Here's a ghostly tale from Japan for some #dailyspooklore.
When someone sleeps with you and tells you, "You must never tell anybody that I came here tonight," you just might have slept with a ghost.
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January 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Here's a ghostly tale from Japan for some #dailyspooklore.
February 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I am bad at showing love, but I can show you a morgue for mummies 🕯️🤓
#deathsky #museumsky
#academicsky #dailyspooklore
#deathsky #museumsky
#academicsky #dailyspooklore
November 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
I am bad at showing love, but I can show you a morgue for mummies 🕯️🤓
#deathsky #museumsky
#academicsky #dailyspooklore
#deathsky #museumsky
#academicsky #dailyspooklore
Image by Iren Horrors
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September 24, 2026 at 3:30 PM
December 11, 2024 at 4:22 AM
In East Slavic folk-tales, a hero often escapes the world of the dead with a help from animals, one of which is the grey wolf 🐺
Wolves were considered mighty chthonic beasts connected to the soil, witchcraft, unholy forces and the Devil himself.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Wolves were considered mighty chthonic beasts connected to the soil, witchcraft, unholy forces and the Devil himself.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
January 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In East Slavic folk-tales, a hero often escapes the world of the dead with a help from animals, one of which is the grey wolf 🐺
Wolves were considered mighty chthonic beasts connected to the soil, witchcraft, unholy forces and the Devil himself.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Wolves were considered mighty chthonic beasts connected to the soil, witchcraft, unholy forces and the Devil himself.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
The pea is not as simple as it seems — in Slavic beliefs, peas are connected to the other world 🫛
According to the lore of Greater Poland, witches incubate hails from peas, nuts and eggs.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: John Downman
According to the lore of Greater Poland, witches incubate hails from peas, nuts and eggs.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: John Downman
December 3, 2024 at 5:26 PM
The pea is not as simple as it seems — in Slavic beliefs, peas are connected to the other world 🫛
According to the lore of Greater Poland, witches incubate hails from peas, nuts and eggs.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: John Downman
According to the lore of Greater Poland, witches incubate hails from peas, nuts and eggs.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: John Downman
In East Slavic and Finno-Ugric folk-tales, wicked witches often take the shape of a magpie, and travel in couples.
Illustration: LiaSelina
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: LiaSelina
#dailyspooklore #folklore
November 24, 2024 at 5:45 AM
In East Slavic and Finno-Ugric folk-tales, wicked witches often take the shape of a magpie, and travel in couples.
Illustration: LiaSelina
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: LiaSelina
#dailyspooklore #folklore
Image by Angel Dominguez
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#BookChatWeekly #GothicSpring #DailySpookLore #NationalReadingMonth #BookSky #Fiction #FIctionSky #ChildrensFiction #FantasyFiction #Literature #LiteratureSky #ChildrensLiterature #FantasyLiterature #Fantasy #FantasySky #KennethGrahame #WindInTheWillows
March 21, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Monstrous Women: Exploring
Historical Witchcraft and Its
Presence in The Witch
By Noah Patterson, Ball State University
#academicsky #dailyspooklore
Historical Witchcraft and Its
Presence in The Witch
By Noah Patterson, Ball State University
#academicsky #dailyspooklore
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December 9, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Monstrous Women: Exploring
Historical Witchcraft and Its
Presence in The Witch
By Noah Patterson, Ball State University
#academicsky #dailyspooklore
Historical Witchcraft and Its
Presence in The Witch
By Noah Patterson, Ball State University
#academicsky #dailyspooklore
In East Slavic traditional beliefs, witches can cause all sorts of bad weather, but also they are capable of transforming themselves into the fog and wind.
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
Image: SinyaPtaha
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
Image: SinyaPtaha
February 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
In East Slavic traditional beliefs, witches can cause all sorts of bad weather, but also they are capable of transforming themselves into the fog and wind.
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
Image: SinyaPtaha
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
Image: SinyaPtaha
In Norway, it was customary to throw outside your brooms on Christmas Eve, so witches had something to ride, and wouldn’t come steal your horses to join åsgårdsrei (the Wild hunt).
#FolkloreThursday #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #GothicAdvent
Art: Seigneurgens
#FolkloreThursday #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #GothicAdvent
Art: Seigneurgens
December 19, 2024 at 8:47 AM
In Norway, it was customary to throw outside your brooms on Christmas Eve, so witches had something to ride, and wouldn’t come steal your horses to join åsgårdsrei (the Wild hunt).
#FolkloreThursday #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #GothicAdvent
Art: Seigneurgens
#FolkloreThursday #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #GothicAdvent
Art: Seigneurgens
In Slavic folklore, Leshy is the owner of the woods.
