This video concludes my three-part discussion on the folkloristics of superstition by encouraging storytellers to view writing superstition-based conflict in three ways. #folklore #folkloristics #superstition
Writing Superstitions Part III
YouTube video by Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran
youtu.be
February 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This video concludes my three-part discussion on the folkloristics of superstition by encouraging storytellers to view writing superstition-based conflict in three ways. #folklore #folkloristics #superstition
Memo to my history colleagues: when the plugs are pulled & websites/blogs/e-newspapers/Internet Archive go dark what's left for our successors? Tech has inadvertently created is a new genre, one based on fragile data not words. I suggest boning up on folkloristics to anticipate how to save it all. 🗃️
January 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Memo to my history colleagues: when the plugs are pulled & websites/blogs/e-newspapers/Internet Archive go dark what's left for our successors? Tech has inadvertently created is a new genre, one based on fragile data not words. I suggest boning up on folkloristics to anticipate how to save it all. 🗃️
My big piece of advice here is to get to know folklorists and read their books. Also, understanding how folklore works, taxonomy - basic folkloristics, will help discern the wheat from the chaff
Search results for folklore are being stuffed with AI content farms. It's depressing.
December 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
My big piece of advice here is to get to know folklorists and read their books. Also, understanding how folklore works, taxonomy - basic folkloristics, will help discern the wheat from the chaff
Omg look what I got! 🥳 #folkloristics
April 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Omg look what I got! 🥳 #folkloristics
This seems new. Does anyone know anything more about the Forensic Folklore Institute? The idea is using applied folkloristics on crime forensicfolklore.org
Forensic Folklore Institute
forensicfolklore.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:28 AM
This seems new. Does anyone know anything more about the Forensic Folklore Institute? The idea is using applied folkloristics on crime forensicfolklore.org
Question: Would you participate in a Discord community at the intersections of folklore and storytelling if I ran it? This would be a curated group for professional artists and storytellers to discuss the ways their work employs traditional belief, narrative, etc. #folklore #folkloristics
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Question: Would you participate in a Discord community at the intersections of folklore and storytelling if I ran it? This would be a curated group for professional artists and storytellers to discuss the ways their work employs traditional belief, narrative, etc. #folklore #folkloristics
I have a book review in this issue of the Journal of American Folklore for "Stories of the Past: Viewing History Through Fiction." #AcademicSky, #Folkloristics
Journal of American Folklore Vol. 138, No. 548, is here! Featuring Michael J. Bell, @jordanlovejoy.bsky.social, Digne Ūdre-Lielbārde, @eocieslik.bsky.social, @csmaccath.com, @ciderwithmaria.bsky.social, @lamontjackpearley.bsky.social, and more on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55094
August 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I have a book review in this issue of the Journal of American Folklore for "Stories of the Past: Viewing History Through Fiction." #AcademicSky, #Folkloristics
1: history/histories of C20 British folkloristics
2: bad popular cultural takes on/representations of folkloristics tell us more about (1) than many histories. (tbf, I have done some work on this, but it's more of a preoccupation than a study).
2: bad popular cultural takes on/representations of folkloristics tell us more about (1) than many histories. (tbf, I have done some work on this, but it's more of a preoccupation than a study).
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.
October 7, 2023 at 10:07 AM
1: history/histories of C20 British folkloristics
2: bad popular cultural takes on/representations of folkloristics tell us more about (1) than many histories. (tbf, I have done some work on this, but it's more of a preoccupation than a study).
2: bad popular cultural takes on/representations of folkloristics tell us more about (1) than many histories. (tbf, I have done some work on this, but it's more of a preoccupation than a study).
The new Folklore & Fiction website is live! You'll find it at the link below, and I hope you'll sign up for the archive and monthly newsletter. Many thanks to my husband and in-house web developer for doing such beautiful work.
#FolkloreAndFiction #Folkbyte #Folkloristics #Folklore
#FolkloreAndFiction #Folkbyte #Folkloristics #Folklore
Home | Folklore & Fiction
csmaccath.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The new Folklore & Fiction website is live! You'll find it at the link below, and I hope you'll sign up for the archive and monthly newsletter. Many thanks to my husband and in-house web developer for doing such beautiful work.
#FolkloreAndFiction #Folkbyte #Folkloristics #Folklore
#FolkloreAndFiction #Folkbyte #Folkloristics #Folklore
I made this pattern & embroidered it on a pillowcase because I am annoyed with people not knowing the Two Wolves story is fakelore.
#folkloristics #academicsky
#folkloristics #academicsky
Til slutt: at offentlige figurer som lever av å snakke ikke sjekker kildene sine bedre har irritert meg såpass at jeg lagde mitt eget To Ulver-mem. Og broderte det på et putetrekk. Takk til bl.a. Fux for å ha overbevist meg om at brodering er Bra og Zen. /the end.
June 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I made this pattern & embroidered it on a pillowcase because I am annoyed with people not knowing the Two Wolves story is fakelore.
#folkloristics #academicsky
#folkloristics #academicsky
When I visited Mizuki Shigeru Road two years ago, was surprised at the amount of overlap between his comics and what some anglophone works of folkloristics consider to be authentic premodern Japanese tradition.
