Night of Returning Souls
Now on:
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Romania Insider
#allsaintsday #AllSoulsNight #shortstories #Transylvania #Im4Ro #folklore #legend #MagicalRealism #Romania
Now on:
romania-insider.com/night-return... via
Romania Insider
#allsaintsday #AllSoulsNight #shortstories #Transylvania #Im4Ro #folklore #legend #MagicalRealism #Romania
Stories from readers: Romanian-born author reimagines local myths in 1000-word story ‘The Night of Returning Souls’ | Romania Insider
Romanian-born author Patricia Furstenberg invites readers into the shadowed heart of Transylvania with her 1000-word story The Night of Returning Souls. “Let me show you the world as it once was,” she told Romania-insider.com, introducing a haunting tale set on All Saints’ Night, when the...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Night of Returning Souls
Now on:
romania-insider.com/night-return... via
Romania Insider
#allsaintsday #AllSoulsNight #shortstories #Transylvania #Im4Ro #folklore #legend #MagicalRealism #Romania
Now on:
romania-insider.com/night-return... via
Romania Insider
#allsaintsday #AllSoulsNight #shortstories #Transylvania #Im4Ro #folklore #legend #MagicalRealism #Romania
🏰 ⚜️ A large gothic chalice?
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
July 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🏰 ⚜️ A large gothic chalice?
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
🏰 ⚜️ A large gothic chalice?
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
July 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🏰 ⚜️ A large gothic chalice?
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
You've got only tonight, on #SummerSolstice, to search those woods. Find the plant that'll unlock any lock. Set you free.
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
June 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
You've got only tonight, on #SummerSolstice, to search those woods. Find the plant that'll unlock any lock. Set you free.
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
You've got only tonight, on #SummerSolstice, to search those woods. Find the plant that'll unlock any lock. Set you free.
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
June 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
You've got only tonight, on #SummerSolstice, to search those woods. Find the plant that'll unlock any lock. Set you free.
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
If two brides happen to meet on their wedding day and see one another in their wedding gowns, one is sure to die within the year.
I grew up near a church and often saw brides hiding from each other during the many weekend weddings.
#FairyTaleTuesday #Im4Ro #superstition #weddings #tradition
I grew up near a church and often saw brides hiding from each other during the many weekend weddings.
#FairyTaleTuesday #Im4Ro #superstition #weddings #tradition
June 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If two brides happen to meet on their wedding day and see one another in their wedding gowns, one is sure to die within the year.
I grew up near a church and often saw brides hiding from each other during the many weekend weddings.
#FairyTaleTuesday #Im4Ro #superstition #weddings #tradition
I grew up near a church and often saw brides hiding from each other during the many weekend weddings.
#FairyTaleTuesday #Im4Ro #superstition #weddings #tradition
🏰 Fall of Constantinople #OTD 1453, last breath of Byzantium, first toll of the #EndOfMiddleAgesDay.
Dante born 1265 weeps across time “O human race, born to fly upward,
wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?"
#History #BookologyThursday #medieval Corvin Castle #Im4Ro
Dante born 1265 weeps across time “O human race, born to fly upward,
wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?"
#History #BookologyThursday #medieval Corvin Castle #Im4Ro
May 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🏰 Fall of Constantinople #OTD 1453, last breath of Byzantium, first toll of the #EndOfMiddleAgesDay.
Dante born 1265 weeps across time “O human race, born to fly upward,
wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?"
#History #BookologyThursday #medieval Corvin Castle #Im4Ro
Dante born 1265 weeps across time “O human race, born to fly upward,
wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?"
#History #BookologyThursday #medieval Corvin Castle #Im4Ro
Come join me on Intrepid Times
as I follow Vlad the Impaler:
❄ 🚂 🏰 Snow on the Tracks: Shadowing Vlad the Impaler to Sighișoara - intrepidtimes.com/2025/04/snow...
#travel #Im4Ro #history #Transylvania #train #traveling #Romania #TravelBlog #HistoryMatters #winter #legend
as I follow Vlad the Impaler:
❄ 🚂 🏰 Snow on the Tracks: Shadowing Vlad the Impaler to Sighișoara - intrepidtimes.com/2025/04/snow...
