Shanon Sinn
@shanonsinn.bsky.social
Author and comic illustrator. Folklore journalism. Publisher of Black Cat Books.
This photo is from a book I have called Blossoms in the Wind. There wasn’t much more online when I did a deep dive way back. Prob more now.
June 18, 2026 at 7:30 PM
This photo is from a book I have called Blossoms in the Wind. There wasn’t much more online when I did a deep dive way back. Prob more now.
If a young man sees a red envelope on the ground in Taiwan he shouldn't pick it up. It could be dowry to marry someone’s deceased daughter! The subsequent ceremony prevents an unmarried woman from haunting her relatives and gives her status in the afterlife 💀
#FolkloreThursday
1952 Richard Roussos
#FolkloreThursday
1952 Richard Roussos
June 18, 2026 at 6:02 PM
If a young man sees a red envelope on the ground in Taiwan he shouldn't pick it up. It could be dowry to marry someone’s deceased daughter! The subsequent ceremony prevents an unmarried woman from haunting her relatives and gives her status in the afterlife 💀
#FolkloreThursday
1952 Richard Roussos
#FolkloreThursday
1952 Richard Roussos
There have been countless stories of sea serpents in the waters around Vancouver Island, since time immemorial. In the last century, nonIndigenous communities have given some of them names. Victoria’s Cadborosaurus or "Caddy" being the best known 🐉
E.D. Moyer and Thos H Guptil
#FolkloreThursday
E.D. Moyer and Thos H Guptil
#FolkloreThursday
May 28, 2026 at 6:11 PM
There have been countless stories of sea serpents in the waters around Vancouver Island, since time immemorial. In the last century, nonIndigenous communities have given some of them names. Victoria’s Cadborosaurus or "Caddy" being the best known 🐉
E.D. Moyer and Thos H Guptil
#FolkloreThursday
E.D. Moyer and Thos H Guptil
#FolkloreThursday
Since time immemorial, Indigenous people in BC have had stories of humanlike giants & little people covered in fur
Many are called Sasquatch now, a Salish name that includes modern accounts of a forest being some believe is real
My depiction of an 1887 report where 2 people died #FolkloreThursday
Many are called Sasquatch now, a Salish name that includes modern accounts of a forest being some believe is real
My depiction of an 1887 report where 2 people died #FolkloreThursday
April 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Since time immemorial, Indigenous people in BC have had stories of humanlike giants & little people covered in fur
Many are called Sasquatch now, a Salish name that includes modern accounts of a forest being some believe is real
My depiction of an 1887 report where 2 people died #FolkloreThursday
Many are called Sasquatch now, a Salish name that includes modern accounts of a forest being some believe is real
My depiction of an 1887 report where 2 people died #FolkloreThursday
"Acknowledgement of a Creation Myth: Before the world became the world it was an egg. Inside the egg was dark. The rat nibbled the egg and let the light in. And the world began" - Rat Film (2016)
#WyrdWednesday Art by J Grandville 1840
#WyrdWednesday Art by J Grandville 1840
April 1, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"Acknowledgement of a Creation Myth: Before the world became the world it was an egg. Inside the egg was dark. The rat nibbled the egg and let the light in. And the world began" - Rat Film (2016)
#WyrdWednesday Art by J Grandville 1840
#WyrdWednesday Art by J Grandville 1840
Since time immemorial, the new moon has represented new cycles. Traditionally, it was for invocation, planting and building.
In East Canada, the third day was for pruning trees. In North Carolina, it was bad luck to see the new moon first through tree branches #FolkloreThursday
1910 Hans Thoma
In East Canada, the third day was for pruning trees. In North Carolina, it was bad luck to see the new moon first through tree branches #FolkloreThursday
1910 Hans Thoma
March 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Since time immemorial, the new moon has represented new cycles. Traditionally, it was for invocation, planting and building.
