Author and comic illustrator. Folklore journalism. Publisher of Black Cat Books.
Shanon Sinn
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A special Mother's Day shout out to all the farm worker mothers who not only work to feed their families, but also yours! Thanks to these hard working mothers, all our families are fed throughout the year. We appreciate you every day 💐
#wefeedyou #mothersday
If a young man sees a red envelope on the ground in Taiwan he shouldn't pick it up. It could be dowry to marry someone’s deceased daughter! The subsequent ceremony prevents an unmarried woman from haunting her relatives and gives her status in the afterlife 💀
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1952 Richard Roussos
Since time immemorial, Indigenous people in BC have had stories of humanlike giants & little people covered in fur
Many are called Sasquatch now, a Salish name that includes modern accounts of a forest being some believe is real
My depiction of an 1887 report where 2 people died #FolkloreThursday
There have been countless stories of sea serpents in the waters around Vancouver Island, since time immemorial. In the last century, nonIndigenous communities have given some of them names. Victoria’s Cadborosaurus or "Caddy" being the best known 🐉
E.D. Moyer and Thos H Guptil
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I was so happy when #FolkloreThursday asked me to write about Midsummer folklore back in 2020! Thank you FT, I felt as though I had stepped through the mirror...
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Join us Thur 28th May for the next hosted #FolkloreThursday! The theme is folklore of the animal kingdom and our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times BST:
9am-1pm
3.30pm-4.30pm
6.30pm-7.30pm
🎨Paul de Vos, Noah's Ark.
Hello #FolkloreThursday 🦋
As most of you know, Bluesky has experienced interruptions and outages today. Apologies if we missed your posts!
This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social. I'll do my best to reshare today's theme of "Guardians of the Forest: Spirits, Deities & Creatures of the Woods”
1875 W Crane
Hello there #FolkloreThursday 🐉
A huge thanks to @crystalponti.bsky.social for resharing your posts before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your last host today -- for the next one hour.
Today's theme is "Favourite Folklore” 🤩
1912 Warwick Goble
