SelineSigil
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Arts, spiritual, folklore, occult...the weird, the wonderful, the web of life
Haunted, Hallowed or Odd: 7 Hotels With Bizarre Histories
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Haunted, Hallowed or Odd: 7 Hotels With Bizarre Histories
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November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Haunted, Hallowed or Odd: 7 Hotels With Bizarre Histories
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/t...
Hart of the Wood: the film installations at Newstead Abbey inspired by forest #folklore
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
Hart of the Wood: the film installations at Newstead Abbey inspired by forest folklore
With its elegant ruins, serene rolling gardens and rich literary history, Newstead Abbey already makes for an atmospheric autumnal wander, but currently, another escape awaits within its historic land...
leftlion.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Hart of the Wood: the film installations at Newstead Abbey inspired by forest #folklore
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
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Hawthorn’s very name speaks of its role as the guardian of old boundaries; “haw” comes from haeg, meaning hedge, so it is literally the “hedge-thorn”. Its crimson fruits carried many country names: haws, eglets, hazles, halves, hograves, gazels, hoggins and skeehories. #folklore
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hawthorn’s very name speaks of its role as the guardian of old boundaries; “haw” comes from haeg, meaning hedge, so it is literally the “hedge-thorn”. Its crimson fruits carried many country names: haws, eglets, hazles, halves, hograves, gazels, hoggins and skeehories. #folklore
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Among its many magical uses, hag stones, witch stones, and fairy stones are known for protecting homes from evil spirits, pigs from swine-fever, milk from turning sour, and sailors from witches clinging to their ships.
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Among its many magical uses, hag stones, witch stones, and fairy stones are known for protecting homes from evil spirits, pigs from swine-fever, milk from turning sour, and sailors from witches clinging to their ships.
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
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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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I just wanted to thank you all for continuing to support my research and writing. I've had a bit of a rubbish time of it recently, but the fact people keep returning and being so kind is a genuine joy to me. Thank you 💚
#folklore #history #Shropshire #witchcraft #research #writer
#folklore #history #Shropshire #witchcraft #research #writer
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I just wanted to thank you all for continuing to support my research and writing. I've had a bit of a rubbish time of it recently, but the fact people keep returning and being so kind is a genuine joy to me. Thank you 💚
#folklore #history #Shropshire #witchcraft #research #writer
#folklore #history #Shropshire #witchcraft #research #writer
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In European folklore the wren is a heroic figure who brings fire to the world. All the birds hold a council, and the wren volunteers. But, in the process of flying close to the sun, its feathers are scorched, giving it its brown color and short tail feathers.
Art my own.
#WyrdWednesday #Folklore
Art my own.
#WyrdWednesday #Folklore
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In European folklore the wren is a heroic figure who brings fire to the world. All the birds hold a council, and the wren volunteers. But, in the process of flying close to the sun, its feathers are scorched, giving it its brown color and short tail feathers.
Art my own.
#WyrdWednesday #Folklore
Art my own.
#WyrdWednesday #Folklore
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On my last trip to Japan I discovered an intriguing Japanese Buddhist goddess called Marishiten who was introduced to Japan from India via China. She is depicted in various forms (both female and male) and was said to ride a chariot drawn by seven boars, or to ride upon a boar.
#FolkloreThursday
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#FolkloreThursday
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November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
On my last trip to Japan I discovered an intriguing Japanese Buddhist goddess called Marishiten who was introduced to Japan from India via China. She is depicted in various forms (both female and male) and was said to ride a chariot drawn by seven boars, or to ride upon a boar.
#FolkloreThursday
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#FolkloreThursday
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For this month's episode of Magus we're chatting about the magical life of a genuine icon of esoterica and the occult, Doctor John Dee! 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts - or through the link in our bio!
#FolkloreThursday #DoctorDee #JohnDee #History #Folklore #Magic #Podcast #Occult
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts - or through the link in our bio!
#FolkloreThursday #DoctorDee #JohnDee #History #Folklore #Magic #Podcast #Occult
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
For this month's episode of Magus we're chatting about the magical life of a genuine icon of esoterica and the occult, Doctor John Dee! 🖤
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts - or through the link in our bio!
#FolkloreThursday #DoctorDee #JohnDee #History #Folklore #Magic #Podcast #Occult
Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts - or through the link in our bio!
#FolkloreThursday #DoctorDee #JohnDee #History #Folklore #Magic #Podcast #Occult
Archaeologists make ‘extraordinary discovery’ in Orkney – but won’t say what it is apple.news/ApWjGWRm5S_a...
