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Ever heard whispers at night? Felt a sudden chill in your warm home? It might be your Domovoy, an old Slavic house spirit said to protect (or punish!) the household.

#yafantasy #fantasy #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks #faery #fairy #faerylore #faery
March 30, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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Did you know some European royal families trace their bloodline to a cursed fairy?

#FolkloreFacts #Melusine #Mythology #yafantasy #fantasybooks #faerylore #faery #fairies #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks
August 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Meet the Ben-Varrey, mermaid of the Isle of Man. She's different from the deadly mermaids we usually hear about.
But don’t get too comfortable.

#FaeryLore #Mermaids #IsleOfMan #ManxFolklore #CelticFolklore #Folklore #Mythology #FairyLore #Faeries #FantasyLore #MythAndLegend #FantasyBooks
September 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Before Groundhog Day had a groundhog… it had a goddess who decided whether cold would linger or spring would arrive.
If the day was bright, winter stayed.
If the skies were dark, spring crept closer.

#GroundhogsDay #FaeryLore #faeries #fairies #yafantasy #Imbolc #Bookstagram #Booktok #blueskybooks
February 2, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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Ever heard a cry in the night that chilled you to the bone? Could it be a banshee?

#Faerylore #faeries #fairies #yafantasy #fantasybooks #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks
August 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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On today’s edition of songs I’ve forgotten I’ve written, “Kelpie Lullaby.” 😂 Kelpies are shapeshifting water-horses of Celtic myth with a penchant for drowning people. #faerylore #fairies #celticmyth #originalmusic #kelpies #songwriter open.spotify.com/track/6U3E1L...
Kelpie Lullaby
Molly Pinto Madigan · The Cup Overflows · Song · 2017
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January 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Ever heard a cry in the night that chilled you to the bone?

In Irish folklore, that sound might be the banshee—the wailing woman of the mounds. Her keening doesn’t bring death, but it warns of it.

#Faerylore #faeries #fairies #yafantasy #fantasybooks #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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May your books be well-kept and deeply loved.
May your stories find you when you need them most.

Here’s to books that feel like doorways & a year full of magic.

#BookishMagic #FaeryLore #FantasyBooks #BookTokFantasy #FantasyAuthor #IndieAuthor #NewYearsWish #NewYearMagic #bookstagram #blueskybooks
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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Born without a face. Born without a shape. Born in the dark. And if it slithers up to watch you?

#ScottishFolklore #FaeryLore #FairyLore #CelticFolklore #MythicalCreatures #DarkFantasy #Folklore #Faeries #FantasyBooks #Bookstagram #BookTok #YAFantasy
August 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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🧚🏽‍♂️Pookas are intriguing faery types. They sometimes CAN be benevolent & kind...

but most stories say they love to await some unsuspecting fool who will climb upon their 🐴backs... & that's when the real fun starts!

#yafantasy #fantasybooks #faerylore #faery #fairies #bookstagram #blueskybooks
February 16, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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A brollachan is said to form from neglect. It has no face of its own, only shadows and the quiet longing for what it never received. A reminder that even in magic, kindness matters.

#Brollachan #FaeryLore #CelticMyth #FantasyCreatures #FaerieTales #YAFantasy #Bookstagram #BookTok #FantasyBooks
January 27, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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Ever heard whispers at night? Felt a sudden chill in your warm home? It might be your Domovoy, an old Slavic house spirit said to protect (or punish!) the household.

#yafantasy #fantasy #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks #faery #fairy #faerylore #faery
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Months ago, I found a crop of faery mushrooms. I can easily imagine Teezo Popkins, one of my mushroom sprites in the Heart of the Worlds universe, sitting there spinning lore for his niblings.

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January 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Some people believed tangled hair are tied by faeries dancing on the breeze... and if you undo them carelessly… You could anger them.

If you'd like to read more about them, visit my blog post: tfburkeauthor.com/faerie-lore/...

#Faerylore #Mythology #Fairies #YAfantasy #blueskybooks
May 11, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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If you hear giggles in the woods, you may want to run. These faeries from Veracruz & Chiapas might steal your soul.
Not forever—just long enough to leave you lost, dazed, and forever changed.

#Faerylore #faeries #fairies #yafantasy #fantasybooks #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks
July 20, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Meet the Portunes—tiny household faeries from medieval English folklore who prove that size doesn't always matter.

#Faerylore #FairyLore #Folklore #Mythology #Folktales #Fairies #FantasyAuthor #FantasyBooks #YAFantasy #HeartOfTheWorlds #WritersLife #Bookstagram
June 1, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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👷‍♂️ Meet the Knockers—tiny, wrinkled fae in miner’s garb who once guided Cornish miners to tin… or tied their shoelaces together for fun. And they still haunt mining lore from Cornwall to the Appalachians.
#yafantasy #fantasybooks #faerylore #faery #fairies #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks
February 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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👹 Spriggans: Cornwall’s creepiest fae.
Ugly, twisted guardians of ruins—who can swell into giants, whip up storms, or steal children for the faery realm.
🌑 Would you dare cross their path?

#FaeryLore #blueskybooks #Folklore #yafantasybooks
September 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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If you ever find yourself wandering through an ancient ruin or a lonely castle, watch your step—Redcaps might be lurking! These bloodthirsty fae are no mischievous pixies.

#faerylore #Faeriesdontforgive #faeries #fairies #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks
March 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Ever wandered through the woods and heard faint laughter with no one in sight? You might have been near the Ellyllon, the tiny trickster faeries of Welsh folklore! 👀

#faery #faerylore #fantasybooks #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks
February 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The more I dig into 🧚faerylore, the more I find many types of faeries give both aid and harm for human kind, depending on their mood.... and what human they encounter. .

#TFBurkeauthor #WoTH #YAfantasybooks #faeries #fairies #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Some lights are meant to guide you.
Others are meant to lure you off the path. 🌫️✨

And honestly? If you saw glowing lights drifting through the fog at midnight… would you follow them?

#WillOWisp #Folklore #Faerylore #Mythology #FantasyAuthor #FantasyBooks #blueskybooks #FantasyWorldbuilding
May 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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In the hush between moonrise and mist, it watches. The Brollachan—neither shadow nor flesh, just a chill at your back and eyes that burn red in the fog.

#FaeryLore #DarkFae #ScottishMyths #yafantasy #bookstagram #booktok #blueskybooks
July 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Meet the Knockers—tiny, wrinkled fae in miner’s garb who once guided Cornish miners to tin… or tied their shoelaces together for fun. And these gnome-like spirits still haunt mining lore from Cornwall to the Appalachians.

#yafantasy #fantasybooks #faerylore #faery #fairies #blueskybooks
August 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Goblins — mischief-makers, chaos-bringers, and a dash of crafty cunning straight from the shadowed edges of fairy tales.
They’ve changed over time, especially as children’s literature took root in the 19th century.
#yafantasy #fantasy #blueskybooks #faery #fairy #faerylore #writing #reading
January 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM