The dragon from the 1958 Mugnaini-illustrated edition of 'Beowulf'.
#BookologyThursday #dragon #monster #folklore #legend
#BookologyThursday #dragon #monster #folklore #legend
September 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The dragon from the 1958 Mugnaini-illustrated edition of 'Beowulf'.
#BookologyThursday #dragon #monster #folklore #legend
#BookologyThursday #dragon #monster #folklore #legend
Re-sharing this Japanese folktale for today's #BookologyThursday.
One of my favourite fairy tales is 'The Boy Who Drew Cats.' It is a Japanese tale about a boy who was compelled to draw cats everywhere. He initially got into trouble but his hobby paid off because one day the cats he drew saved him from a giant rat goblin.
#FairyTaleTuesday #JapaneseFolklore
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#FairyTaleTuesday #JapaneseFolklore
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November 14, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Re-sharing this Japanese folktale for today's #BookologyThursday.
Repost for #BookologyThursday
Young bookworm at the window of John Smith & Son bookshop, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, 1962, photo by Oscar Marzaroli.
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Repost for #BookologyThursday
In the black furrow of a field
I saw an old witch-hare this night;
And she cocked a lissome ear,
And she eyed the moon so bright,
And she nibbled of the green;
And I whispered "Wh-s-st! witch-hare,"
Away like a ghostie o'er the field
She fled, and left the moonlight there.
By Walter De La Mare
I saw an old witch-hare this night;
And she cocked a lissome ear,
And she eyed the moon so bright,
And she nibbled of the green;
And I whispered "Wh-s-st! witch-hare,"
Away like a ghostie o'er the field
She fled, and left the moonlight there.
By Walter De La Mare
March 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.
~Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of Earthsea
🎨 Milan Fibiger #BookologyThursday
~Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of Earthsea
🎨 Milan Fibiger #BookologyThursday
March 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.
~Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of Earthsea
🎨 Milan Fibiger #BookologyThursday
~Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard of Earthsea
🎨 Milan Fibiger #BookologyThursday
Just when you thought #JapaneseFolklore couldn't get any weirder, I present you with ringo no kai. This #yokai is the spirit of apple trees whose fruit has been left too long without being picked. They appear in the evening near apple orchards, taking...
#FolkyFriday
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
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#FolkyFriday
🎨Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
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January 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
This #BookologyThursday
Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
~Arthur Conan Doyle
This #BookologyThursday we celebrate with the theme:
✨Indomitable Spirits of All Kinds✨
in literature, art, and lore.
(art by Piotr Jabłoński)
~Arthur Conan Doyle
This #BookologyThursday we celebrate with the theme:
✨Indomitable Spirits of All Kinds✨
in literature, art, and lore.
(art by Piotr Jabłoński)
February 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
This #BookologyThursday
March 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
In one ancient Irish fable, the robin is called the Fire Bringer, saving fire for early humans after a wolf tried to extinguish it. The bird fanned the dying embers back to life, scorching its breast in the process and bringing fire back to the world.
Art my own.
#BookologyThursday #Folklore
Art my own.
#BookologyThursday #Folklore
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In one ancient Irish fable, the robin is called the Fire Bringer, saving fire for early humans after a wolf tried to extinguish it. The bird fanned the dying embers back to life, scorching its breast in the process and bringing fire back to the world.
Art my own.
#BookologyThursday #Folklore
Art my own.
#BookologyThursday #Folklore
I've posted this before for #BookologyThursday but I'll post it again: the Dragon in a 1958 edition of 'Beowulf' illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini.
#dragon #folklore #folktale #medieval
#dragon #folklore #folktale #medieval
March 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I've posted this before for #BookologyThursday but I'll post it again: the Dragon in a 1958 edition of 'Beowulf' illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini.
#dragon #folklore #folktale #medieval
#dragon #folklore #folktale #medieval
In #JapaneseFolklore tantan kororin are #yokai that are the spirits of persimmon trees. They appear when fruit is left on the tree unpicked. They take the form of giant monks with heads resembling persimmons. They wander through towns letting overripe persimmons fall out of...
#FolkyFriday
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#FolkyFriday
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January 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
St George does his stuff in this illustration by Nikolai Kalmak, 1916.
#BookologyThursday #dragon #folklore #legend #myth
#BookologyThursday #dragon #folklore #legend #myth
March 19, 2026 at 1:51 PM
St George does his stuff in this illustration by Nikolai Kalmak, 1916.
