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Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>Cikap-kamuy was considered a god of plenty who, importantly, made sure that rituals were being followed properly.<br>His central myth also established (for the Ainu) the mountain jay and crow as birds of ill omen, and the dipper as a symbol of good fortune.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ainu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ainu</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 are many types of fireball <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" target="_blank">#yokai</a> and onibi are one of the most dangerous. They look like beautiful blue balls of fire and appear floating in large groups. Never follow them as they'll surround you and suck out your life force. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreThursday" target="_blank">#FolkloreThursday</a> 🎨Matthew Meyer <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/yokai.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@yokai.com</a></p>
curious ordinary<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreThursday" target="_blank">#FolkloreThursday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" target="_blank">#yokai</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3latgbsytzc2p" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3latgbsytzc2p</a></span></p>
curious ordinary<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreThursday" target="_blank">#FolkloreThursday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" target="_blank">#yokai</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3lgd2yqmnps2z" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3lgd2yqmnps2z</a></span></p>
curious ordinary<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WorldSnakeDay" target="_blank">#WorldSnakeDay</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreThursday" target="_blank">#FolkloreThursday</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3lguju6eihs2p" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3lguju6eihs2p</a></span></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>"Our home is - here!" A burst of wild, high laughter accompanied the words. It was like a whistling wind. The wind had risen, and clouds obscured the moon. "A little higher - where we cannot hear the wicked church bells."<br>- Algernon Blackwood, "The Glamour of the Snow"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookologyThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookologyThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</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/WeirdFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeirdFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</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/CosmicHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CosmicHorror</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AlgernonBlackwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlgernonBlackwood</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In 1967, BC Ferry passengers claimed to see a blond mermaid with a porpoise tail eating a salmon on the rocks at the entrance to Active Pass in BC, Canada (near the city of Victoria). A photo was taken for the Victoria newspaper "The Times Colonist," but later proved to be a fake.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</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/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victoria</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cryptozoology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptozoology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptid</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/Mermaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mermaid</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Welsh Arthurian legends, many of King Arthur's warriors have superpowers. Kynddelig the Guide can intuitively guide his companions through a country he has never seen as easily as through his own home, becoming a sort of a living map for any place he visits.<br>🎨 Eric Belisle</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</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></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>According to Taliesin's "Spoils of Annwn," King Arthur sailed off to the Welsh Otherworld with three ships full of his greatest warriors in order to both steal a magic cauldron and rescue the warrior Gweir from his fairy prison. Sadly, only seven warriors returned.<br>🎨 Wayne Reynolds</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</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/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</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/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/KingArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingArthur</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>Ægir, the jötunn lord of the sea in Norse mythology, seeks to make his undersea kingdom as grand as any other king's. He sends his wife and nine daughters to sink ships so that Ægir can add the ships' treasures to his trove and make the drowned sailors vassals in his kingdom.<br>🎨 Friedrich Wilhelm Heine</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</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>Cadborosaurus is a sea serpent with a horse-like head that has been reported in many parts of Vancouver Island, BC - most famously Cadboro Bay, Victoria. People have claimed that various carcasses that have washed ashore are a cadborosaurus, but most turn out to be whales or sharks.<br>🎨 Susan Laurie-Bourque </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</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/Cryptid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptid</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/SeaSerpent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeaSerpent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Greek mythology, Hyacinth was a human prince and lover of the god Apollo. Zephyrus (the west wind) was jealous that Hyacinth chose Apollo over him, and so caused a discus to hit the prince, killing him. Apollo created the hyacinth flower from Hyacinth's blood.<br>🎨 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</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/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMythology</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/GreekFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreekFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalFolklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Flower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flower</span></a></p>
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen &amp; Moe. The most comprehensive edition ever. The whole collection appears for the first time in English.</p><p>Paperback editions, or .pdf files for less than half the price. Details here: <a href="https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">norwegianfolktales.net/books/t</span><span class="invisible">he-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianfolktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianlegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianlegends</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folktales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/norwegianfolktales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairytales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklorethursday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklorethursday</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>According to the Goetia, Leonard is a demon lord who serves as grandmaster at many witches' banquets and orgies. He will mark each initiate with one of his three goat horns. Leonard can teach people how to transform into monstrous animals or incubi. In his spare time, he disguises himself as a handsome soldier to seduce women.<br>🎨 Louis Le Breton</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</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/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/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</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/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/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Welsh folklore, the Witches of Caer Lloyw are "maiden hags" skilled in both witchcraft and warfare. They teach combat skills to the Arthurian knight Peredur (the Welsh version of Sir Percival). However, when he discovers that the witches had tormented his relatives, Peredur takes revenge.<br>🎨 Jérôme Lereculey</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookologyThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookologyThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</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/WelshMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelshMythology</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/WelshFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WelshFolklore</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/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</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/Witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Witch</span></a></p>
Megalithic Portal (Andy B)<p>...their wings are to make a flying device for Wayland to escape his imprisonment, here viewed from above on another <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Viking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Viking</span></a> Age carving from <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Yorkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yorkshire</span></a>, a hogback grave marker. <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/AncientBluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncientBluesky</span></a> 🏺<br>3/8</p>
Bevan Thomas<p>"Uncle Remus might well have heard of him, for some of El-Ahrairah’s adventures are those of Brer Rabbit. For that matter, Odysseus himself might have borrowed a trick or two from the rabbit hero, for he is very old and was never at a loss for a trick to deceive his enemies."<br>― Richard Adams, "Watership Down"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookologyThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookologyThursday</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/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookChatWeekly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkloreThursday</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/ChildrensLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildrensLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RichardAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichardAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WatershipDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WatershipDown</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Animal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rabbit</span></a></p>
curious ordinary<p>In <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> nobusuma are bats that live to very old age &amp; then transform into <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yokai</a>. They eat nuts and fruit like regular bats but also feed on fire &amp; blood sucked out of humans or animals. They prey on travellers, swooping down from trees, extinguishing fires and... <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreThursday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkloreThursday</a> 1/3</p>
Simon Roy Hughes 🧌<p>Here is the reason I refuse to have a side hustle. </p><p>Hustle (verb)<br> 1. push roughly; jostle.<br> 2. obtain illicitly or by forceful action.<br> 3. engage in prostitution.</p><p>Hustle (noun)<br> 1. a state of great activity.<br> 2. a fraud or swindle.</p><p>(Definitions from Oxford dictionaries.)</p><p>In fact, I appear to have turned my back on the idea of exhausting myself by producing a constant stream of promotional material, and posting it to every online platform under the sun, disregarding how much money my content allows the most anti-social people on earth to make off my back, in the scant hopes of a sale. It would be a foolish waste of my time, attention, and energy that is better spent translating and writing more books. </p><p>The books are out there, but I am not going to try to manipulate people into buying them. That said, if you want to buy books full of amusing, silly, dark, strange Norwegian folklore, lovingly translated into English, please take a look at my stuff: <a href="https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">norwegianfolktales.net/books/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. If you don't even take a look, that's OK, too. </p><p>Yes, my books are available on Amazon, making one of the chief arseholes of the world money, but at least Amazon’s POD outfit is an honest business transaction: they offer a service unavailable elsewhere, and I purchase that service. (Other aspects of Amazon meet the definition of hustle above.)</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianfolktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianlegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianlegends</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folktales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/norwegianfolktales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fairytales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklorethursday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>folklorethursday</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/antiCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiCapitalism</span></a></p><p>I hope your Sunday is as good as it may be. ✌️</p>
curious ordinary<p>In <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> jorogumo is a spider <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#yokai</a> that feeds on humans. When regular golden orb spiders reach 400 years of age they develop supernatural powers including the ability to shapeshift. In order to obtain humans to eat, they will often take the... <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FolkloreThursday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkloreThursday</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dontgointothewoods" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dontgointothewoods</a> 1/4</p>