Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
@albyonabsey.bsky.social
FREE A-Z of Strange & Fantastical Locations for your Fantasy TTRPGs • ENNIE'23 Nominated • Wondrously Aberrant Folklore & Fables • www.albyonabsey.com
Pinned
The A-Z’s newest #fantasy #ttrpg location has arrived.
A tribute to a much missed & very special little girl, featuring contributions from creators Bonus Action, Fluffy Folio, and Griffon’s Saddlebag
Discover & explore
www.albyonabsey.com/folio2/mollyoddsonfloops
(Reposts much appreciated!)
A tribute to a much missed & very special little girl, featuring contributions from creators Bonus Action, Fluffy Folio, and Griffon’s Saddlebag
Discover & explore
www.albyonabsey.com/folio2/mollyoddsonfloops
(Reposts much appreciated!)
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
My latest post for the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on #deafness, #communication, and sign language in the Middle Ages
wellcomecollection.org/stories/medi...
#medievalsky #skystorians
wellcomecollection.org/stories/medi...
#medievalsky #skystorians
Medieval deaf communication
Communicating with hand signs has a long history. Researcher Jude Seal examines the evidence for signing in Medieval Europe among both deaf and hearing communities.
wellcomecollection.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My latest post for the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on #deafness, #communication, and sign language in the Middle Ages
wellcomecollection.org/stories/medi...
#medievalsky #skystorians
wellcomecollection.org/stories/medi...
#medievalsky #skystorians
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Lovely miniature from an early XV c. #inventorybook ... #staytuned because soon there will be... an #homicide with #inventory from 1380s!
@artandinequality.bsky.social
goes beyond testaments!
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
#medievalsky
@artandinequality.bsky.social
goes beyond testaments!
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
#medievalsky
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Lovely miniature from an early XV c. #inventorybook ... #staytuned because soon there will be... an #homicide with #inventory from 1380s!
@artandinequality.bsky.social
goes beyond testaments!
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
#medievalsky
@artandinequality.bsky.social
goes beyond testaments!
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
#medievalsky
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Women in folk tales…
Just a couple of hours to go. Still time to grab a ticket for this online talk, plus recording
Just £5 from
bit.ly/flaevents
All income supports the charity
Just a couple of hours to go. Still time to grab a ticket for this online talk, plus recording
Just £5 from
bit.ly/flaevents
All income supports the charity
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Women in folk tales…
Just a couple of hours to go. Still time to grab a ticket for this online talk, plus recording
Just £5 from
bit.ly/flaevents
All income supports the charity
Just a couple of hours to go. Still time to grab a ticket for this online talk, plus recording
Just £5 from
bit.ly/flaevents
All income supports the charity
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Thomas Light was a conjurer who lived in the early 19th century at High Ercall. He consulted the stars, summoned spirits, and satisfied the needs of locals with both curses and cures. He was often heard wrestling with supernatural beings and even the Devil at night. 🌙
#Folklore #Shropshire #Satan
#Folklore #Shropshire #Satan
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thomas Light was a conjurer who lived in the early 19th century at High Ercall. He consulted the stars, summoned spirits, and satisfied the needs of locals with both curses and cures. He was often heard wrestling with supernatural beings and even the Devil at night. 🌙
#Folklore #Shropshire #Satan
#Folklore #Shropshire #Satan
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
In “The Haunted Mirror”, from Dead of Night (1945), an antique mirror reflects the subject in a room from the past, and it is as a retainer of a tragedy soon to be reenacted. The segment was based on a tale by E F Benson that explored ideas popular among 19th-century psychic researchers.
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In “The Haunted Mirror”, from Dead of Night (1945), an antique mirror reflects the subject in a room from the past, and it is as a retainer of a tragedy soon to be reenacted. The segment was based on a tale by E F Benson that explored ideas popular among 19th-century psychic researchers.
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Why might Blind Lane, Ansty, be called so? Well I found out (from my new haul of folklorish stuff) that it is because the spring there was thought, in days gone by, to cure blindness in babies.