Some say, he takes away cursed and unwanted newborns, and keeps them as pets… and when his "pets" die, Leshy devours their corpses.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Art: V. Romanenko
Some say, he takes away cursed and unwanted newborns, and keeps them as pets… and when his "pets" die, Leshy devours their corpses.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Art: V. Romanenko
December 10, 2024 at 12:55 PM
In Slavic folklore, Leshy is the owner of the woods.
Some say, he takes away cursed and unwanted newborns, and keeps them as pets… and when his "pets" die, Leshy devours their corpses.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Art: V. Romanenko
Some say, he takes away cursed and unwanted newborns, and keeps them as pets… and when his "pets" die, Leshy devours their corpses.
#dailyspooklore #folklore
#dontgointothewoods
Art: V. Romanenko
According to the lore, Vodyanoy can conceive a baby with a mortal woman, and later take it away.
But should the mother baptize such a baby, Vodyanoy will take away half of it – the one that belongs to him.
#SwampSunday #dailyspooklore #folklore
Image: Tomas Duchek
But should the mother baptize such a baby, Vodyanoy will take away half of it – the one that belongs to him.
#SwampSunday #dailyspooklore #folklore
Image: Tomas Duchek
March 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
According to the lore, Vodyanoy can conceive a baby with a mortal woman, and later take it away.
But should the mother baptize such a baby, Vodyanoy will take away half of it – the one that belongs to him.
#SwampSunday #dailyspooklore #folklore
Image: Tomas Duchek
But should the mother baptize such a baby, Vodyanoy will take away half of it – the one that belongs to him.
#SwampSunday #dailyspooklore #folklore
Image: Tomas Duchek
According to Slavic superstitions (mainly – the southern ones), a child conceived/born during the Christmas season, is likely to become a vampire.
#GothicAdvent #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #vampiresweekly
Art: Albert Joseph Penot (detail)
#GothicAdvent #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #vampiresweekly
Art: Albert Joseph Penot (detail)
December 24, 2024 at 8:33 AM
According to Slavic superstitions (mainly – the southern ones), a child conceived/born during the Christmas season, is likely to become a vampire.
#GothicAdvent #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #vampiresweekly
Art: Albert Joseph Penot (detail)
#GothicAdvent #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #vampiresweekly
Art: Albert Joseph Penot (detail)
On the 12th day of Christmas trolls come to people's homes to dance.
Faroese Trøllanes (far. "Troll peninsula") had been visited by them every year, before an old lady called Giðja accidentally banished those monsters for good.
#GothicAdvent #dailyspooklore #folklore
Faroese Trøllanes (far. "Troll peninsula") had been visited by them every year, before an old lady called Giðja accidentally banished those monsters for good.
#GothicAdvent #dailyspooklore #folklore
December 19, 2024 at 5:39 AM
On the 12th day of Christmas trolls come to people's homes to dance.
Faroese Trøllanes (far. "Troll peninsula") had been visited by them every year, before an old lady called Giðja accidentally banished those monsters for good.
#GothicAdvent #dailyspooklore #folklore
Faroese Trøllanes (far. "Troll peninsula") had been visited by them every year, before an old lady called Giðja accidentally banished those monsters for good.
#GothicAdvent #dailyspooklore #folklore
According to East Slavic superstitions, if a witch wants to cause a drought, she can shoo away the rain clouds with her pinner apron.
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
Image: Iren Horrors
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
Image: Iren Horrors
February 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
According to East Slavic superstitions, if a witch wants to cause a drought, she can shoo away the rain clouds with her pinner apron.
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
Image: Iren Horrors
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
Image: Iren Horrors
According to East Slavic beliefs, on December 16, unholy critters begin roaming the Earth and up until Christmas, they can steal your voice.
#GothicAdvent #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: Nicholas Kole
#GothicAdvent #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: Nicholas Kole
December 21, 2024 at 4:40 AM
According to East Slavic beliefs, on December 16, unholy critters begin roaming the Earth and up until Christmas, they can steal your voice.
#GothicAdvent #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: Nicholas Kole
#GothicAdvent #ijulemørket #dailyspooklore #folklore
Illustration: Nicholas Kole
According to Xenophanes (Greek philosopher, 560 BC - 478 BC), the life itself comes out of swamps.
Interestingly enough, that conclusion matches the traditional beliefs of several Finno-Ugric peoples.
#SwampSunday #dailyspooklore
#folklore
Illustration: James Lagasse
Interestingly enough, that conclusion matches the traditional beliefs of several Finno-Ugric peoples.
