Folklore with Marcus
@skaldemarcus.bsky.social
Major in religious studies. Have a special interest in Nordic folklore. 🧌 Wrote my bachelor’s thesis about Devil lore in Värmland. 😈
Studying to become a teacher of history & religious studies. 📚
Writer, Director and Researcher over at Skildra. 🧙🏼♂️🗃️
Studying to become a teacher of history & religious studies. 📚
Writer, Director and Researcher over at Skildra. 🧙🏼♂️🗃️
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Swedish Folklore Shorts | The Bjära or Milk-Hare
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I’ve started a YouTube channel called ”Folklore with Marcus” dedicated to Nordic and Swedish #Folklore! My aim is to have a more academic approach to the study of folklore, but this first video is a Short about the Milk-Hare. Check it out if you’re interested! 😈🧌
youtube.com/shorts/-bvHz...
youtube.com/shorts/-bvHz...
@simogo.com really just gave me a heart attack. As someone who adores history and folklore; Year Walk is an amazing game!
June 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
@simogo.com really just gave me a heart attack. As someone who adores history and folklore; Year Walk is an amazing game!
This Thursday I visited the Institute for Language and #Folklore in Gothenburg and I had a lovely time! We got to know about the tradition of ”Påskkärringen” (The Easter Hag) and transcribed old handwritten documents together with other enthusiasts. Here’s a drawing of the devil by C. M. Bergstrand.
April 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This Thursday I visited the Institute for Language and #Folklore in Gothenburg and I had a lovely time! We got to know about the tradition of ”Påskkärringen” (The Easter Hag) and transcribed old handwritten documents together with other enthusiasts. Here’s a drawing of the devil by C. M. Bergstrand.
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One of the things that's most exciting about writing my book about The Devil in Shropshire is the complexity of these stories. He is more than a stock character. He is a powerful conduit for the fears and attitudes of a community. Through these tales, we connect to our past.
#Folklore #Shropshire
#Folklore #Shropshire
January 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
One of the things that's most exciting about writing my book about The Devil in Shropshire is the complexity of these stories. He is more than a stock character. He is a powerful conduit for the fears and attitudes of a community. Through these tales, we connect to our past.
#Folklore #Shropshire
#Folklore #Shropshire
Currently preparing for my thesis in #history #didactics and reading about applications of #folklore in school. There are many interesting ways to teach about folklore and history; the potential for its implementation into curriculum are plenty!
Recommended read: doi.org/10.1080/0015...
Recommended read: doi.org/10.1080/0015...
January 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Currently preparing for my thesis in #history #didactics and reading about applications of #folklore in school. There are many interesting ways to teach about folklore and history; the potential for its implementation into curriculum are plenty!
Recommended read: doi.org/10.1080/0015...
Recommended read: doi.org/10.1080/0015...
In #Swedish #Folklore one could undertake the Year Walk around Christmas or New Years to get a glimpse into the future.
The Year Walker was faced with mortal peril from dangerous Vaesen in the night, such as the monstrous Gloson.
Read more from Tommy Kuusela:
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The Year Walker was faced with mortal peril from dangerous Vaesen in the night, such as the monstrous Gloson.
Read more from Tommy Kuusela:
su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
January 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In #Swedish #Folklore one could undertake the Year Walk around Christmas or New Years to get a glimpse into the future.
The Year Walker was faced with mortal peril from dangerous Vaesen in the night, such as the monstrous Gloson.
Read more from Tommy Kuusela:
su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
The Year Walker was faced with mortal peril from dangerous Vaesen in the night, such as the monstrous Gloson.
Read more from Tommy Kuusela:
su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
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Since that “starter pack” thing has never grown on me, here is a list of folklore and history creators (wave in the comment section below
if we are mutuals but I haven’t added you yet) ⬇️
Unlike starter packs, lists can be pinned and used as separate feeds.
if we are mutuals but I haven’t added you yet) ⬇️
Unlike starter packs, lists can be pinned and used as separate feeds.
January 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Since that “starter pack” thing has never grown on me, here is a list of folklore and history creators (wave in the comment section below
if we are mutuals but I haven’t added you yet) ⬇️
Unlike starter packs, lists can be pinned and used as separate feeds.
if we are mutuals but I haven’t added you yet) ⬇️
Unlike starter packs, lists can be pinned and used as separate feeds.
My fiancé truly knows me. What else could be a better Christmas gift than books about the devil in #folklore and yokai in Japan?
Merry Christmas! 🎄🌟
Merry Christmas! 🎄🌟
December 24, 2024 at 10:13 AM
My fiancé truly knows me. What else could be a better Christmas gift than books about the devil in #folklore and yokai in Japan?
Merry Christmas! 🎄🌟
Merry Christmas! 🎄🌟
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FOLKLORE NERDS: Share a folklore fact/creature/legend! (Pictures are welcome, but optional.)