#travel #Im4Ro #history #Transylvania #train #traveling #Romania #TravelBlog #HistoryMatters #winter #legend
Snow on the Tracks: Shadowing Vlad the Impaler to Sighișoara - Intrepid Times
A pilgrim rides the train from Bucharest to Sighișoara, tracing the shadow of Vlad the Impaler through Romania.
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April 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Come join me on Intrepid Times
as I follow Vlad the Impaler:
❄ 🚂 🏰 Snow on the Tracks: Shadowing Vlad the Impaler to Sighișoara - intrepidtimes.com/2025/04/snow...
#travel #Im4Ro #history #Transylvania #train #traveling #Romania #TravelBlog #HistoryMatters #winter #legend
as I follow Vlad the Impaler:
❄ 🚂 🏰 Snow on the Tracks: Shadowing Vlad the Impaler to Sighișoara - intrepidtimes.com/2025/04/snow...
#travel #Im4Ro #history #Transylvania #train #traveling #Romania #TravelBlog #HistoryMatters #winter #legend
Forged from fire and triumph: the baptismal font at Evangelical Church #Sibiu was cast from melted Turkish cannons seized by local warriors in 1437. A testament in bronze shaped by Master Leonhardus.
A story too:
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#FontsonFriday #history #Im4Ro
A story too:
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/under-sig...
#FontsonFriday #history #Im4Ro
April 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Forged from fire and triumph: the baptismal font at Evangelical Church #Sibiu was cast from melted Turkish cannons seized by local warriors in 1437. A testament in bronze shaped by Master Leonhardus.
A story too:
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/under-sig...
#FontsonFriday #history #Im4Ro
A story too:
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/under-sig...
#FontsonFriday #history #Im4Ro
Romanian Drob, a Lamb-Terrine for Easter, its History, Symbology and Traditional Recipe #Im4Ro alluringcreations.co.za/wp/drob-for-...
Lamb dishes through history
The symbology of lamb at Easter time
How the sheep and the goat came to be
Romanian drob, a traditional lamb-terrine recipe
Lamb dishes through history
The symbology of lamb at Easter time
How the sheep and the goat came to be
Romanian drob, a traditional lamb-terrine recipe
April 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Romanian Drob, a Lamb-Terrine for Easter, its History, Symbology and Traditional Recipe #Im4Ro alluringcreations.co.za/wp/drob-for-...
Lamb dishes through history
The symbology of lamb at Easter time
How the sheep and the goat came to be
Romanian drob, a traditional lamb-terrine recipe
Lamb dishes through history
The symbology of lamb at Easter time
How the sheep and the goat came to be
Romanian drob, a traditional lamb-terrine recipe
Citind Chiajna din Casa Mușatinilor de Simona Antonescu, Bilingual Shelf Talk https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/citind-chiajna-din-casa-musatinilor-de-simona-antonescu-bilingual-shelf-talk/ via
@PatFurstenberg
#bookreview #WomensHistoryMonth #strongwomen #Im4Ro
@PatFurstenberg
#bookreview #WomensHistoryMonth #strongwomen #Im4Ro
Citind Chiajna din Casa Mușatinilor de Simona Antonescu, Bilingual Shelf Talk
De Crăciun am întâlnit-o pe Chiajna din Casa Mușatinilor de Simona Antonescu. On Christmas I met Chiajna from the House of Mușat, historical novel based on a real personality written by Simona Antonescu. Book review for Women's History Month.
alluringcreations.co.za
March 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Citind Chiajna din Casa Mușatinilor de Simona Antonescu, Bilingual Shelf Talk https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/citind-chiajna-din-casa-musatinilor-de-simona-antonescu-bilingual-shelf-talk/ via
@PatFurstenberg
#bookreview #WomensHistoryMonth #strongwomen #Im4Ro
@PatFurstenberg
#bookreview #WomensHistoryMonth #strongwomen #Im4Ro
🌸Just published:
Threads of Mărţişor"
https://www.romania-insider.com/martisor-patricia-fFurstenberg-story-romania-2025
I am fascinated by symbolism, how a simple string carries the weight of history & hope, lightening the burden of those who hold it. Happy #Spring!
