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#FolkloreThursday There is a long-held fear of the Fae in many cultures, especially around times of birth. It is believed that the “little people” often steal babies, boys especially, and replace them with replicants or Changeling kind, a shadow of the true babe.
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Ends of the Earth, the 2nd book in the changeling saga, will be available from this weekend via the publisher & then all the usual outlets. @greencatbooks are offering a package deal for the series this Saturday, so do pop by the store:
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In the #fairytales of the SAN people of Namibia a creature called the Nandi or Nandibear features. It’s Werekind and believed to be part hyena. It also features in Ends of the Earth, the second in the Changeling Saga.
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Perhaps the most iconic trope in children's stories has to be that of the innocent vs the beast, the irony as the vulnerable character overcomes the accursed monster. The epitome is Little Red Riding Hood meeting the wolf in the dark forest & its many variants #FairytaleTuesday
Boggarts: malevolent form of Fae from the English East Midlands said to inhabit houses and sheds where they sour milk and render animals barren. More often they live in geographical features like hills, dales or quarries, often encoutnered on rambles #FolkloreThursday
The relationship between the Fae and elder is as ancient as lore. They make staves, pipes, whistles and wands from this magic wood and your best chance of an encounter with them is under an elder bush or tree on Midsummer’s eve. But beware....🧚🏻♀️💥#FolkloreThursday
On this #fairytaletuesday, what’s the first story you can remember being told as a child and why did it stick in your mind?
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An English tale: Fairy 🧚♀️🧚♂️Ointment:
A midwife is s given an salve to rub in ia baby's eyes.
Accidentally, she rubs her own eyes with it.
This enables her to see a mysterious, transforming house/cave to which she has been summoned.
Her adventure begins.