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In Czech and Slovenian tales the Vodníci live in rivers, and store the souls of the drowned in porcelain teapots. When the lid is lifted, the soul in bubble form is released and so freed. @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday
Image: Ivan Bilibin 1934
#CharlesDickens had several beloved ravens each named Grip. One would swallow and regurgitate door keys and shatter windows with its beak. Dickens wrote a talking Grip into Barnaby Rudge -this Grip was said to have inspired Poe's The Raven... @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday
Loved telling the myth of Selene and Endymion today @WattsGallery outreach for the upcoming #moonscapes exhibition, inspired by GF Watts' painting. A story of female pursuit and desire and of course, the magical moon...#Moon50 #moonmyths #storytelling
As my train passed @TootingCommon, I glimpsed a whole year group of primary school children flying kites! It was so lovely.☺️
#wonderintheeveryday #letsgoflyakite #fridayfeeling
Valentine’s lore! In French folklore on 14thFeb Mother Nature called on the birds to choose their mates.
Try a little ornithomancy on 14th, first bird you see foretells your sweetheart!
Goldfinch=person of means. Duck=stable relationship. Dove=loving marriage! #happyvalentines