In East Canada, the third day was for pruning trees. In North Carolina, it was bad luck to see the new moon first through tree branches #FolkloreThursday
1910 Hans Thoma
In East Canada, the third day was for pruning trees. In North Carolina, it was bad luck to see the new moon first through tree branches #FolkloreThursday
1910 Hans Thoma
Jenny Greenteeth is a supernatural being or ghost from rural NW England. She haunts ponds and other bodies of water—sometimes even the sea—pulling children under the water to their death. Tales of her nefarious deeds can be traced from 1850-2019 #folklorethursday
1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
February 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Jenny Greenteeth is a supernatural being or ghost from rural NW England. She haunts ponds and other bodies of water—sometimes even the sea—pulling children under the water to their death. Tales of her nefarious deeds can be traced from 1850-2019 #folklorethursday
1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
According to older mid European folklore, if your lamp goes out on Christmas morning you will see spirits. And if you burn elder on Christmas Eve you will see witches #FolkloreThursday
1993 book cover by Ian McCaig
1993 book cover by Ian McCaig
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
According to older mid European folklore, if your lamp goes out on Christmas morning you will see spirits. And if you burn elder on Christmas Eve you will see witches #FolkloreThursday
1993 book cover by Ian McCaig
1993 book cover by Ian McCaig
A tarot spread uses cards in a pre-determined order to explore a question or theme. How the cards are laid out will give a reader their answers #FolkloreThursday
A clever spread by the Polish Folk Witch on YouTube exploring her fear of the Bent Neck-Lady ghost on The Haunting of Hill House.
A clever spread by the Polish Folk Witch on YouTube exploring her fear of the Bent Neck-Lady ghost on The Haunting of Hill House.
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A tarot spread uses cards in a pre-determined order to explore a question or theme. How the cards are laid out will give a reader their answers #FolkloreThursday
A clever spread by the Polish Folk Witch on YouTube exploring her fear of the Bent Neck-Lady ghost on The Haunting of Hill House.
A clever spread by the Polish Folk Witch on YouTube exploring her fear of the Bent Neck-Lady ghost on The Haunting of Hill House.
A well-known American legend claims blues musician Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil on the crossroads at midnight -- for musical genius and fame.
Remembered as the godfather of rock music, Johnson died at 27 years old #FolkloreThursday
Digital painting for an art class two yrs ago.
Remembered as the godfather of rock music, Johnson died at 27 years old #FolkloreThursday
Digital painting for an art class two yrs ago.
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A well-known American legend claims blues musician Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil on the crossroads at midnight -- for musical genius and fame.
Remembered as the godfather of rock music, Johnson died at 27 years old #FolkloreThursday
Digital painting for an art class two yrs ago.
Remembered as the godfather of rock music, Johnson died at 27 years old #FolkloreThursday
Digital painting for an art class two yrs ago.
Many Tarot readers interpret The Star card as connecting to the universe, creation, and divine guidance. Stars also appear on The Chariot card, on The Empress’s crown, and in The Hermit’s lantern. As pentacles, they have their own suit #FolkloreThursday
1909 Pamela Coleman Smith (colour U.S. Games)
1909 Pamela Coleman Smith (colour U.S. Games)
September 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Many Tarot readers interpret The Star card as connecting to the universe, creation, and divine guidance. Stars also appear on The Chariot card, on The Empress’s crown, and in The Hermit’s lantern. As pentacles, they have their own suit #FolkloreThursday
1909 Pamela Coleman Smith (colour U.S. Games)
1909 Pamela Coleman Smith (colour U.S. Games)
When travelling, protection against the Evil Eye is needed. Cast by an envious gaze or supernatural being, the curse of misfortune is both ancient & contemporary and spans many cultures. Glass eye beads are popular protective amulets #FolkloreThursday
1911 Poster Detail and 1925 Vancouver Province
1911 Poster Detail and 1925 Vancouver Province
July 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
When travelling, protection against the Evil Eye is needed. Cast by an envious gaze or supernatural being, the curse of misfortune is both ancient & contemporary and spans many cultures. Glass eye beads are popular protective amulets #FolkloreThursday
1911 Poster Detail and 1925 Vancouver Province
1911 Poster Detail and 1925 Vancouver Province
A phantom ship is the spirit of a destroyed vessel. A ghost ship, on the other hand, is an unmanned craft adrift at sea. Ships can also be haunted, “hoodooed” (have bad luck), or may even be favoured by benevolent beings #FolkloreThursday
1882 from Arctic Adventures by William Henry Giles Kingston
1882 from Arctic Adventures by William Henry Giles Kingston