#BookologyThursday #dragon #folklore #legend #myth
#BookologyThursday #dragon #folklore #legend #myth
Welcome to #BookologyThursday
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
~Charlotte Brontë
(Jane Eyre)
Welcome to #BookologyThursday
Join us today for our theme:
✨Indomitable Spirits of All Kinds✨
In literature, myth, folklore and art.
~Charlotte Brontë
(Jane Eyre)
Welcome to #BookologyThursday
Join us today for our theme:
✨Indomitable Spirits of All Kinds✨
In literature, myth, folklore and art.
February 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Welcome to #BookologyThursday
🦋 Folklore-related tags on Bluesky, along with their hosts—already active on the platform—who run weekly themes:
#MythologyMonday
#FairyTaleTuesday
#LegendaryWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
#BOOKOLOGYTHURSDAY
#FolkyFriday
#BookWormSat
#FolkloreSunday
#BookChatWeekly
Please see their accounts below 👇
#MythologyMonday
#FairyTaleTuesday
#LegendaryWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
#BOOKOLOGYTHURSDAY
#FolkyFriday
#BookWormSat
#FolkloreSunday
#BookChatWeekly
Please see their accounts below 👇
November 21, 2024 at 2:40 AM
🦋 Folklore-related tags on Bluesky, along with their hosts—already active on the platform—who run weekly themes:
#MythologyMonday
#FairyTaleTuesday
#LegendaryWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
#BOOKOLOGYTHURSDAY
#FolkyFriday
#BookWormSat
#FolkloreSunday
#BookChatWeekly
Please see their accounts below 👇
#MythologyMonday
#FairyTaleTuesday
#LegendaryWednesday
#WyrdWednesday
#BOOKOLOGYTHURSDAY
#FolkyFriday
#BookWormSat
#FolkloreSunday
#BookChatWeekly
Please see their accounts below 👇
Happy #BookologyThursday!✨
Join us this #BookologyThursday as we celebrate with our theme:
Birds, Bats, and Other Things with Wings🐦⬛✨
art by Henry Clayton Hopkins 1869-1943)
Birds, Bats, and Other Things with Wings🐦⬛✨
art by Henry Clayton Hopkins 1869-1943)
November 28, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Happy #BookologyThursday!✨
Thank you for your lovely posts, dear Bibliophiles!
See you next week on #BookologyThursday✨
art by Amelia Jane Murray (1800-1896)
See you next week on #BookologyThursday✨
art by Amelia Jane Murray (1800-1896)
September 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank you for your lovely posts, dear Bibliophiles!
See you next week on #BookologyThursday✨
art by Amelia Jane Murray (1800-1896)
See you next week on #BookologyThursday✨
art by Amelia Jane Murray (1800-1896)
"As we neared the lonely Isle;
& looked up at the naked height;
& saw the lighthouse towering white,
With blinded lantern, that all night
Had never shot a spark
Of comfort through the dark,
So ghostly in the cold sunlight
It seemed, that we were struck the while
With wonder all too dread for words."
& looked up at the naked height;
& saw the lighthouse towering white,
With blinded lantern, that all night
Had never shot a spark
Of comfort through the dark,
So ghostly in the cold sunlight
It seemed, that we were struck the while
With wonder all too dread for words."
August 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Welcome to #BookologyThursday ✨
Welcome to #BookologyThursday as we explore our theme:
✨📜BIBLIOMANIA📜✨
Mysterious Manuscripts, Haunted Bookshops, Secret Libraries, Odd Collections, Grimoires, & Rare Books.
…in literature, art, legends, and folklore.
Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (1416)
✨📜BIBLIOMANIA📜✨
Mysterious Manuscripts, Haunted Bookshops, Secret Libraries, Odd Collections, Grimoires, & Rare Books.
…in literature, art, legends, and folklore.
Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (1416)
January 15, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Welcome to #BookologyThursday ✨
September 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Welcome to #BookologyThursday ✨
Welcome to #BookologyThursday ✨
Today we invite you to share a myriad of:
✨❄️🌲MAGICAL MOMENTS🌲❄️✨
in literature, art, and lore.
art by Tijana Lukovic
Today we invite you to share a myriad of:
✨❄️🌲MAGICAL MOMENTS🌲❄️✨
in literature, art, and lore.
art by Tijana Lukovic
December 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Welcome to #BookologyThursday ✨
March 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
January 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
#BookologyThursday
To begin at the beginning:
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless
& bible-black, the cobblestreets silent & the hunched,
courters-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the
sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea.
Thomas - Under Milkwood
To begin at the beginning:
It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless
& bible-black, the cobblestreets silent & the hunched,
courters-and-rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the
sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea.
Thomas - Under Milkwood
March 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM