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#FolkloreThursday is a hashtag day for sharing folklore facts, and a website filled with articles! Founded by @deedeechainey.bsky.social & @willowwinsham.bsky.social.

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#FolkloreThursday was brought to you today by: @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social @willowwinsham.bsky.social @botanicafabula.bsky.social @mythcrafts.bsky.social @shanonsinn.bsky.social Thanks to everyone for a fab day and we'll see you all next month! 🎨Circe and her Swine, Briton Rivière

That's the end of another epic #FolkloreThursday 🐉 Today's theme was "Folklore of the Animal Kingdom!” This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today. Thank you for sharing your lore about animals! It was a wild ride hehe ✨ 19th CE Wett-Turnen

If a cat jumped over a corpse in its coffin, it was said the soul of the dead belonged to the devil or that they would return as one of the walking undead... #FolkloreThursday

#FolkloreThursday is 11 years old on 18th June! Celebrate with us by sharing your favourite folklore to the hashtag between 9am-4.30pm and 6.30-7.30pm BST and join us for the final @culturalfutureshub.bsky.social 5.30-6.30pm BST. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cultur... (Image:James Petts)

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 #FolkloreThursday

@folklorethursday.bsky.social The bear (Medved) is perhaps the most revered animal in Slavic tradition. It was associated with Veles, the powerful god of the underworld, lowlands, and cattle. Picture: Celebrate Pagan Holidays #FolkloreThursday #SlavicMyth

Spatial recently announced it is closing its creator platform. This means that @culturalfutureshub.bsky.social will also close. Join us us to mark the end of an era, and reflect on building better cultural futures: Thurs 18 June 5:30-6:30pm BST FREE TICKETS: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-cultur...

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Tanuki are pranksters, hard partiers, and lovers of drink, and are often depicted with a sake flask in one hand. They may purchase it with leaves they've transformed to look like money, which then turn back to worthless foliage when they've left the shop. #folklorethursday

There's a shrine in Asakusa, Tokyo to the shapeshifting trickster tanuki - but it’s not because they're a good spiritual role model! 😂 It was built to stop them making mischief in nearby Sensoji Temple and they're said to protect against fire & theft and make business prosper. #FolkloreThursday

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In Jamaican folklore, if a lizard jumps on a woman, it means she’s either pregnant or will become pregnant soon. Also, if one dreams of lizards, it means enemies, especially hidden ones. I can attest to the latter. #FolkloreThursday #Jamaica #Folklore