The Repository of Lost Legends" (TROLL), who claimed that this Queen symbolised Blackbeard's ship 😉 #WyrdWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"The Queen was in the Parlour, Eating Bread and Honey"; she's been interpreted as a moon goddess & as a representation of Catherine of Aragon. Most amusingly, she was co-opted by "The Repository of Lost Legends" (TROLL), who claimed that this Queen symbolised Blackbeard's ship 😉 #WyrdWednesday
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Medieval coronations mixed magic and politics. Holy oil, relics, and relic smoke made monarchs half-divine. For one day, everyone pretended the crown gleamed with heaven’s consent. #WyrdWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Medieval coronations mixed magic and politics. Holy oil, relics, and relic smoke made monarchs half-divine. For one day, everyone pretended the crown gleamed with heaven’s consent. #WyrdWednesday
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The shade of the Danish King Abel haunts the Schleswig region as the leader of the Wild Hunt.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/King_Abel%27s_Hunt
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/King_Abel%27s_Hunt
King Abel's Hunt
wiki.sunkencastles.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The shade of the Danish King Abel haunts the Schleswig region as the leader of the Wild Hunt.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/King_Abel%27s_Hunt
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/King_Abel%27s_Hunt
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#WyrdWednesday #WerewolfWednesday Reminder that Prince Caspian is canonically bitten by a werewolf.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#WyrdWednesday #WerewolfWednesday Reminder that Prince Caspian is canonically bitten by a werewolf.
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Funeral pyre of a great Geatish king named Beowulf, courtesy of Rockwell Kent in 1931.
#wyrdwednesday
#wyrdwednesday
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Funeral pyre of a great Geatish king named Beowulf, courtesy of Rockwell Kent in 1931.
#wyrdwednesday
#wyrdwednesday
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Illustration by Jeffrey Alan for 'The Sword In The Stone'.
#WyrdWednesday #KingArthur #Arthurian #legend
#WyrdWednesday #KingArthur #Arthurian #legend
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Illustration by Jeffrey Alan for 'The Sword In The Stone'.
#WyrdWednesday #KingArthur #Arthurian #legend
#WyrdWednesday #KingArthur #Arthurian #legend
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The bowels of Harzburg Castle represent a veritable dumping ground for former German rulers.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Redbeard_and_other_German_Emperors_in_the_Well_of_the_Castle_Hill
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Redbeard_and_other_German_Emperors_in_the_Well_of_the_Castle_Hill
The Redbeard and other German Emperors in the Well of the Castle Hill
wiki.sunkencastles.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The bowels of Harzburg Castle represent a veritable dumping ground for former German rulers.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Redbeard_and_other_German_Emperors_in_the_Well_of_the_Castle_Hill
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Redbeard_and_other_German_Emperors_in_the_Well_of_the_Castle_Hill
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Cath Palug - a huge, ferocious feline - terrorised Anglesey, devouring warriors & anything else that crossed its path, until it was slain by Arthurian warrior Cai - the wounds from whose sword [forged in The Otherworld] "no physician could heal".
🎨@nlrobinsonart & @snipurrs [IG]
Cath Palug - a huge, ferocious feline - terrorised Anglesey, devouring warriors & anything else that crossed its path, until it was slain by Arthurian warrior Cai - the wounds from whose sword [forged in The Otherworld] "no physician could heal".
🎨@nlrobinsonart & @snipurrs [IG]
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#WyrdWednesday
Cath Palug - a huge, ferocious feline - terrorised Anglesey, devouring warriors & anything else that crossed its path, until it was slain by Arthurian warrior Cai - the wounds from whose sword [forged in The Otherworld] "no physician could heal".
🎨@nlrobinsonart & @snipurrs [IG]
Cath Palug - a huge, ferocious feline - terrorised Anglesey, devouring warriors & anything else that crossed its path, until it was slain by Arthurian warrior Cai - the wounds from whose sword [forged in The Otherworld] "no physician could heal".
🎨@nlrobinsonart & @snipurrs [IG]
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David Jones (1895-1974), ‘Merlin appears in the form of a young child to Arthur sleeping’ (1931). In Malory’s ‘Mort D’Arthur,’ the disguised Merlin tells Arthur, ‘King Uther Pendragon was thy father, and begat thee on Igraine.’ #WyrdWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
David Jones (1895-1974), ‘Merlin appears in the form of a young child to Arthur sleeping’ (1931). In Malory’s ‘Mort D’Arthur,’ the disguised Merlin tells Arthur, ‘King Uther Pendragon was thy father, and begat thee on Igraine.’ #WyrdWednesday
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One of the oldest stories of King Arthur is found in The Dream of Rhonabwy, in the Mabinogion. While Rhonabwy sleeps, he has a vision of Arthur playing chess against his follower, Owain, to the backdrop of the Battle of Badon.
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One of the oldest stories of King Arthur is found in The Dream of Rhonabwy, in the Mabinogion. While Rhonabwy sleeps, he has a vision of Arthur playing chess against his follower, Owain, to the backdrop of the Battle of Badon.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#WyrdWednesday
One of the oldest stories of King Arthur is found in The Dream of Rhonabwy, in the Mabinogion. While Rhonabwy sleeps, he has a vision of Arthur playing chess against his follower, Owain, to the backdrop of the Battle of Badon.
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One of the oldest stories of King Arthur is found in The Dream of Rhonabwy, in the Mabinogion. While Rhonabwy sleeps, he has a vision of Arthur playing chess against his follower, Owain, to the backdrop of the Battle of Badon.
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The Altenburg Rat King was discovered in 1828 in a miller's fireplace in Thuringia. Consisting of 32 rats, it is the largest rat king on record. #WyrdWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Altenburg Rat King was discovered in 1828 in a miller's fireplace in Thuringia. Consisting of 32 rats, it is the largest rat king on record. #WyrdWednesday