Wyrd Wednesday
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Another #WyrdWednesday for the books! Thank you for all of your glorious grayscale posts.
Our next topic will be announced on Monday. Until next time, have a lovely week!
Our next topic will be announced on Monday. Until next time, have a lovely week!
Another #WyrdWednesday for the books! Thank you for all of your glorious grayscale posts.
Our next topic will be announced on Monday. Until next time, have a lovely week!
Our next topic will be announced on Monday. Until next time, have a lovely week!
a man in a tuxedo holds a lit candle in his hand
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November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Another #WyrdWednesday for the books! Thank you for all of your glorious grayscale posts.
Our next topic will be announced on Monday. Until next time, have a lovely week!
Our next topic will be announced on Monday. Until next time, have a lovely week!
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#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `As #CúChulainn died he bound himself to a standing stone with his own entrails, to die on his feet, and none of his enemies would come close until the Morrigan perched on his shoulder in the form of a raven.` #Celtic
Source: emeraldisle.ie/the-m...
Source: emeraldisle.ie/the-m...
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `As #CúChulainn died he bound himself to a standing stone with his own entrails, to die on his feet, and none of his enemies would come close until the Morrigan perched on his shoulder in the form of a raven.` #Celtic
Source: emeraldisle.ie/the-m...
Source: emeraldisle.ie/the-m...
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#WednesdayWins for #WyrdWednesday - November Noir in Black & White - 📚
murder is afoot... in the strange case of a dead man who altered his eating habits...
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Agatha Christie 📗
#silicasun 🐤📖❤️
murder is afoot... in the strange case of a dead man who altered his eating habits...
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Agatha Christie 📗
#silicasun 🐤📖❤️
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
#WednesdayWins for #WyrdWednesday - November Noir in Black & White - 📚
murder is afoot... in the strange case of a dead man who altered his eating habits...
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Agatha Christie 📗
#silicasun 🐤📖❤️
murder is afoot... in the strange case of a dead man who altered his eating habits...
Four and Twenty Blackbirds, Agatha Christie 📗
#silicasun 🐤📖❤️
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When the forest spirits of the Schömberg region abandoned their former homes, they left white sparrows behind so that the mortals would remember them.
#wyrdwednesday #poland #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Forest_Spirits_and_the_White_Sparrows
#wyrdwednesday #poland #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Forest_Spirits_and_the_White_Sparrows
The Forest Spirits and the White Sparrows
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November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When the forest spirits of the Schömberg region abandoned their former homes, they left white sparrows behind so that the mortals would remember them.
#wyrdwednesday #poland #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Forest_Spirits_and_the_White_Sparrows
#wyrdwednesday #poland #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Forest_Spirits_and_the_White_Sparrows
Thanks to @cwreeve.bsky.social for the last round!
@prairiebones.bsky.social is ready for your black, white, and all things grayscale posts!
@prairiebones.bsky.social is ready for your black, white, and all things grayscale posts!
a black and white photo of a woman in a white dress
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November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thanks to @cwreeve.bsky.social for the last round!
@prairiebones.bsky.social is ready for your black, white, and all things grayscale posts!
@prairiebones.bsky.social is ready for your black, white, and all things grayscale posts!
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#WyrdWednesday #BookChatWeekly
"The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white."
William Blake
🎨Jamie Heiden * Annabel Spenceley
"The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white."
William Blake
🎨Jamie Heiden * Annabel Spenceley
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#WyrdWednesday #BookChatWeekly
"The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white."
William Blake
🎨Jamie Heiden * Annabel Spenceley
"The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white."
William Blake
🎨Jamie Heiden * Annabel Spenceley
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#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `The raven has long been an omen of ill-tidings around the world, bearer of bad news and warnings, but in Ireland it was known once as a servant of the fairy Morrigan, or the raven was herself in person!`
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `The raven has long been an omen of ill-tidings around the world, bearer of bad news and warnings, but in Ireland it was known once as a servant of the fairy Morrigan, or the raven was herself in person!`
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A black cow haunts the vicinity of Kirrwiller.
#wyrdwednesday #france #folktale #folklore #cow
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Cow
#wyrdwednesday #france #folktale #folklore #cow
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Cow
The Black Cow
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November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A black cow haunts the vicinity of Kirrwiller.