I went to find the spring on Blind Lane. I think this is it!
I went to find the spring on Blind Lane. I think this is it!
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Why might Blind Lane, Ansty, be called so? Well I found out (from my new haul of folklorish stuff) that it is because the spring there was thought, in days gone by, to cure blindness in babies.
I went to find the spring on Blind Lane. I think this is it!
I went to find the spring on Blind Lane. I think this is it!
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Have you ever experienced that strange feeling that you’ve encountered this moment or event before?
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Have you ever experienced that strange feeling that you’ve encountered this moment or event before?
November
November 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
November
Happy Halloween, one & all
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Happy Halloween, one & all
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
HOORAY I'm back in London on 25th November! Did you know that a magician used to ply his trade where The Gherkin now stands? Come join me for more weird facts that will make you see England's history differently 🌟
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-magic-witchcraft-tickets-1743090002119
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-magic-witchcraft-tickets-1743090002119
October 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
HOORAY I'm back in London on 25th November! Did you know that a magician used to ply his trade where The Gherkin now stands? Come join me for more weird facts that will make you see England's history differently 🌟
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-magic-witchcraft-tickets-1743090002119
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-magic-witchcraft-tickets-1743090002119
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
A hill carved with mysterious figures and an eccentric old man who follows the old ways.
An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king.
A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons.
TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king.
A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons.
TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A hill carved with mysterious figures and an eccentric old man who follows the old ways.
An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king.
A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons.
TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
An island steeped in legend and a stranger who claims to be its next king.
A church on the marshes and a struggling artist who glimpses its demons.
TALES OF OCCULT BRITAIN
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Folk explanations of place name derivations. Just finished revising a short study of them. Some were serious & others humorous. A favourite:
The Shropshire village of Selattyn on the Welsh border was thought to derive from a local schoolmaster who advertised "I sell Latin".
The Shropshire village of Selattyn on the Welsh border was thought to derive from a local schoolmaster who advertised "I sell Latin".
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Folk explanations of place name derivations. Just finished revising a short study of them. Some were serious & others humorous. A favourite:
The Shropshire village of Selattyn on the Welsh border was thought to derive from a local schoolmaster who advertised "I sell Latin".
The Shropshire village of Selattyn on the Welsh border was thought to derive from a local schoolmaster who advertised "I sell Latin".
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Coming soon to British Online Archives — Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920.
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Coming soon to British Online Archives — Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920.
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Thurs 23 October, 10:00-17:00 BST: 'Folklore & Anthropology in Conversation: Revisiting Oral Narrative'--joint symposium of @folkloresociety.bsky.social and The RAI.
Tickets are free. In-person attendance is fully booked but places still available to attend online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tickets are free. In-person attendance is fully booked but places still available to attend online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thurs 23 October, 10:00-17:00 BST: 'Folklore & Anthropology in Conversation: Revisiting Oral Narrative'--joint symposium of @folkloresociety.bsky.social and The RAI.
Tickets are free. In-person attendance is fully booked but places still available to attend online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tickets are free. In-person attendance is fully booked but places still available to attend online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Linden, linden, linden tree
Thou art so gracious o’er me
Whose shade exalts
such gentle rest
Afore eve’s sun
bids last to west
T’wards tides & shingle
pulled & swell
T’is there that I shall
dream to dwell
Thou art so gracious o’er me
Whose shade exalts
such gentle rest
Afore eve’s sun
bids last to west
T’wards tides & shingle
pulled & swell
T’is there that I shall
dream to dwell
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Linden, linden, linden tree
Thou art so gracious o’er me
Whose shade exalts
such gentle rest
Afore eve’s sun
bids last to west
T’wards tides & shingle
pulled & swell
T’is there that I shall
dream to dwell
Thou art so gracious o’er me
Whose shade exalts
such gentle rest
Afore eve’s sun
bids last to west
T’wards tides & shingle
pulled & swell
T’is there that I shall
dream to dwell
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
I'm doing a talk about Bonfire Night folklore on 3 November so I'm curious... What traditions do you follow, if any, for the day? If you don't follow them now, what did you do to mark the day when you did 'celebrate'?
