Signe Maene
@signemaene.com
Belgian writer of stories inspired by Flemish folklore. Loves spooky woods, fairies, selkies, poetry and pretty shoes :-) BookWormSat with Rachel Deering.🖤 OUT NOW: Flemish Folktales Retold. signemaene.com/links/
'A black cat, without a single white hair, is a witch of the sort that brings luck to the house.'
-Samuel Adams Drake
🎨Denise Warren
-Samuel Adams Drake
🎨Denise Warren
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
'A black cat, without a single white hair, is a witch of the sort that brings luck to the house.'
-Samuel Adams Drake
🎨Denise Warren
-Samuel Adams Drake
🎨Denise Warren
'But sorrow and silence,
Are the wood's threnody,
The silence for you
and the sorrow for me.'
-Francis Ledwidge
🎨Léon Spilliaert
#BookWormSat
Are the wood's threnody,
The silence for you
and the sorrow for me.'
-Francis Ledwidge
🎨Léon Spilliaert
#BookWormSat
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
'But sorrow and silence,
Are the wood's threnody,
The silence for you
and the sorrow for me.'
-Francis Ledwidge
🎨Léon Spilliaert
#BookWormSat
Are the wood's threnody,
The silence for you
and the sorrow for me.'
-Francis Ledwidge
🎨Léon Spilliaert
#BookWormSat
Portrait of a Daydreamer by Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Portrait of a Daydreamer by Frederik Hendrik Kaemmerer.
According to some Flemish folktales, ghosts live in trees. In one story, nobody dared to go near a pile of rotten tree trunks because it was said to bite and chew. In another, you could only pass a particular tree if you made the sign of the cross first.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
According to some Flemish folktales, ghosts live in trees. In one story, nobody dared to go near a pile of rotten tree trunks because it was said to bite and chew. In another, you could only pass a particular tree if you made the sign of the cross first.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
1/2 According to Flemish folktales, Die Gnydige was a witch who could shapeshift into a cat. The villagers grew tired of her gatherings to which hundreds of cats came, and burned down her den. The felines walked unharmed through the flames and chased the men away.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1/2 According to Flemish folktales, Die Gnydige was a witch who could shapeshift into a cat. The villagers grew tired of her gatherings to which hundreds of cats came, and burned down her den. The felines walked unharmed through the flames and chased the men away.
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
According to a Flemish folktale, a man called a cat 'an ugly witch.' The cat responded by biting the man. The wound didn't heal and got worse every day.
If you would like to know what Flanders's witches got up to, consider backing our Kickstarter. We are very close! 🖤🐈⬛🖤 kck.st/492NqKt
If you would like to know what Flanders's witches got up to, consider backing our Kickstarter. We are very close! 🖤🐈⬛🖤 kck.st/492NqKt
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
According to a Flemish folktale, a man called a cat 'an ugly witch.' The cat responded by biting the man. The wound didn't heal and got worse every day.
If you would like to know what Flanders's witches got up to, consider backing our Kickstarter. We are very close! 🖤🐈⬛🖤 kck.st/492NqKt
If you would like to know what Flanders's witches got up to, consider backing our Kickstarter. We are very close! 🖤🐈⬛🖤 kck.st/492NqKt
Behold his mightiness.
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Behold his mightiness.
Creature we met in the Sint-Martinusbasiliek in Halle.
November 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Creature we met in the Sint-Martinusbasiliek in Halle.
Made two new friends today.
November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Made two new friends today.
'The spirits of the dead, who stood
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.'
-Edgar Allan Poe
🎨Edmund Dulac
#BookWormSat
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.'
-Edgar Allan Poe
🎨Edmund Dulac
#BookWormSat
November 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
'The spirits of the dead, who stood
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.'
-Edgar Allan Poe
🎨Edmund Dulac
#BookWormSat
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.'
-Edgar Allan Poe
🎨Edmund Dulac
#BookWormSat
In case you would like to read about dancing witches in the woods: signe.substack.com/p/the-witch-...
October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
In case you would like to read about dancing witches in the woods: signe.substack.com/p/the-witch-...
According to a Flemish folktale, there was a woman who claimed she was afraid of nothing. One night, she went to a graveyard for she preferred to collect bones rather than pick flowers. As she reached for them, a voice suddenly spoke 'Don't touch me. Those are my bones.'
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
According to a Flemish folktale, there was a woman who claimed she was afraid of nothing. One night, she went to a graveyard for she preferred to collect bones rather than pick flowers. As she reached for them, a voice suddenly spoke 'Don't touch me. Those are my bones.'
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our Kickstarter! We are 45% funded and have thirteen days left. It is daunting, but every message, every share, every person who believes in these forgotten stories means so much.
There's a new witchy tale here:
signe.substack.com/p/the-witch-...
There's a new witchy tale here:
signe.substack.com/p/the-witch-...
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported our Kickstarter! We are 45% funded and have thirteen days left. It is daunting, but every message, every share, every person who believes in these forgotten stories means so much.
There's a new witchy tale here:
signe.substack.com/p/the-witch-...
There's a new witchy tale here:
signe.substack.com/p/the-witch-...
According to a Flemish folktale, a man mocked a witch. She told him to leave those alone who leave you alone. When the man went home, a screeching cat jumped in front of him. The cat vanished and reappeared again and again. He arrived home more dead than alive.
🎨Gwen John
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Gwen John
#WyrdWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
According to a Flemish folktale, a man mocked a witch. She told him to leave those alone who leave you alone. When the man went home, a screeching cat jumped in front of him. The cat vanished and reappeared again and again. He arrived home more dead than alive.
🎨Gwen John
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Gwen John
#WyrdWednesday
According to a Flemish folktale, people went on pilgrimages and visited monks to make a witch give up her powers. Their attempts were fruitless. She remained a witch and cursed the houses of those who had wanted to change her.
If you like witches, consider backing our project kck.st/492NqKt 🌙🖤
If you like witches, consider backing our project kck.st/492NqKt 🌙🖤
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
According to a Flemish folktale, people went on pilgrimages and visited monks to make a witch give up her powers. Their attempts were fruitless. She remained a witch and cursed the houses of those who had wanted to change her.
If you like witches, consider backing our project kck.st/492NqKt 🌙🖤
If you like witches, consider backing our project kck.st/492NqKt 🌙🖤
Fantasising about plundering hell with Dull Gret because it's nearly Halloween. And she would like Halloween.
October 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Fantasising about plundering hell with Dull Gret because it's nearly Halloween. And she would like Halloween.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported and backed our Kickstarter!
The witches of Flanders are calling on the wind to be heard. Consider helping us turning this dream into a reality. 🖤✨
kck.st/492NqKt
The witches of Flanders are calling on the wind to be heard. Consider helping us turning this dream into a reality. 🖤✨
kck.st/492NqKt
October 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported and backed our Kickstarter!
The witches of Flanders are calling on the wind to be heard. Consider helping us turning this dream into a reality. 🖤✨
kck.st/492NqKt
The witches of Flanders are calling on the wind to be heard. Consider helping us turning this dream into a reality. 🖤✨
kck.st/492NqKt
'She was a wicked witch who was lying in wait there for children. She had built her house of bread only in order to lure them to her, and if she captured one, she would kill him, cook him, and eat him; and for her that was a day to celebrate.'
-Hansel and Gretel
🎨Laura Barrett
#BookWormSat
-Hansel and Gretel
🎨Laura Barrett
#BookWormSat
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
'She was a wicked witch who was lying in wait there for children. She had built her house of bread only in order to lure them to her, and if she captured one, she would kill him, cook him, and eat him; and for her that was a day to celebrate.'
-Hansel and Gretel
🎨Laura Barrett
#BookWormSat
-Hansel and Gretel
🎨Laura Barrett
#BookWormSat
Help us turn this folklore dream into a witchy reality! Anything you can do is appreciated so much. 🖤🌙🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
kck.st/492NqKt
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Help us turn this folklore dream into a witchy reality! Anything you can do is appreciated so much. 🖤🌙🖤
kck.st/492NqKt
kck.st/492NqKt
A Flemish tale says a man felt something very heavy crawling on his shoulders while he was at a graveyard. He was accompanied by a rat-like ghost creature that became as large as a horse. It disappeared into a stream.
🎨Gustave Doré
#PhantomsFriday
🎨Gustave Doré
#PhantomsFriday
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A Flemish tale says a man felt something very heavy crawling on his shoulders while he was at a graveyard. He was accompanied by a rat-like ghost creature that became as large as a horse. It disappeared into a stream.
🎨Gustave Doré
#PhantomsFriday
🎨Gustave Doré
#PhantomsFriday
In Flanders, people stayed away from a forest because a witch lived there in a hut made of blackberry bushes.
She vanished, and so did her hut, and eventually the forest.
If you would like know what became of her, there's something on Kickstarter we would love you to know about ✨ kck.st/492NqKt
She vanished, and so did her hut, and eventually the forest.
If you would like know what became of her, there's something on Kickstarter we would love you to know about ✨ kck.st/492NqKt
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In Flanders, people stayed away from a forest because a witch lived there in a hut made of blackberry bushes.
She vanished, and so did her hut, and eventually the forest.
If you would like know what became of her, there's something on Kickstarter we would love you to know about ✨ kck.st/492NqKt
She vanished, and so did her hut, and eventually the forest.
If you would like know what became of her, there's something on Kickstarter we would love you to know about ✨ kck.st/492NqKt
The Witches go to Market by Alice Boyd (1876)
October 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Witches go to Market by Alice Boyd (1876)
It's very stormy in Belgium today. In Flanders, it was believed that witches summoned storms by throwing straw bundles into the sea and letting them drift away. ✨
And there's something witchy on Kickstarter we would love you to know about! kck.st/492NqKt Help us bring this dream project to life!🖤
And there's something witchy on Kickstarter we would love you to know about! kck.st/492NqKt Help us bring this dream project to life!🖤
October 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's very stormy in Belgium today. In Flanders, it was believed that witches summoned storms by throwing straw bundles into the sea and letting them drift away. ✨
And there's something witchy on Kickstarter we would love you to know about! kck.st/492NqKt Help us bring this dream project to life!🖤
And there's something witchy on Kickstarter we would love you to know about! kck.st/492NqKt Help us bring this dream project to life!🖤
According to some Flemish folktales, the surest way to meet a werewolf was to walk the country roads after dark. More often than not, a robber wearing a wolf mask would appear from behind the trees and demand your possessions.
🎨Carmen Saldaña
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Carmen Saldaña
#WyrdWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
According to some Flemish folktales, the surest way to meet a werewolf was to walk the country roads after dark. More often than not, a robber wearing a wolf mask would appear from behind the trees and demand your possessions.
🎨Carmen Saldaña
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Carmen Saldaña
#WyrdWednesday