June 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A phantom ship is the spirit of a destroyed vessel. A ghost ship, on the other hand, is an unmanned craft adrift at sea. Ships can also be haunted, “hoodooed” (have bad luck), or may even be favoured by benevolent beings #FolkloreThursday
1882 from Arctic Adventures by William Henry Giles Kingston
1882 from Arctic Adventures by William Henry Giles Kingston
Ghost Plant is also known as Ghost Pipe, Corpse Plant, Fairy Pipe and Indian Pipe. The parasitic flower is associated with wolves in Coast Salish culture. Europeans with the ghost world. A folk remedy claims it can heal a broken heart after the death of a loved one #FolkloreThursday
A photo I took
A photo I took
May 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Ghost Plant is also known as Ghost Pipe, Corpse Plant, Fairy Pipe and Indian Pipe. The parasitic flower is associated with wolves in Coast Salish culture. Europeans with the ghost world. A folk remedy claims it can heal a broken heart after the death of a loved one #FolkloreThursday
A photo I took
A photo I took
Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that eggshells were used in spells by witches. In 1584, Reginald Scot added that witches could, "Saile in an egge shell, a cockle or muscle shell, through and under the tempestuous seas." #FolkloreThursday
BreeAnn Veenstra, still one of my favourite images ✨
BreeAnn Veenstra, still one of my favourite images ✨
March 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that eggshells were used in spells by witches. In 1584, Reginald Scot added that witches could, "Saile in an egge shell, a cockle or muscle shell, through and under the tempestuous seas." #FolkloreThursday
BreeAnn Veenstra, still one of my favourite images ✨
BreeAnn Veenstra, still one of my favourite images ✨
“A Dunrosses witch, becoming vexed at a boat’s crew, put a wooden cup into a bowl of water and sang to the devil. The water became agitated, the cup overturned, and the boat never came in” – 1885 Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and Sailors #FolkloreThursday
18th ce print of Thomas Watson art
18th ce print of Thomas Watson art
February 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“A Dunrosses witch, becoming vexed at a boat’s crew, put a wooden cup into a bowl of water and sang to the devil. The water became agitated, the cup overturned, and the boat never came in” – 1885 Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and Sailors #FolkloreThursday
18th ce print of Thomas Watson art
18th ce print of Thomas Watson art
"Among the hurtfull witches he saith there is one sort more beastlie ... for these usuallie devoure and eate yong children and infants of their owne kind. [They] raise haile, tempests, and hurtfull weather; as lightening and thunder" - Discoverie of Witches #folklorethursday
16th ce Olaus Magnus
16th ce Olaus Magnus
February 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Among the hurtfull witches he saith there is one sort more beastlie ... for these usuallie devoure and eate yong children and infants of their owne kind. [They] raise haile, tempests, and hurtfull weather; as lightening and thunder" - Discoverie of Witches #folklorethursday
16th ce Olaus Magnus
16th ce Olaus Magnus
Many view Halloween as the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year 🌙
One 1900 reported practice of British fishermen was for them to catch fish after dark on Hallowe'en. Anyone who ate some after midnight could expect a year of good luck #folklorethursday
18th ce Claude Joseph Vernet
One 1900 reported practice of British fishermen was for them to catch fish after dark on Hallowe'en. Anyone who ate some after midnight could expect a year of good luck #folklorethursday
18th ce Claude Joseph Vernet
January 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Many view Halloween as the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year 🌙
One 1900 reported practice of British fishermen was for them to catch fish after dark on Hallowe'en. Anyone who ate some after midnight could expect a year of good luck #folklorethursday
18th ce Claude Joseph Vernet
One 1900 reported practice of British fishermen was for them to catch fish after dark on Hallowe'en. Anyone who ate some after midnight could expect a year of good luck #folklorethursday
18th ce Claude Joseph Vernet
Black Cat and That Witch Whispers! Looking good at Russell Books in Victoria, BC. I was happy to hear both were bestsellers over the holidays 🐈⬛
#booksky #vancuverisland
#booksky #vancuverisland
January 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Black Cat and That Witch Whispers! Looking good at Russell Books in Victoria, BC. I was happy to hear both were bestsellers over the holidays 🐈⬛
#booksky #vancuverisland
#booksky #vancuverisland
The first book I read this year was 'Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions' by Ed Zwick - director of The Last Samurai, Glory, and many other movies.
Zwick is a great writer. Some anecdotes are clearly meant for older readers though. There are notes on directing and writing in between each chapter.
Zwick is a great writer. Some anecdotes are clearly meant for older readers though. There are notes on directing and writing in between each chapter.