December 3, 2024 at 12:01 AM
FOLKLORE NERDS: Share a folklore fact/creature/legend! (Pictures are welcome, but optional.)
In Swedish #folklore, a Spiritus was a small snake, roach, scorpion or the like kept in a small wooden box. It could be conjured using dark magic or be given by Satan in exchange for one’s soul. The Spiritus would bring its owner wealth and magic. It had to be fed with spit every day.
November 30, 2024 at 8:29 PM
In Swedish #folklore, a Spiritus was a small snake, roach, scorpion or the like kept in a small wooden box. It could be conjured using dark magic or be given by Satan in exchange for one’s soul. The Spiritus would bring its owner wealth and magic. It had to be fed with spit every day.
The Swedish museum ”Historiska” is supporting the tearing and burning of 1600s witch trails death sentences by modern witches. A very interesting example of use of history and justification for victims of oppression throughout history. news.cision.com/se/historisk...
#history #witchtrails #witches
#history #witchtrails #witches
Historiska museet ställer sig bakom symbolisk ceremoni mot häxprocesserna
Utställningen HÄXOR öppnar på Historiska i december. I samband med det hålls en symbolisk ceremoni
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November 28, 2024 at 9:42 AM
The Swedish museum ”Historiska” is supporting the tearing and burning of 1600s witch trails death sentences by modern witches. A very interesting example of use of history and justification for victims of oppression throughout history. news.cision.com/se/historisk...
#history #witchtrails #witches
#history #witchtrails #witches
In Swedish #folklore, if a person died a violent death or was buried in unhallowed ground, people believed they’d be transformed into a Ghast after death. The Ghast was a dangerous undead creature that could attack the living by hugging them, making them sick. This was called being gastkryst.
November 24, 2024 at 9:48 PM
In Swedish #folklore, if a person died a violent death or was buried in unhallowed ground, people believed they’d be transformed into a Ghast after death. The Ghast was a dangerous undead creature that could attack the living by hugging them, making them sick. This was called being gastkryst.
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November 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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A little update on what’s to come for my YouTube channel. Stay tuned! 🧌 youtube.com/post/UgkxkwS...
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A warm welcome to all new subs and folklore enthusiasts! I posted a short about the Bjära as a sort of introduction to the channel, but I have a much longer ...
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November 22, 2024 at 3:56 PM
A little update on what’s to come for my YouTube channel. Stay tuned! 🧌 youtube.com/post/UgkxkwS...
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Here’s another of my short educational videos. This one discusses the relationship between human speech and character dialogue, with help from folklore scholarship.
youtu.be/iuSu0GyePOQ?...
youtu.be/iuSu0GyePOQ?...
Human Speech vs. Character Dialogue
YouTube video by Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran
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November 22, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Here’s another of my short educational videos. This one discusses the relationship between human speech and character dialogue, with help from folklore scholarship.
youtu.be/iuSu0GyePOQ?...
youtu.be/iuSu0GyePOQ?...
Thanks for including me in this folklore starter pack. Check out all of the amazing people included!
November 22, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Thanks for including me in this folklore starter pack. Check out all of the amazing people included!
I’ve started a YouTube channel called ”Folklore with Marcus” dedicated to Nordic and Swedish #Folklore! My aim is to have a more academic approach to the study of folklore, but this first video is a Short about the Milk-Hare. Check it out if you’re interested! 😈🧌
youtube.com/shorts/-bvHz...
youtube.com/shorts/-bvHz...
Swedish Folklore Shorts | The Bjära or Milk-Hare
YouTube video by Folklore with Marcus
youtube.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I’ve started a YouTube channel called ”Folklore with Marcus” dedicated to Nordic and Swedish #Folklore! My aim is to have a more academic approach to the study of folklore, but this first video is a Short about the Milk-Hare. Check it out if you’re interested! 😈🧌
youtube.com/shorts/-bvHz...
youtube.com/shorts/-bvHz...
1/4 In #Nordic #folklore people told stories of a supernatural creature (a vaesen) called the Milk-Hare, Puke-Hare or Bjära which could be conjured using black magic. A Bjära could be used by a witch or wizard who’d obtained these dark magics by Satan to steal milk from neighbouring farmer’s cows.
November 20, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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Today's #WyrdWednesday theme is Scandinavian Folklore so I thought I'd just talk briefly about the Norse goddess Freya who rides in a chariot drawn by cats, which is extremely cool. She is also the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war and death. She owned the magical necklace Brisingamen...
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November 20, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Today's #WyrdWednesday theme is Scandinavian Folklore so I thought I'd just talk briefly about the Norse goddess Freya who rides in a chariot drawn by cats, which is extremely cool. She is also the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war and death. She owned the magical necklace Brisingamen...
