# lancashire folklore supernatural

A one-eyed Centaur, a Griffin & Tom Baker walk into a bar...

'The Golden Voyage of Sinbad' (1973) dir. Gordon Hessler - magic by

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2019-02-09

Some from just over the border in - there is the legend of the "Guytrash", a red-eyed and vengeful black dog that was considered a bad omen: foretelling the death of the witness, or a death in the witness’s family.

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2019-02-06

A little classic - undoubtedly one of Douglas Fairbanks' best films & apparently his personal favourite: 'The Thief of Bagdad' (1924) dir. Raoul Walsh.

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2019-01-28

Some - based on Aesop's fable: 'The Town Rat and the Country Rat' (1927) dir. Ladislas Starevich.

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2019-01-26

WULVER. Man-Wolf of Shetland Folklore (not a shapeshifter or a werewolf). He's furred & has a wolf's head. He spends his time fishing from a small rock (the Wulver stone). He leaves fish on window sills of the needy, redeeming the myth of the big bad wolf aww

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2019-01-17

'The Bremen Town Musicians' (1959) dir. Rainer Geis. Based on the Grimm tale from 1819 'Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten' - here we have some filmed in the wilds of Bavaria. (Possibly their natural habitat.)

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2019-01-11