January 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The first book I read this year was 'Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions' by Ed Zwick - director of The Last Samurai, Glory, and many other movies.
Zwick is a great writer. Some anecdotes are clearly meant for older readers though. There are notes on directing and writing in between each chapter.
Zwick is a great writer. Some anecdotes are clearly meant for older readers though. There are notes on directing and writing in between each chapter.
Hope you are having a happy and safe holidays 🎄☃️
Grateful to be celebrating in BC. Hot Chocolate Porter out of the Krampus glass (Strange Fellows)! Alongside cobbler I made with berries I picked and froze, mixed with local farmed.
The tiny blackberries are native ground ones, the large invasive.
Grateful to be celebrating in BC. Hot Chocolate Porter out of the Krampus glass (Strange Fellows)! Alongside cobbler I made with berries I picked and froze, mixed with local farmed.
The tiny blackberries are native ground ones, the large invasive.
December 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Hope you are having a happy and safe holidays 🎄☃️
Grateful to be celebrating in BC. Hot Chocolate Porter out of the Krampus glass (Strange Fellows)! Alongside cobbler I made with berries I picked and froze, mixed with local farmed.
The tiny blackberries are native ground ones, the large invasive.
Grateful to be celebrating in BC. Hot Chocolate Porter out of the Krampus glass (Strange Fellows)! Alongside cobbler I made with berries I picked and froze, mixed with local farmed.
The tiny blackberries are native ground ones, the large invasive.
That time Santa and his reindeer met E.T. 🎄
A 1982 Victoria Times Colonist cartoon Illustration by Raeside shows an interesting blend of #Christmas folklore and popular culture.
A 1982 Victoria Times Colonist cartoon Illustration by Raeside shows an interesting blend of #Christmas folklore and popular culture.
December 25, 2024 at 3:13 AM
That time Santa and his reindeer met E.T. 🎄
A 1982 Victoria Times Colonist cartoon Illustration by Raeside shows an interesting blend of #Christmas folklore and popular culture.
A 1982 Victoria Times Colonist cartoon Illustration by Raeside shows an interesting blend of #Christmas folklore and popular culture.
Made magic cookie bars for a get together last night! A classic #Christmas treat from my mom’s old cookbook.
Mom only used caramel chips but I rarely found them. So I started using Skor Chipits instead. People seem to like them a lot.
Mom only used caramel chips but I rarely found them. So I started using Skor Chipits instead. People seem to like them a lot.
December 23, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Made magic cookie bars for a get together last night! A classic #Christmas treat from my mom’s old cookbook.
Mom only used caramel chips but I rarely found them. So I started using Skor Chipits instead. People seem to like them a lot.
Mom only used caramel chips but I rarely found them. So I started using Skor Chipits instead. People seem to like them a lot.
Happy #WinterSolstice everyone ❄️🌞🎄🔥❄️
This early 1900s Liebig card translates as: The Winter Solstice Festival among the ancient Germans.
I'm seeing parallels to Christmas in North Saskatchewan 🤔
This early 1900s Liebig card translates as: The Winter Solstice Festival among the ancient Germans.
I'm seeing parallels to Christmas in North Saskatchewan 🤔
December 21, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Happy #WinterSolstice everyone ❄️🌞🎄🔥❄️
This early 1900s Liebig card translates as: The Winter Solstice Festival among the ancient Germans.
I'm seeing parallels to Christmas in North Saskatchewan 🤔
This early 1900s Liebig card translates as: The Winter Solstice Festival among the ancient Germans.
I'm seeing parallels to Christmas in North Saskatchewan 🤔
Originally from the Alps region, Krampus is a horned and chained companion of Saint Nicholas. As good children receive presents, Krampus whips the bad ones.
Now known around the world, Krampus is often depicted as covered in black hair with a long tongue.
2015 Krampus movie art #FolkloreThursday
Now known around the world, Krampus is often depicted as covered in black hair with a long tongue.
2015 Krampus movie art #FolkloreThursday
December 19, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Originally from the Alps region, Krampus is a horned and chained companion of Saint Nicholas. As good children receive presents, Krampus whips the bad ones.
Now known around the world, Krampus is often depicted as covered in black hair with a long tongue.
2015 Krampus movie art #FolkloreThursday
Now known around the world, Krampus is often depicted as covered in black hair with a long tongue.
2015 Krampus movie art #FolkloreThursday