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site — BBC News
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Archaeologists make ‘extraordinary discovery’ in Orkney – but won’t say what it is apple.news/ApWjGWRm5S_a...
Hart of the Wood: the film installations at Newstead Abbey inspired by forest folklore
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
Hart of the Wood: the film installations at Newstead Abbey inspired by forest folklore
With its elegant ruins, serene rolling gardens and rich literary history, Newstead Abbey already makes for an atmospheric autumnal wander, but currently, another escape awaits within its historic land...
leftlion.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Hart of the Wood: the film installations at Newstead Abbey inspired by forest folklore
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
#Folklore sheds light on ancient Indian savannas
Descriptions of plants from medieval bards and poets suggest that savannas have flourished in India for at least 750 years. Here’s why that matters today
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Descriptions of plants from medieval bards and poets suggest that savannas have flourished in India for at least 750 years. Here’s why that matters today
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Folklore sheds light on ancient Indian savannas
Researchers have been scouring centuries-old Indian poetry and folklore to understand the history of the great expanses of grasslands that cover nearly 10% of India and more than a third of the land o...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#Folklore sheds light on ancient Indian savannas
Descriptions of plants from medieval bards and poets suggest that savannas have flourished in India for at least 750 years. Here’s why that matters today
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Descriptions of plants from medieval bards and poets suggest that savannas have flourished in India for at least 750 years. Here’s why that matters today
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Mictecacihuatl, Aztec Goddess of Death
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Mictecacihuatl, Aztec Goddess of Death
#WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
New bricks laid as people build pyramid using human ashes in Merseyside park #Folklore
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New bricks laid as people build pyramid using human ashes
Bricks for the 'The People's Pyramid' were laid down tonight during a moving ceremony
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November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
New bricks laid as people build pyramid using human ashes in Merseyside park #Folklore
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
'People are still haunted by what happened': How history's brutal witch trials still resonate now. As most were women it’s appropriate to share on #InternationalDayForTheElimimationOfViolenceAgainstWomen
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'People are still haunted by what happened': How history's brutal witch trials still resonate now
A new book How to Kill a Witch brings a dark period of history back to grisly life – and an official tartan is being released to memorialise some of those who were tortured and killed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'People are still haunted by what happened': How history's brutal witch trials still resonate now. As most were women it’s appropriate to share on #InternationalDayForTheElimimationOfViolenceAgainstWomen
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language apple.news/AtEgMmqYoS1S...
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language — Popular Mechanics
Google Translate isn’t going to help here.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Tablet With 39 Letters That Don’t Belong to Any Known Language apple.news/AtEgMmqYoS1S...
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#SailorSuperstitionSaturday
Eggshells were broken into tiny pieces once cracked as a means to prevent witches from sailing along with the crew.
Funnily enough, eggshells in witchcraft can be used as a banishing tool.
So sailors would use witchcraft... to dispel witches. 😂
Eggshells were broken into tiny pieces once cracked as a means to prevent witches from sailing along with the crew.
Funnily enough, eggshells in witchcraft can be used as a banishing tool.
So sailors would use witchcraft... to dispel witches. 😂
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#SailorSuperstitionSaturday
Eggshells were broken into tiny pieces once cracked as a means to prevent witches from sailing along with the crew.
Funnily enough, eggshells in witchcraft can be used as a banishing tool.
So sailors would use witchcraft... to dispel witches. 😂
Eggshells were broken into tiny pieces once cracked as a means to prevent witches from sailing along with the crew.
Funnily enough, eggshells in witchcraft can be used as a banishing tool.
So sailors would use witchcraft... to dispel witches. 😂
During winter storms, a common proverb was “The Cailleach is trampling the blankets tonight” and referred often to as the “sharp old wife” or Daughter of the little sun, winter sun. #FolkloreSunday #Folklore
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
During winter storms, a common proverb was “The Cailleach is trampling the blankets tonight” and referred often to as the “sharp old wife” or Daughter of the little sun, winter sun. #FolkloreSunday #Folklore
Alycone,Greek Goddess,threw herself into waves when her lover washed up on shore to join him in death.Reborn as a Kingfisher(some say so was her lover).During 2 weeks in winter,she nests,hatches her young.The 2 weeks where seas remain calm during colder months #FolkloreSunday
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Alycone,Greek Goddess,threw herself into waves when her lover washed up on shore to join him in death.Reborn as a Kingfisher(some say so was her lover).During 2 weeks in winter,she nests,hatches her young.The 2 weeks where seas remain calm during colder months #FolkloreSunday
