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Bevan Thomas<p>"O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,<br>So haggard and so woe-begone?<br>The squirrel's granary is full,<br>And the harvest’s done...."</p><p>"I met a lady in the meads,<br>Full beautiful—a faery's child,<br>Her hair was long, her foot was light,<br>And her eyes were wild."</p><p>- John Keats, "La Belle Dame sans Merci"<br>🎨Frank Dicksee</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Keats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Keats</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairy</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>According to Norse myths, the immortal squirrel Ratatoskr runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil. He is delivering messages (often insults) between the huge eagle who sits at the top of the tree and the dragon Níðhöggr, who dwells beneath one of the roots.<br>🎨 Jarle Nystuen</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Squirrel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Squirrel</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>The al-mi'raj from medieval Arabic literature resembles a yellow hare with a single horn. This creature is so fierce that much larger animals flee from it. The inhabitants of an island in the Indian Ocean gave Alexander the Great an al-mi'raj to repay him for slaying a dragon.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arabia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medieval</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Unicorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unicorn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rabbit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hare</span></a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a>:&nbsp;`A Mouse-Satire, a poem to expel mice, sent the mice over Nevis Bridge in Fort William so that they would find food on the other side of the river Nevis and leave the infested house for good.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Listen to my source:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scottishfolklorepodcast.com/tsflp-episodes/11-to-a-mouse" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishfolklorepodcast.com/ts</span><span class="invisible">flp-episodes/11-to-a-mouse</span></a></p>
curious ordinary<p>In <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> a hihi is a type of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" target="_blank">#yokai</a> resembling a huge monkey with long black hair, a wide mouth and large lips. It is known to prey on humans and will run off laughing (hi-hi-hi) with its catch. The way to escape is to make it laugh, as when it does, its huge lips... <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreSunday" target="_blank">#FolkloreSunday</a> 1/2</p>
Bevan Thomas<p>Unlike the gods of many other mythologies, those of the Norse do get old and would die of old age, except that they regularly eat the Apples of Youth guarded by the goddess Idunn. King Gylfi of Sweden suggested that this perhaps makes Idunn the most important Norse deity.<br>🎨 James Doyle Penrose</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>When the Egyptian folk hero Setne broke into the tomb of Prince Naneferkaptah to steal a magic book, the prince's mummy challenged him to senet, a board game popular with both Egyptian gods and humans. The more Setne lost the game, the more the floor enveloped him. However, he eventually used magic amulets to break free.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Setne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Setne</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Senet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senet</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Game</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BoardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoardGame</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>According to Norse mythology, the first mead was the Mead of Inspiration - created by wicked dwarves who murdered the wise good Kvasir, and then mixed his blood with honey. Anyone who drank from this mead would possess great wisdom and become a great poet. <br>🎨 Rim Bitik</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vikings</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>A hulder is a forest fairy in Scandinavian folklore who will seduce people traveling through her woods. Once in her embrace, a man will discover the hulder has some inhuman feature, such as an animal's hairy legs and tail or a hollow back (like some old tree).<br>🎨 CoalRye</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Faerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faerie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a></p>
curious ordinary<p>In <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> there is a <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" target="_blank">#yokai</a> known as kamikiri mushi. It's a type of magical insect with razor-sharp hands and beak. They sneak into homes and cut off people's hair while they are sleeping. Some believe that kamikiri attacks are to prevent people unknowingly marrying... <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreSunday" target="_blank">#FolkloreSunday</a> 1/2</p>
Bevan Thomas<p>According to the Goetia, Purson is a great king of Hell. He knows of hidden things, can find treasure, and tells of the past, present and future, and is especially knowledgeable of the creation of the world. When Purson arrives, many trumpets sound. He will herald the coming of the Antichrist. <br>🎨 Louis Le Breton</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Occult</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Sorcery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sorcery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Demonology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demonology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Demon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Devil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Devil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Goetia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goetia</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>According to the Goetia, Glasya-Labolas is a mighty president of Hell, the author and captain of bloodshed. He can tell all things past and future, turn people invisible, and read and control minds - making friends and foes fall passionately in love or murder each other.<br>🎨 Louis Le Breton</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Demon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Devil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Devil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Demonology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demonology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Occult</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Sorcery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sorcery</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Goetia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goetia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Grimoire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grimoire</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>The Welsh Triads say that there are Three Great Enchantments of Britain: the Enchantment of King Math (taught to his nephew Gwydion), the one of Uther Pendragon (taught to Menw, King Arthur's magician), and the one of Gwythelyn the Dwarf (taught to his nephew Coll).</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KingArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingArthur</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arthuriana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arthuriana</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arthurian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arthurian</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In European folklore, witches and warlocks liked to transform into rabbits and hares in order to sneak onto a farm to cause trouble. If the crops died or the animals got sick, the farmers would often blame any rabbit or hare they recently saw on their property.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Witch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Witchcraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Witchcraft</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rabbit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hare</span></a></p>