I wonder how much ultimately is pure fiction, whether from the Shōwa or the Edo period.
I wonder how much ultimately is pure fiction, whether from the Shōwa or the Edo period.
June 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
When I visited Mizuki Shigeru Road two years ago, was surprised at the amount of overlap between his comics and what some anglophone works of folkloristics consider to be authentic premodern Japanese tradition.
I wonder how much ultimately is pure fiction, whether from the Shōwa or the Edo period.
I wonder how much ultimately is pure fiction, whether from the Shōwa or the Edo period.
I'm probably going to talk a bit more about folkloristics and folklore on this account, essentially blending my two Twitter accounts
September 17, 2023 at 8:22 AM
I'm probably going to talk a bit more about folkloristics and folklore on this account, essentially blending my two Twitter accounts
The President of the ISHS, Liisi Laineste, Folkloristics
Estonian Literary Museum, sports the De Gruyter Brill tote bag at the opening reception, sent by the colleagues of @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social to support the great International #Humor Studies conference in Krakow.
Estonian Literary Museum, sports the De Gruyter Brill tote bag at the opening reception, sent by the colleagues of @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social to support the great International #Humor Studies conference in Krakow.
July 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The President of the ISHS, Liisi Laineste, Folkloristics
Estonian Literary Museum, sports the De Gruyter Brill tote bag at the opening reception, sent by the colleagues of @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social to support the great International #Humor Studies conference in Krakow.
Estonian Literary Museum, sports the De Gruyter Brill tote bag at the opening reception, sent by the colleagues of @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social to support the great International #Humor Studies conference in Krakow.
For those who don’t know, my field is Hebrew Bible & ancient Near Eastern religion. My undergrad degree was in myth study & folkloristics, & my doctoral work will likely be in comparative myth & liturgy.
I got into my second-choice PhD program!!!!!!! Religious Studies.
I’m going to wait until I hear from my first choice, but no matter what, I’m doing my PhD!!!!! I get to start over doing what I love. It wasn’t a pipe dream! Someone thinks I’m qualified to do this! I’m in tears.
I’m going to wait until I hear from my first choice, but no matter what, I’m doing my PhD!!!!! I get to start over doing what I love. It wasn’t a pipe dream! Someone thinks I’m qualified to do this! I’m in tears.
February 22, 2024 at 7:32 PM
For those who don’t know, my field is Hebrew Bible & ancient Near Eastern religion. My undergrad degree was in myth study & folkloristics, & my doctoral work will likely be in comparative myth & liturgy.
There’s an interesting folkloristics paper to be written about the legend of Hans Asperger’s life, & how it’s developed in online ND spaces. #Autistic #Neurodiversity
February 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
There’s an interesting folkloristics paper to be written about the legend of Hans Asperger’s life, & how it’s developed in online ND spaces. #Autistic #Neurodiversity
My academic trajectory was a bit all over the place. My B.A. was English lit(major) & folkloristics (minor). My masters was in medieval lit and languages, so my PhD tried to mix all that: what happens in terms of txt/genre/value when oral txts are written down.
November 11, 2024 at 10:47 PM
My academic trajectory was a bit all over the place. My B.A. was English lit(major) & folkloristics (minor). My masters was in medieval lit and languages, so my PhD tried to mix all that: what happens in terms of txt/genre/value when oral txts are written down.
Another article I enjoyed. I think it suits today’s #mythologymonday topic.
“Nordic folk legends, folk traditions and grave mounds The value of folkloristics for the study of Old Nordic religions” by Terry Gunnell (University of Iceland)
#AcademicSky
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
“Nordic folk legends, folk traditions and grave mounds The value of folkloristics for the study of Old Nordic religions” by Terry Gunnell (University of Iceland)
#AcademicSky
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Nordic folk legends, folk traditions and grave mounds The value of folkloristics for the study of Old Nordic religions
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www.researchgate.net
November 18, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Another article I enjoyed. I think it suits today’s #mythologymonday topic.
“Nordic folk legends, folk traditions and grave mounds The value of folkloristics for the study of Old Nordic religions” by Terry Gunnell (University of Iceland)
#AcademicSky
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
“Nordic folk legends, folk traditions and grave mounds The value of folkloristics for the study of Old Nordic religions” by Terry Gunnell (University of Iceland)
#AcademicSky
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
finally managed to get my hands on a copy of "folklore 101" by dr jorgensten and its AMAZING! highly reccomend to anyone interested in folklore.
Hoping that actually learning about folkloristics can help me build a stronger artistic identity 🙏
Hoping that actually learning about folkloristics can help me build a stronger artistic identity 🙏
February 1, 2026 at 7:20 AM
finally managed to get my hands on a copy of "folklore 101" by dr jorgensten and its AMAZING! highly reccomend to anyone interested in folklore.