#wyrdwednesday #france #folktale #folklore #cow
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Cow
#wyrdwednesday #france #folktale #folklore #cow
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Cow
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November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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"I'm trying to get beyond the world of appearances to something more absolute". Using a monochrome palette, artist Alan Reynolds went under the surface of the landscape and into its soil, evoking what he experienced as the spirit of place #WyrdWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"I'm trying to get beyond the world of appearances to something more absolute". Using a monochrome palette, artist Alan Reynolds went under the surface of the landscape and into its soil, evoking what he experienced as the spirit of place #WyrdWednesday
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#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `Several kinds of riddles figure in marriage stories and rituals, as means of bringing opposites together. In 'The Wooing of Ailbe' there are many of the kind which requires finding a degree beyond the superlative:
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November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `Several kinds of riddles figure in marriage stories and rituals, as means of bringing opposites together. In 'The Wooing of Ailbe' there are many of the kind which requires finding a degree beyond the superlative:
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In black-and-white films, the enterprising set designers made the perfect snow out of corn flakes painted white ... hehe, frosted flakes ❄️❄️❄️
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
a black and white photo of a city at night with snow falling on the roofs of houses .
Alt: a black and white photo of a city at night with snow falling on the roofs of houses .
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November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In black-and-white films, the enterprising set designers made the perfect snow out of corn flakes painted white ... hehe, frosted flakes ❄️❄️❄️
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
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In 1519, a long, black figure was spotted in Murder Alley of the town of Hof.
#wyrdwednesday #germany #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Long_Man_in_the_Murder_Alley_at_Hof
#wyrdwednesday #germany #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Long_Man_in_the_Murder_Alley_at_Hof
The Long Man in the Murder Alley at Hof
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November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In 1519, a long, black figure was spotted in Murder Alley of the town of Hof.
#wyrdwednesday #germany #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Long_Man_in_the_Murder_Alley_at_Hof
#wyrdwednesday #germany #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Long_Man_in_the_Murder_Alley_at_Hof
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#WyrdWednesday
#Hookland
Novembre noir
The trees mostly sang to me
The ash rang like a lyre
The oak hummed a dirge, deep, sad and slow.
Birches chanted a soaring polyphonic chorus.
But the blackthorn uttered dark, bitter oaths about the hard times still to come
#Hookland
Novembre noir
The trees mostly sang to me
The ash rang like a lyre
The oak hummed a dirge, deep, sad and slow.
Birches chanted a soaring polyphonic chorus.
But the blackthorn uttered dark, bitter oaths about the hard times still to come
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#WyrdWednesday
#Hookland
Novembre noir
The trees mostly sang to me
The ash rang like a lyre
The oak hummed a dirge, deep, sad and slow.
Birches chanted a soaring polyphonic chorus.
But the blackthorn uttered dark, bitter oaths about the hard times still to come
#Hookland
Novembre noir
The trees mostly sang to me
The ash rang like a lyre
The oak hummed a dirge, deep, sad and slow.
Birches chanted a soaring polyphonic chorus.
But the blackthorn uttered dark, bitter oaths about the hard times still to come
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#WyrdWednesday
The fascinating Day and Night print by Dutch artist M C Escher.
The fascinating Day and Night print by Dutch artist M C Escher.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#WyrdWednesday
The fascinating Day and Night print by Dutch artist M C Escher.
The fascinating Day and Night print by Dutch artist M C Escher.
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#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `The wizard swineherds of Ochall, king of the sid of Connacht, and Bodb, king of the sid of Munster, were first friends and later rivals.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `The wizard swineherds of Ochall, king of the sid of Connacht, and Bodb, king of the sid of Munster, were first friends and later rivals.
