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Comparative #myth, researching women in #fairytales & #folklore 🌸 🇨🇦 #amwriting * No DM's thx.
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In some variations of the Banshee, she is said to be the #spirit of a murdered woman. 🪦 The Scottish version, aka the Bean Nighe, is more specifically the #ghost of a woman who died during childbirth. #PhantomsFriday
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In some variations of the Banshee, she is said to be the #spirit of a murdered woman. 🪦 The Scottish version, aka the Bean Nighe, is more specifically the #ghost of a woman who died during childbirth. #PhantomsFriday
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
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November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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The kingfisher, known as the "Halcyon" bird by Socrates was described as: A bird, not great, but honoured by the gods because, while making its nest, all the world shares in happy days, aka the halcyon days, that excel all others in their calm & happiness. 🪹 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #mythology
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The kingfisher, known as the "Halcyon" bird by Socrates was described as: A bird, not great, but honoured by the gods because, while making its nest, all the world shares in happy days, aka the halcyon days, that excel all others in their calm & happiness. 🪹 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #mythology
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Hear What the Language Spoken by Our Ancestors 6,000 Years Ago Might Have Sounded Like: A Reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European Language
Hear What the Language Spoken by Our Ancestors 6,000 Years Ago Might Have Sounded Like: A Reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European Language
As scholars of ancient texts well know, the reconstruction of lost sources can be a matter of some controversy.
www.openculture.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Hear What the Language Spoken by Our Ancestors 6,000 Years Ago Might Have Sounded Like: A Reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European Language
If you see this, QTP with a gif of your favorite wild animal 🌿
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you see this, QTP with a gif of your favorite wild animal 🌿
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‘I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.’ ~ Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
This #BookWormSat is all about coming of age for Louisa May Alcott’s birthday. Grow up with us!
🖼️ Storm, Zdzisław Jasiński, 1925.
This #BookWormSat is all about coming of age for Louisa May Alcott’s birthday. Grow up with us!
🖼️ Storm, Zdzisław Jasiński, 1925.
November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
‘I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.’ ~ Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
This #BookWormSat is all about coming of age for Louisa May Alcott’s birthday. Grow up with us!
🖼️ Storm, Zdzisław Jasiński, 1925.
This #BookWormSat is all about coming of age for Louisa May Alcott’s birthday. Grow up with us!
🖼️ Storm, Zdzisław Jasiński, 1925.
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🌱 #flowersonFriday
As we head to the darkest part of the year, a reminder that spring and summer will return. I am lucky that I have endless pictures of flowers and gardens that I can look at. Hope this one brings you some joy.
As we head to the darkest part of the year, a reminder that spring and summer will return. I am lucky that I have endless pictures of flowers and gardens that I can look at. Hope this one brings you some joy.
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🌱 #flowersonFriday
As we head to the darkest part of the year, a reminder that spring and summer will return. I am lucky that I have endless pictures of flowers and gardens that I can look at. Hope this one brings you some joy.
As we head to the darkest part of the year, a reminder that spring and summer will return. I am lucky that I have endless pictures of flowers and gardens that I can look at. Hope this one brings you some joy.
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#FindsFriday
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#FindsFriday
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
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November 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Magical and cozy, these small, handcrafted Wichtel scenes appear in the forests of Stuttgart during winter.
#landscapephotography #Wichtel #folklore #miniscenes #culture #Goblins
#landscapephotography #Wichtel #folklore #miniscenes #culture #Goblins
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Magical and cozy, these small, handcrafted Wichtel scenes appear in the forests of Stuttgart during winter.
#landscapephotography #Wichtel #folklore #miniscenes #culture #Goblins
#landscapephotography #Wichtel #folklore #miniscenes #culture #Goblins
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Andrea Kowch, contemporary US painter #WomensArt #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Andrea Kowch, contemporary US painter #WomensArt #Thanksgiving
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Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl's feather!
🪄 The Fairies, William Allingham
🎨 The Fairy Ring, George Cruikshank
#FolkloreSunday #Fairytales
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl's feather!
🪄 The Fairies, William Allingham
🎨 The Fairy Ring, George Cruikshank
#FolkloreSunday #Fairytales
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl's feather!
🪄 The Fairies, William Allingham
🎨 The Fairy Ring, George Cruikshank
#FolkloreSunday #Fairytales
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl's feather!