curious ordinary<p>In <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> there is a tale of Katsura Otoko, an extraordinarily beautiful man believed to live on the moon. Based on a myth from China, it is said he lives in a moon palace and spends his time pruning a katsura tree. He prunes it so much that there is... <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FullMoon" target="_blank">#FullMoon</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreSunday" target="_blank">#FolkloreSunday</a> 1/5</p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a>: `The Sons of the Gael went to Teamhair, where the three sons of Cermait Honey-Mouth, son of the Dagda, that had the kingship between them at that time held their court. And these three were quarrelling with one another about the division of the treasures their father had left, and the quarrel was so hot it seemed likely it would come to a battle in the end.<br>And the Sons of the Gael wondered to see them quarrelling about such things, and they having so fruitful an island, where the air was so wholesome, and the sun not too strong, or the cold too bitter, and where there was such a plenty of honey and acorns, and of milk, and of fish, and of corn, and room enough for them all.<br>Great grandeur they were living in, and their Druids about them, at the palace of Teamhair. And <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Amergin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amergin</span></a> went to them, and it is what he said, that they must give up the kingship there and then, or they must leave it to the chance of a battle. And he said he asked this in revenge for the death of Ith, of the race of the Gael, that had come to their court before that time, and that had been killed by treachery.<br>When the sons of Cermait Honey-Mouth heard Amergin saying such fierce words, there was wonder on them, and it is what they said, that they were not willing to fight at that time, for their army was not ready. "But let you make an offer to us," they said, "for we see well you have good judgment and knowledge. But if you make an offer that is not fair," they said, "we will destroy you with our enchantments."<br>At that Amergin bade the men that were with him to go back to Inver Sceine, and to hurry again into their ships with the rest of the Sons of the Gael, and to go out the length of nine waves from the shore. And then he made his offer to the Tuatha de Danaan, that if they could hinder his men from landing on their island, he and all his ships would go back again to their own country, and would never make any attempt to come again; but that if the Sons of the Gael could land on the coast in spite of them, then the Tuatha de Danaan should give up the kingship and be under their sway.<br>The Tuatha de Danaan were well pleased with that offer, for they thought that by the powers of their enchantments over the winds and the sea, and by their arts, they would be well able to keep them from ever setting foot in the country again.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook<br><a href="https://x.com/EllenLloydAP/status/1567584266338373633" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/EllenLloydAP/status/1567</span><span class="invisible">584266338373633</span></a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a>: After their landing in Ireland the Milesians `marched in good order as far as Slieve Mis. And there they were met by a queen of the Tuatha de Danaan, and a train of beautiful women attending on her, and her Druids and wise men following her. Amergin, one of the sons of Miled, spoke to her then, and asked her name, and she said it was <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Banba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banba</span></a>, wife of Mac Cuill, Son of the Hazel.<br>They went on then till they came to Slieve Eibhline, and there another queen of the Tuatha de Danaan met them, and her women and her Druids after her, and they asked her name, and she said it was <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Fodhla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fodhla</span></a>, wife of Mac Cecht, Son of the Plough.<br>They went on then till they came to the hill of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Uisnech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uisnech</span></a>, and there they saw another woman coming towards them. And there was wonder on them while they were looking at her, for in the one moment she would be a wide-eyed most beautiful queen, and in another she would be a sharp-beaked, grey-white crow. She came on to where Eremon, one of the sons of Miled, was, and sat down before him, and he asked her who was she, and she said: "I am <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Eriu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eriu</span></a>, wife of Mac Greine, Son of the Sun."<br>And the names of those three queens were often given to Ireland in the after time. ` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook</p>
The Godyssey Podcast<p>Why do we pinch people not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day? The original superstition was that green made one invisible to leprechauns and thus they could not pinch you. So don't do the leprechaun's job for them by pinching those who don't wear green! <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Scottish folklore, if a house goblin such as a brownie is treated with disrespect, it can transform into a "bogle." This nasty goblin will devote itself to vandalizing the house and tormenting its inhabitants with the same dedication that the brownie kept things neat and tidy.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>31DaysofHaunting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScottishMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelticMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScottishFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelticFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairyTale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScottishFairyTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishFairyTale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticFairyTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CelticFairyTale</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Faerie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faerie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Goblin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goblin</span></a></p>
The Godyssey Podcast<p>The Vestal Virgins maintained the sacred fire of Vesta, goddess of hearth and home, for the goddess was quite at home at Rome and a sacred order of women was made to maintain the fire for official sacrifices and rituals; Christians extinguished it in 394. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreSunday</span></a></p>