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I made a folklore starter pack. If you want to be added, let me know! go.bsky.app/JTa9kLR
November 19, 2024 at 8:36 PM
I made a folklore starter pack. If you want to be added, let me know! go.bsky.app/JTa9kLR
Earlier this year I picked up an interest in #numismatics. This is my favourite coin so far. A #MarcusAurelius #Denarius (RIC III Marcus Aurelius 311) from 174-175 CE.
Weight: 3,17 g
Diameter: 18,5 mm
Obverse reads: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIX
Reverse reads: IMP VII COS III
Weight: 3,17 g
Diameter: 18,5 mm
Obverse reads: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIX
Reverse reads: IMP VII COS III
November 17, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Earlier this year I picked up an interest in #numismatics. This is my favourite coin so far. A #MarcusAurelius #Denarius (RIC III Marcus Aurelius 311) from 174-175 CE.
Weight: 3,17 g
Diameter: 18,5 mm
Obverse reads: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIX
Reverse reads: IMP VII COS III
Weight: 3,17 g
Diameter: 18,5 mm
Obverse reads: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIX
Reverse reads: IMP VII COS III
The blog post ”The Devil in Shropshire” by @g0blinegg.bsky.social is a recommended read if you’re at all interested in #folklore, but especially in #devillore. I see multiple parallels to how the Devil is portrayed in Swedish lived religion. nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-...
The Devil in Shropshire
The storm that hit Shrewsbury in January 1553 was biblical. The rain lashed down and thunder ripped through the sky- even the night seemed d...
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November 16, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The blog post ”The Devil in Shropshire” by @g0blinegg.bsky.social is a recommended read if you’re at all interested in #folklore, but especially in #devillore. I see multiple parallels to how the Devil is portrayed in Swedish lived religion. nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-...
In Swedish #folklore, it was dangerous to whistle at night, to walk backwards around a church seven times or to twiddle your thumbs. All of these where ways of calling the Devil! 😈
I suggest you follow @g0blinegg.bsky.social for more interesting folklore.
#devillore
I suggest you follow @g0blinegg.bsky.social for more interesting folklore.
#devillore
In some parts of Shropshire, it was believed that you must never look behind you after starting out on a journey. This was because the Devil lingered close by, waiting to claim your soul.
#Folklore #Shropshire #Devillore
#Folklore #Shropshire #Devillore
November 16, 2024 at 7:59 AM
In Swedish #folklore, it was dangerous to whistle at night, to walk backwards around a church seven times or to twiddle your thumbs. All of these where ways of calling the Devil! 😈
I suggest you follow @g0blinegg.bsky.social for more interesting folklore.
#devillore
I suggest you follow @g0blinegg.bsky.social for more interesting folklore.
#devillore
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In some parts of Shropshire, it was believed that you must never look behind you after starting out on a journey. This was because the Devil lingered close by, waiting to claim your soul.
#Folklore #Shropshire #Devillore
#Folklore #Shropshire #Devillore
November 16, 2024 at 7:26 AM
In some parts of Shropshire, it was believed that you must never look behind you after starting out on a journey. This was because the Devil lingered close by, waiting to claim your soul.
#Folklore #Shropshire #Devillore
#Folklore #Shropshire #Devillore
For my #swedish speaking friends on bsky:
I held a lecture at Värmlands Bookfestival 2024 about the #Devil in #värmlands #folklore. Here’s a link to our YouTube-channel, #Skildra, if you’re interested! 😈
youtu.be/sKM_S0DGwUM?...
I held a lecture at Värmlands Bookfestival 2024 about the #Devil in #värmlands #folklore. Here’s a link to our YouTube-channel, #Skildra, if you’re interested! 😈
youtu.be/sKM_S0DGwUM?...
”Den mä horna skulle en allt akta sig för” – folktro om Djävulen | Värmlands Bokfestival 2024
YouTube video by SKILDRA
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November 15, 2024 at 2:56 PM
For my #swedish speaking friends on bsky:
I held a lecture at Värmlands Bookfestival 2024 about the #Devil in #värmlands #folklore. Here’s a link to our YouTube-channel, #Skildra, if you’re interested! 😈
youtu.be/sKM_S0DGwUM?...
I held a lecture at Värmlands Bookfestival 2024 about the #Devil in #värmlands #folklore. Here’s a link to our YouTube-channel, #Skildra, if you’re interested! 😈
youtu.be/sKM_S0DGwUM?...
As a folklore-nerd, I need my first post on here to be about my favourite subject; Did you know that the #Devil had a prominent place in Nordic #Folklore?
In #Värmland, #Sweden, alone I found at least 29 different names for Satan in my research. These include Shame, the Evil one and Old-Erik. 😈
In #Värmland, #Sweden, alone I found at least 29 different names for Satan in my research. These include Shame, the Evil one and Old-Erik. 😈
November 15, 2024 at 10:22 AM