#Im4Ro #March #folklore
Threads of Mărţişor"
https://www.romania-insider.com/martisor-patricia-fFurstenberg-story-romania-2025
I am fascinated by symbolism, how a simple string carries the weight of history & hope, lightening the burden of those who hold it. Happy #Spring!
#Im4Ro #March #folklore
Stories from readers: Romanian-born author crafts a tale of myth and reality in ‘Threads of Mărțișor’ | Romania Insider
Romanians welcome spring on March 1 with the centuries-old tradition of mărțișor, a red-and-white trinket symbolizing luck and continuity. To mark the occasion, Patricia Furstenberg, a Romanian-born author in South Africa and a Romania-insider.com reader, shares a story that “blends...
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February 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌸Just published:
Threads of Mărţişor"
https://www.romania-insider.com/martisor-patricia-fFurstenberg-story-romania-2025
I am fascinated by symbolism, how a simple string carries the weight of history & hope, lightening the burden of those who hold it. Happy #Spring!
#Im4Ro #March #folklore
Threads of Mărţişor"
https://www.romania-insider.com/martisor-patricia-fFurstenberg-story-romania-2025
I am fascinated by symbolism, how a simple string carries the weight of history & hope, lightening the burden of those who hold it. Happy #Spring!
#Im4Ro #March #folklore
Valentine’s Day in Romania is Today! Dragobete ♥
♡what to do
♡what to try
♡what to say
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/valentines-day-romanian-folklore-dragobete-ziua-indragostitilor/
#folklore #love #2ndchances #CelebrateLove #spells #OldWivesTales #TodayInHistory #OTD #Im4ro
♡what to do
♡what to try
♡what to say
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/valentines-day-romanian-folklore-dragobete-ziua-indragostitilor/
#folklore #love #2ndchances #CelebrateLove #spells #OldWivesTales #TodayInHistory #OTD #Im4ro
February 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Valentine’s Day in Romania is Today! Dragobete ♥
♡what to do
♡what to try
♡what to say
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/valentines-day-romanian-folklore-dragobete-ziua-indragostitilor/
#folklore #love #2ndchances #CelebrateLove #spells #OldWivesTales #TodayInHistory #OTD #Im4ro
♡what to do
♡what to try
♡what to say
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/valentines-day-romanian-folklore-dragobete-ziua-indragostitilor/
#folklore #love #2ndchances #CelebrateLove #spells #OldWivesTales #TodayInHistory #OTD #Im4ro
In Romanian lore the poppy #flower whispering of sleep and oblivion, yet are stained with the blood of the fallen. It sways over forgotten graves, its crimson petals like spectral echoes of sacrifice, lingering lament for souls lost to war and time.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro
February 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In Romanian lore the poppy #flower whispering of sleep and oblivion, yet are stained with the blood of the fallen. It sways over forgotten graves, its crimson petals like spectral echoes of sacrifice, lingering lament for souls lost to war and time.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro
Romanian villages often had a baba or moașă—an old woman skilled in charms and herbal remedies. One who, how else, inherited the renowned Dacians' knowledge. These women were sought after for everything from healing wounds to ensuring safe childbirth.
#MythologyMonday #Im4Ro 📸 K Hjorth, R Ikonen
#MythologyMonday #Im4Ro 📸 K Hjorth, R Ikonen
February 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Romanian villages often had a baba or moașă—an old woman skilled in charms and herbal remedies. One who, how else, inherited the renowned Dacians' knowledge. These women were sought after for everything from healing wounds to ensuring safe childbirth.
#MythologyMonday #Im4Ro 📸 K Hjorth, R Ikonen
#MythologyMonday #Im4Ro 📸 K Hjorth, R Ikonen
🐥 One legend from Hen's Mountain, Muntele Găina, Romania, speaks of a 🧚♂️ fairy who owned a hen that laid golden eggs. The lovers who came, with open hearts, to confess their love received a golden egg as a wedding gift.
Then greed showed up.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #truelove
Then greed showed up.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #truelove
February 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🐥 One legend from Hen's Mountain, Muntele Găina, Romania, speaks of a 🧚♂️ fairy who owned a hen that laid golden eggs. The lovers who came, with open hearts, to confess their love received a golden egg as a wedding gift.