Hoping that actually learning about folkloristics can help me build a stronger artistic identity 🙏
Hoping that actually learning about folkloristics can help me build a stronger artistic identity 🙏
“Faxlore” is even its own subcategory within folkloristics. A lot of folks within a few years of my age may remember childhood warnings about “blue star acid” or “Mickey Mouse acid,” which was a prominent example of faxlore urban legend / misinformation
There was a time when people shared “click bait”-type misinformation… by fax (and before that, by photocopier)
The social, psychological, and storytelling dynamics were similar; the distribution speed was different
The social, psychological, and storytelling dynamics were similar; the distribution speed was different
November 29, 2024 at 11:15 PM
“Faxlore” is even its own subcategory within folkloristics. A lot of folks within a few years of my age may remember childhood warnings about “blue star acid” or “Mickey Mouse acid,” which was a prominent example of faxlore urban legend / misinformation
- getting to meet the @worldbuildcast.bsky.social crew in the flesh!
- my con crew @erisyoung.bsky.social and @cesalter.com
- being let loose to talk data ethics and folkloristics with @lavanya.bsky.social
- revealing to @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social that I am not, in fact, british
- my con crew @erisyoung.bsky.social and @cesalter.com
- being let loose to talk data ethics and folkloristics with @lavanya.bsky.social
- revealing to @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social that I am not, in fact, british
September 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
- getting to meet the @worldbuildcast.bsky.social crew in the flesh!
- my con crew @erisyoung.bsky.social and @cesalter.com
- being let loose to talk data ethics and folkloristics with @lavanya.bsky.social
- revealing to @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social that I am not, in fact, british
- my con crew @erisyoung.bsky.social and @cesalter.com
- being let loose to talk data ethics and folkloristics with @lavanya.bsky.social
- revealing to @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social that I am not, in fact, british
A🧵of "unexpected" centers of #resistance & why, including the National Parks Service, folklorists, librarians, historians, cartoonists.
Possibly useful for these feeds: #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday #FolkyFriday #Booksky #libsky #folklore #folkloristics
#resist
🎨Anisa Makhoul
Possibly useful for these feeds: #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday #FolkyFriday #Booksky #libsky #folklore #folkloristics
#resist
🎨Anisa Makhoul
January 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A🧵of "unexpected" centers of #resistance & why, including the National Parks Service, folklorists, librarians, historians, cartoonists.
Possibly useful for these feeds: #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday #FolkyFriday #Booksky #libsky #folklore #folkloristics
#resist
🎨Anisa Makhoul
Possibly useful for these feeds: #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday #FolkyFriday #Booksky #libsky #folklore #folkloristics
#resist
🎨Anisa Makhoul
(4/5) In my spare time, I read bit of philosophy; political philosophy, natural philosophy, environmental ethics... And also a bit on mythology, folkloristics, and comparative religion, mostly on Buddhism, the Sanskrit epics (as well as their adaptations by SEAsians), and magical healing practices..
August 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
(4/5) In my spare time, I read bit of philosophy; political philosophy, natural philosophy, environmental ethics... And also a bit on mythology, folkloristics, and comparative religion, mostly on Buddhism, the Sanskrit epics (as well as their adaptations by SEAsians), and magical healing practices..
It is inevitable that my folkloristics training will seep into any creative project I do, even when I'm trying to create something solidly middle-of-the-road. I have to keep reminding myself that this is a feature and not a bug.
May 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It is inevitable that my folkloristics training will seep into any creative project I do, even when I'm trying to create something solidly middle-of-the-road. I have to keep reminding myself that this is a feature and not a bug.
A cluster of articles arising from the work of the MCHSL + partners was just published in Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics. Up 4/4 is "Basketry Craft Practice in Southwest China: The Case of Defeng Village" by Lijun Zhang and myself. Special thanks to the great JEF team. (Also on Sciendo)
Basketry Craft Practice in Southwest China: The Case of Defeng Village
| Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
ojs.utlib.ee
December 22, 2024 at 1:37 PM
A cluster of articles arising from the work of the MCHSL + partners was just published in Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics. Up 4/4 is "Basketry Craft Practice in Southwest China: The Case of Defeng Village" by Lijun Zhang and myself. Special thanks to the great JEF team. (Also on Sciendo)
Really excited to be taking part in this discussion, proposing new ideas for community and collaboration in the folklore and folkloristics sector.
Join us March 1st-2nd at the Cultural Futures Hub!
More details in the post below ⤵️
Join us March 1st-2nd at the Cultural Futures Hub!
More details in the post below ⤵️
How can we build a more inclusive and equitable future for all?
Join us at The #CulturalFuturesConference to talk about #communities, #heritage, #folklore, #storytelling and #XR #VR #AR!
Info: buff.ly/3Qhl70c
Free ticket: buff.ly/3COVz7A
Join: www.facebook.com/groups/cultu...
Join us at The #CulturalFuturesConference to talk about #communities, #heritage, #folklore, #storytelling and #XR #VR #AR!
Info: buff.ly/3Qhl70c
Free ticket: buff.ly/3COVz7A
Join: www.facebook.com/groups/cultu...
February 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Really excited to be taking part in this discussion, proposing new ideas for community and collaboration in the folklore and folkloristics sector.
Join us March 1st-2nd at the Cultural Futures Hub!
More details in the post below ⤵️
Join us March 1st-2nd at the Cultural Futures Hub!
More details in the post below ⤵️