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I'm doing a talk about Bonfire Night folklore on 3 November so I'm curious... What traditions do you follow, if any, for the day? If you don't follow them now, what did you do to mark the day when you did 'celebrate'?
A terrifyingly fitting classic location - suitably strange & fantastical - all ready to drag & drop into your #fantasy #ttrpg this #October month
www.albyonabsey.com/locations/el...
www.albyonabsey.com/locations/el...
Elithyr - The Fae Cursed Dolls' House — Albyon Absey's Geographical Almanac
Elithyr, luring unsuspecting victims to the fire ravaged toy-shop window of Chestnut & Sons, in this Strange & Fantastical Location for your Fantasy Roleplaying Games. Enhance your Dungeons and Dragon...
www.albyonabsey.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A terrifyingly fitting classic location - suitably strange & fantastical - all ready to drag & drop into your #fantasy #ttrpg this #October month
www.albyonabsey.com/locations/el...
www.albyonabsey.com/locations/el...
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Mummers where humans dressed up as animals and fantastical creatures to entertain 🎉
Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, fol 21 V.
Five Mummers, 1338-44 MS Bodl. 264.
#medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #mummers #marginalia #medievalmanuscript
Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, fol 21 V.
Five Mummers, 1338-44 MS Bodl. 264.
#medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #mummers #marginalia #medievalmanuscript
October 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Mummers where humans dressed up as animals and fantastical creatures to entertain 🎉
Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, fol 21 V.
Five Mummers, 1338-44 MS Bodl. 264.
#medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #mummers #marginalia #medievalmanuscript
Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 264, fol 21 V.
Five Mummers, 1338-44 MS Bodl. 264.
#medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #mummers #marginalia #medievalmanuscript
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
📣 Kemble Lecture 2025 #TOEBI #medievalsky
📜‘Myths and Monsters: Beowulf and the Etymologists’
🗣️Prof. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
📅Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5pm
🏫Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
💻Register for Zoom: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📜‘Myths and Monsters: Beowulf and the Etymologists’
🗣️Prof. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
📅Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5pm
🏫Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
💻Register for Zoom: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📣 Kemble Lecture 2025 #TOEBI #medievalsky
📜‘Myths and Monsters: Beowulf and the Etymologists’
🗣️Prof. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
📅Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5pm
🏫Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
💻Register for Zoom: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📜‘Myths and Monsters: Beowulf and the Etymologists’
🗣️Prof. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
📅Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5pm
🏫Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
💻Register for Zoom: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Borth Submarine Forest: A submerged forest, preserved in peat from the later Neolithic/ early Bronze Age, one of eight known submarine forests along the Welsh coast. Best visited after a storm, though in normal conditions some stumps are visible at or beyond the low tide line.
October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Borth Submarine Forest: A submerged forest, preserved in peat from the later Neolithic/ early Bronze Age, one of eight known submarine forests along the Welsh coast. Best visited after a storm, though in normal conditions some stumps are visible at or beyond the low tide line.
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Looking forward to reading this by Matthias Egeler 🧚📚
October 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Looking forward to reading this by Matthias Egeler 🧚📚
Reposted by Albyon Absey’s Geographical Almanac
Just a few days left to book a ticket for our online talk this Saturday. Daniel Harms will be discussing British Grimoires and their place in our folklore.
Tickets are just £5 and include access to a recording of the event, which starts live at 7:30pm
Book now at bit.ly/flaevents
Tickets are just £5 and include access to a recording of the event, which starts live at 7:30pm
Book now at bit.ly/flaevents
October 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just a few days left to book a ticket for our online talk this Saturday. Daniel Harms will be discussing British Grimoires and their place in our folklore.
Tickets are just £5 and include access to a recording of the event, which starts live at 7:30pm
Book now at bit.ly/flaevents
Tickets are just £5 and include access to a recording of the event, which starts live at 7:30pm
Book now at bit.ly/flaevents