Then greed showed up.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #truelove
Then greed showed up.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #truelove
An old Romanian rhyme depicting fickle February:
"Faur locks & unlocks
Two weeks creates,
Two weeks unmakes:
With snow, with rain,
It freezes & it thaws,
By frost & heat spells”.
But if you hear the 🦉 owl hooting, know that Spring is on it's way.
#Im4Ro ##folklore #1Feb
"Faur locks & unlocks
Two weeks creates,
Two weeks unmakes:
With snow, with rain,
It freezes & it thaws,
By frost & heat spells”.
But if you hear the 🦉 owl hooting, know that Spring is on it's way.
#Im4Ro ##folklore #1Feb
February 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
An old Romanian rhyme depicting fickle February:
"Faur locks & unlocks
Two weeks creates,
Two weeks unmakes:
With snow, with rain,
It freezes & it thaws,
By frost & heat spells”.
But if you hear the 🦉 owl hooting, know that Spring is on it's way.
#Im4Ro ##folklore #1Feb
"Faur locks & unlocks
Two weeks creates,
Two weeks unmakes:
With snow, with rain,
It freezes & it thaws,
By frost & heat spells”.
But if you hear the 🦉 owl hooting, know that Spring is on it's way.
#Im4Ro ##folklore #1Feb
In Romanian folklore the tiny wren confronts avian titans among frost-kissed boughs. She represents the past year warbling through winter as a flickering beacon of hope and resurgence.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
January 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In Romanian folklore the tiny wren confronts avian titans among frost-kissed boughs. She represents the past year warbling through winter as a flickering beacon of hope and resurgence.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
In Romanian folklore the tiny wren confronts avian titans among frost-kissed boughs. She represents the past year warbling through winter as a flickering beacon of hope and resurgence.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
January 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In Romanian folklore the tiny wren confronts avian titans among frost-kissed boughs. She represents the past year warbling through winter as a flickering beacon of hope and resurgence.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
In Romania folklore says that washing one's hair on Epiphany Day offends the blessed waters' sanctity by sullying them. Elders caution that it will invite headaches for a whole year. A superstition & sacred tradition from times when rivers were treasured water source. #Im4Ro #OTD
January 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Happy 2025 to all my followers and readers! May this year be good to you.
On Top of the World:
📸 my photo 2000m height, Sinaia, Romania
#mountain #snow #NewBeginnings #Im4Ro
On Top of the World:
📸 my photo 2000m height, Sinaia, Romania
#mountain #snow #NewBeginnings #Im4Ro
January 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Happy 2025 to all my followers and readers! May this year be good to you.
On Top of the World:
📸 my photo 2000m height, Sinaia, Romania
#mountain #snow #NewBeginnings #Im4Ro
On Top of the World:
📸 my photo 2000m height, Sinaia, Romania
#mountain #snow #NewBeginnings #Im4Ro
When even the decor smells like Christmas. Choosing cakes...
#Christmas #ChristmasDecoration #gingerbread #ChristmasTree #Im4Ro #cakes
#Christmas #ChristmasDecoration #gingerbread #ChristmasTree #Im4Ro #cakes
December 21, 2024 at 3:30 PM
When even the decor smells like Christmas. Choosing cakes...
#Christmas #ChristmasDecoration #gingerbread #ChristmasTree #Im4Ro #cakes
#Christmas #ChristmasDecoration #gingerbread #ChristmasTree #Im4Ro #cakes
❄️🐥🦊❄️🐿 Romanian lore suggests that if farm animals choose to rest on their left side on #Christmas day, they foretell a long winter, its icy embrace stretching over long and chilling months ahead.
#Im4Ro #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreSunday #folklore #woodland
#Im4Ro #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreSunday #folklore #woodland
December 11, 2024 at 7:42 PM
❄️🐥🦊❄️🐿 Romanian lore suggests that if farm animals choose to rest on their left side on #Christmas day, they foretell a long winter, its icy embrace stretching over long and chilling months ahead.
#Im4Ro #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreSunday #folklore #woodland
#Im4Ro #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreSunday #folklore #woodland