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3/3 on Friday the 4rth of February the Glasgow Balafon Orchestra present Afro-Celtic Connections.

A unique blend and fusion of musicians, folklorists and storytellers representing the best musical flavours and stories of our shared humanity.

Tickets £5: https://t.co/lXQrzJtF3z

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2022-01-24

Jenny Greenteeth is an iconic hag of Northern England, though folklorists don't always agree on where. While most agree she is a river hag who lies in wait for those who get get close, some say at night she hides in the trees.

🖼: L. Hunt

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2021-09-17

" use the word liminality to talk about rites of passage and the ambiguity you feel when you’re halfway through them. You don’t have your pre-ritual status anymore, but you haven’t completed the transition to what you’re becoming yet either." https://t.co/YlNwhOb2gS

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2021-08-03

if I had a nickel for every demon added to shin megami tensei that’s actually a fake “western” monster made up by japanese folklorists I’d have two nickels. which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

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2021-03-18

Toni Morrison used to talk about truth & myth. Like the old myth of Black slaves flying back to Africa, & reclaiming their freedom. Folklorists sought such tales, & artists, such as the Dillons, capture how the power of flight, for Black lives, endures.

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2021-02-19

Folklorists like the Brothers Grimm, Andrew Lang, & Madame d'Aulnoy were (modern scribes) who collected from the oral tradition & compiled, or retold tales from the original collectors. ✍️ What a gift for us all! https://t.co/M7w5KW1igW

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2021-01-15

The Wedding, collected by folklorists Iona & Peter Opie, is a counting game using cherry stones, petals, buttons etc to tell fortunes. Sometimes incorporating ‘Tinker Tailor’, it is generally played by girls to foretell fates and futures.

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2019-11-14

This evening on the MA Folklore we were discussing experiencing the supernatural in the landscape past and present, including how folklorists can interpret and understand the crop circle phenomenon of the 80s/90s. And how crop circle researchers sought out folkloric evidence.

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2019-11-07

In yesterday's Folklore Studies MA workshop we 'met' some of the of folklore, from the Brothers Grimm to Iona & Peter Opie. Who would others say are their most important/influential folklorists?

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2019-10-10

Researchers at the universities in Durham and Lisbon believe that the essential story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ dates back over 5,000 years. This prototype of Jack’s beanstalk antics is classified by folklorists as ATU 328 - The Boy Who Stole Ogre’s Treasure.

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2019-05-06

Kay Nielsen's illustrations for East of the Sun, West of the Moon, a collection of icy fairytales rich with noble bears, howling winds & pine forests–gathered by Norwegian folklorists Ambjørnsen & Engebretsen Moe on their journeys across Norway in the 1880s.

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2019-02-21

Kay Nielsen's illustrations for East of the Sun, West of the Moon, a collection of old fairytales rich with great bears, magical winds, deep snow and trolls - gathered by Norwegian folklorists Asbjørnsen & Moe on their journeys across Norway in the 1880s.

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2018-08-24