#SwampSunday #dailyspooklore
#folklore
Illustration: James Lagasse
December 22, 2024 at 4:43 PM
According to Xenophanes (Greek philosopher, 560 BC - 478 BC), the life itself comes out of swamps.
Interestingly enough, that conclusion matches the traditional beliefs of several Finno-Ugric peoples.
#SwampSunday #dailyspooklore
#folklore
Illustration: James Lagasse
Interestingly enough, that conclusion matches the traditional beliefs of several Finno-Ugric peoples.
#SwampSunday #dailyspooklore
#folklore
Illustration: James Lagasse
Mine are #SwampSunday and #dailyspooklore
But there are also #WyrdWednesday #MythologyMonday #FolkyFriday and, of course, #FolkloreThursday present on Bluesky.
#FairyraleTuesday, sadly, isn’t with us 😭
But there are also #WyrdWednesday #MythologyMonday #FolkyFriday and, of course, #FolkloreThursday present on Bluesky.
#FairyraleTuesday, sadly, isn’t with us 😭
March 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Mine are #SwampSunday and #dailyspooklore
But there are also #WyrdWednesday #MythologyMonday #FolkyFriday and, of course, #FolkloreThursday present on Bluesky.
#FairyraleTuesday, sadly, isn’t with us 😭
But there are also #WyrdWednesday #MythologyMonday #FolkyFriday and, of course, #FolkloreThursday present on Bluesky.
#FairyraleTuesday, sadly, isn’t with us 😭
In Slavic lore, rye is associated with rusalkas.
If you need to cross a rye field, watch out for ladies in white, especially, if the field is covered with cornflowers, which they’re fond of.
The dead run fast, and so do they because that’s what rusalkas are.
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
If you need to cross a rye field, watch out for ladies in white, especially, if the field is covered with cornflowers, which they’re fond of.
The dead run fast, and so do they because that’s what rusalkas are.
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
May 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
In Slavic lore, rye is associated with rusalkas.
If you need to cross a rye field, watch out for ladies in white, especially, if the field is covered with cornflowers, which they’re fond of.
The dead run fast, and so do they because that’s what rusalkas are.
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
If you need to cross a rye field, watch out for ladies in white, especially, if the field is covered with cornflowers, which they’re fond of.
The dead run fast, and so do they because that’s what rusalkas are.
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
In East Slavic lore, strong winds are associated with the dead and unholy force.
It’s said, that if you stab a whirlwind with a knife, you might see drops of blood on it.
Image: Ira Bandekar
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
It’s said, that if you stab a whirlwind with a knife, you might see drops of blood on it.
Image: Ira Bandekar
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
February 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In East Slavic lore, strong winds are associated with the dead and unholy force.
It’s said, that if you stab a whirlwind with a knife, you might see drops of blood on it.
Image: Ira Bandekar
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
It’s said, that if you stab a whirlwind with a knife, you might see drops of blood on it.
Image: Ira Bandekar
#folklorethursday #dailyspooklore
In Slavic lore, Bolotnitsa, is a female swamp spirit, the most remarkable description of which was made in 1874 by Pavel Melnikov-Pechersky: in his novel "In the Forests" he characterized Bolotnitsa as a malicious beautiful young lady with the black legs of a goose.
#swampsunday #dailyspooklore
#swampsunday #dailyspooklore
February 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In Slavic lore, Bolotnitsa, is a female swamp spirit, the most remarkable description of which was made in 1874 by Pavel Melnikov-Pechersky: in his novel "In the Forests" he characterized Bolotnitsa as a malicious beautiful young lady with the black legs of a goose.
#swampsunday #dailyspooklore
#swampsunday #dailyspooklore
A terrified couple (and their dog!) escape a malevolent ghost in one of Felix Kelly's evocative illustrations for Joseph Braddock's classic book on 'Haunted Houses' published in 1956.
#FolkyFriday #ghost #ghosts #haunted #ghostlore #dailyspooklore #illustration #fantasyart #DailyBookChat
#FolkyFriday #ghost #ghosts #haunted #ghostlore #dailyspooklore #illustration #fantasyart #DailyBookChat
April 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A terrified couple (and their dog!) escape a malevolent ghost in one of Felix Kelly's evocative illustrations for Joseph Braddock's classic book on 'Haunted Houses' published in 1956.
#FolkyFriday #ghost #ghosts #haunted #ghostlore #dailyspooklore #illustration #fantasyart #DailyBookChat
#FolkyFriday #ghost #ghosts #haunted #ghostlore #dailyspooklore #illustration #fantasyart #DailyBookChat