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According to 9th Century bishop, Agobard of Lyons, people believed in airship sailing individuals from a region called Magonia. They were said to pay storm makers to raise terrible hail storms, before swooping in to steal grain and other crops for their own uses. #SuperstitionSat

More research on the folklore and tales of the Firebird here today. How's everyone else doing? (Image: Léon Bakst, showing the capture of the Firebird from the ballet L'Oiseau de Feu)

Many have been wary of using the word “fairy” – since at least the 17th century it has been believed a taboo word across the British Isles and a term of offence, meaning malicious imp. Use “Good People” instead, or perhaps risk their wrath... #FolkloreThursday

Midwives are often said to have frequently been accused of witchcraft. There is actually only one verified case of an English woman coming before the courts on witchcraft related accusations. Here’s an article I wrote on the matter for #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/xm5w058AHs

Accused Scottish witch Isobel Gowdie confessed to weather magic, transforming into a hare and flying with the wild hunt.
https://t.co/CWGIoTiSEk (Image: Odin's Wild Hunt by Peter-Nicolai Arbo via wikimedia commons)

Children in Derbyshire and elsewhere in the British Isles believed that horsehairs could come to life. I haven't found any rhymes about it yet, but here is my blog post on this strange idea!
https://t.co/dZvYJqB2o5 #FolkloreThursday

#OTD 1645. Mary Lakeland of Ipswich, accused witch, was executed by burning "for felony and witchcraft and traitorously murdering of John Lakeland her husband."

Who are your favourite "real" witches - either self identifying or named as such by others, from history to the present. #FolkloreThursday (Image: A Witch on Pegasus by Clara Siewert)

Isobel and her coven flew through the air, shooting anyone they wished - the souls of their victims went to heaven, but their bodies remained as soul-less husks with the witches. #FolkloreThursday (Artist: Peter Nicolai Arbo)

Durer's representation of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, part of a series of 15 woodcuts of scenes from Revelations. #art