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“In Scotland it has been an old belief that the otters have a king, of larger size than the rest of the species, and farther distinguished by having his coat streaked or varied with white…”
—Robert Scott Fittis, Sports & Pastimes of Scotland (1891)
#WyrdWednesday
—Robert Scott Fittis, Sports & Pastimes of Scotland (1891)
#WyrdWednesday
![[…] their sakes who are of my brotherhood." On the other hand, the "base vermin" has been regarded with far different feelings by the peasantry of a water-side. The Highland people affectionately call it caraid nam bochd, "the poor man's friend," because of its habit of eating no more than a bit from the back or shoulder of a salmon, and then leaving the fish lying on the bank, to be picked up by the first passer-by. In Scotland it has been an old belief that the otters have a king, of larger size than the rest of the species, and farther distinguished by having his coat streaked or varied with white. His skin, moreover, was thought to possess inestimable virtues to mankind. It was an antidote for infectious diseases: the Highlanders were anxious to line their targets with it to ensure victory in battle; and mariners valued it as an infallible preservation against shipwreck at sea. But, as we are told, "the otter-king is very rarely seen, and very hard to be killed;" and he is never killed without the sudden death of a man or an animal at the same moment!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vmd2oqboco524fhpqdu7pnbn/bafkreifz7pne3gkqmycprrzwh4zxb7r2pieri73q3omoxqneuepnynkovi@jpeg)
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“In Scotland it has been an old belief that the otters have a king, of larger size than the rest of the species, and farther distinguished by having his coat streaked or varied with white…”
—Robert Scott Fittis, Sports & Pastimes of Scotland (1891)
#WyrdWednesday
—Robert Scott Fittis, Sports & Pastimes of Scotland (1891)
#WyrdWednesday
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A strange black figure guards a treasure hidden in the streets of Wernigerode.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Man_with_the_Rod
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Man_with_the_Rod
The Black Man with the Rod
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November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A strange black figure guards a treasure hidden in the streets of Wernigerode.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Man_with_the_Rod
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Man_with_the_Rod
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From Hungary to Mongolia, children are taught to fear the Black Volga, a car with white interior curtains that belonged to either the secret police, the mafia, or to Satan himself, depending on region. Those who see it are never seen again #WyrdWednesday
🖼️: D. Humphries
🖼️: D. Humphries
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
From Hungary to Mongolia, children are taught to fear the Black Volga, a car with white interior curtains that belonged to either the secret police, the mafia, or to Satan himself, depending on region. Those who see it are never seen again #WyrdWednesday
🖼️: D. Humphries
🖼️: D. Humphries
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A cross between #Wyrdwednesday and #Noirvember⁉️ Here’s the wyrdest of original noir films: Kiss Me Deadly. The criminals all seek this box, not realizing that just opening it will [💥🩻😵] them. I’m certain it inspired Repo Man. With the oddest of villains, and the debut of Cloris Leachman (Blücher!🐴).
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A cross between #Wyrdwednesday and #Noirvember⁉️ Here’s the wyrdest of original noir films: Kiss Me Deadly. The criminals all seek this box, not realizing that just opening it will [💥🩻😵] them. I’m certain it inspired Repo Man. With the oddest of villains, and the debut of Cloris Leachman (Blücher!🐴).
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Among Turkish mythology across Central Asia, the Tulpar is a winged horse, black or white in color, known to be faster than a storm and able to cross great distances quickly. The first fiddle was made from a Tulpar's hair and sinews. #WyrdWednesday
🖼: A. Santiso
🖼: A. Santiso
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Among Turkish mythology across Central Asia, the Tulpar is a winged horse, black or white in color, known to be faster than a storm and able to cross great distances quickly. The first fiddle was made from a Tulpar's hair and sinews. #WyrdWednesday
🖼: A. Santiso
🖼: A. Santiso
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Here’s Surt preparing to destroy the universe with monochromatic flames, courtesy of John Charles Dollman.
#wyrdwednesday
#wyrdwednesday
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here’s Surt preparing to destroy the universe with monochromatic flames, courtesy of John Charles Dollman.
#wyrdwednesday
#wyrdwednesday
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The Black Knight in Arthurian legend is the mystery character reduced to silhouette. His armor hides name, face, allegiance. Folklore loves a battle against the unknown. #WyrdWednesday
Art: Julek Heller
Art: Julek Heller
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Black Knight in Arthurian legend is the mystery character reduced to silhouette. His armor hides name, face, allegiance. Folklore loves a battle against the unknown. #WyrdWednesday
Art: Julek Heller
Art: Julek Heller
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#WyrdWednesday The apparitional "Women in Black," veiled and dressed in widow’s weeds, were a female equivalent of Spring-heeled Jack. Seemingly bullet-proof and uncatchable, they flitted about in the dark, causing small-town panics across the 19th-century US. hauntedohiobooks.com/news/mistres...
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#WyrdWednesday The apparitional "Women in Black," veiled and dressed in widow’s weeds, were a female equivalent of Spring-heeled Jack. Seemingly bullet-proof and uncatchable, they flitted about in the dark, causing small-town panics across the 19th-century US. hauntedohiobooks.com/news/mistres...
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An eerie black cat haunts a meadow near Salzderhelden.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Cat
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Cat
The Black Cat
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November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
An eerie black cat haunts a meadow near Salzderhelden.
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Cat
#wyrdwednesday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Black_Cat