🪄 The Fairies, William Allingham
🎨 The Fairy Ring, George Cruikshank
#FolkloreSunday #Fairytales
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Two ghostly portals - the left at Lilleshall, #Shropshire, the other at Malmesbury, #Gloucestershire. Their #ghosts are just a few of my fellow Ghost Monks pottering about, but since the photos were scanned from 'Abbeys', the 1925 book by M R James, I felt they were worth posting for #PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Two ghostly portals - the left at Lilleshall, #Shropshire, the other at Malmesbury, #Gloucestershire. Their #ghosts are just a few of my fellow Ghost Monks pottering about, but since the photos were scanned from 'Abbeys', the 1925 book by M R James, I felt they were worth posting for #PhantomsFriday
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November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In some variations of the Banshee, she is said to be the #spirit of a murdered woman. 🪦 The Scottish version, aka the Bean Nighe, is more specifically the #ghost of a woman who died during childbirth. #PhantomsFriday
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In some variations of the Banshee, she is said to be the #spirit of a murdered woman. 🪦 The Scottish version, aka the Bean Nighe, is more specifically the #ghost of a woman who died during childbirth. #PhantomsFriday
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
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In the early twentieth century there were a number of sightings of a ghost on the road from Shipston to Stratford nr the gates of Alscot Park. On one occasion a man saw it walk in front of his car and thru the park wall.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In the early twentieth century there were a number of sightings of a ghost on the road from Shipston to Stratford nr the gates of Alscot Park. On one occasion a man saw it walk in front of his car and thru the park wall.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
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Call for Papers: Authoritarianism, Anti-fascism, and Literary Resistance – Canadian Literature
Deadline: June 1, 2026
csn-rec.ca/conferences-...
Deadline: June 1, 2026
csn-rec.ca/conferences-...
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Call for Papers: Authoritarianism, Anti-fascism, and Literary Resistance – Canadian Literature
Deadline: June 1, 2026
csn-rec.ca/conferences-...
Deadline: June 1, 2026
csn-rec.ca/conferences-...
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From the current issue: “Needed but Deplored: Spinners and Singlewomen in Industrial Coventry, c.1490–1525”
by Judith M. Bennett (@usc.edu)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Judith M. Bennett (@usc.edu)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Needed But Deplored: Spinners and Singlewomen in Industrial Coventry, c.1490–1525*
Abstract. Late medieval Coventry attracted so many in-migrating singlewomen that it might have seemed a city of women — for every ten women, only seven men
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
From the current issue: “Needed but Deplored: Spinners and Singlewomen in Industrial Coventry, c.1490–1525”
by Judith M. Bennett (@usc.edu)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Judith M. Bennett (@usc.edu)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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The Caladrius was a #bird who'd stand at the end of a sick person's bed. 🛌 If the bird met a patient's gaze, it would inhale any illness, rise to the sun burning that sickness away, & the patient would heal. But, if the bird averted its gaze, the patient would not recover. 🪶 #Mythology #Folklore
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Caladrius was a #bird who'd stand at the end of a sick person's bed. 🛌 If the bird met a patient's gaze, it would inhale any illness, rise to the sun burning that sickness away, & the patient would heal. But, if the bird averted its gaze, the patient would not recover. 🪶 #Mythology #Folklore
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The tale of the boy who went out to learn what fear was is a #fairytale from the Brothers Grimm. On the first night of his adventure, giant #blackcats visit him to play cards, & he keeps them at bay when they attack. 🐾 #Caturday #cats #art
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The tale of the boy who went out to learn what fear was is a #fairytale from the Brothers Grimm. On the first night of his adventure, giant #blackcats visit him to play cards, & he keeps them at bay when they attack. 🐾 #Caturday #cats #art
The kingfisher, known as the "Halcyon" bird by Socrates was described as: A bird, not great, but honoured by the gods because, while making its nest, all the world shares in happy days, aka the halcyon days, that excel all others in their calm & happiness. 🪹 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #mythology
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The kingfisher, known as the "Halcyon" bird by Socrates was described as: A bird, not great, but honoured by the gods because, while making its nest, all the world shares in happy days, aka the halcyon days, that excel all others in their calm & happiness. 🪹 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #mythology
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What more appropriate plant to share on Budget Day than a Money Tree? Crassula ovata, also known as the jade plant or tree-of-happiness, is said to bring prosperity and good luck to your home, but you must never give the plant away, or your good fortune will go with it! #folklore
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What more appropriate plant to share on Budget Day than a Money Tree? Crassula ovata, also known as the jade plant or tree-of-happiness, is said to bring prosperity and good luck to your home, but you must never give the plant away, or your good fortune will go with it! #folklore
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Frontispiece by Jay van Everen for American folklorist Parker Fillmore's The Laughing Prince: A Book of Yugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1921). Read the (loosely adapted) stories, and see more illustrations, on our website: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fillmore-the-laughing-prince
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Frontispiece by Jay van Everen for American folklorist Parker Fillmore's The Laughing Prince: A Book of Yugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales (1921). Read the (loosely adapted) stories, and see more illustrations, on our website: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fillmore-the-laughing-prince