Writer, Journalist, TV Researcher, Investigative Reporter, Blogger, Sub Editor, Published Author, Film Maker, Traditional Folk Singer, Musician, Kung Fu Master, Community Activist & Mime Artist Extraordinaire. Interested in Archaeology, History & Folklore.
Rupert Ferguson
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A cabra cabriola or cabra-cabriola (literally "leaping nanny goat") is an imaginary bogeyman type being from Portuguese myth told to children, whose legend is also told in other parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Brazil.
#WyrdWednesday 🧵
I visited Castell Henllys on the weekend. It's a hillfort in Wales that has been reconstructed based on excavations.
The roundhouse diameters are based on post holes and the roof is supported by 40m oak trees, likely 'forested' to grow straight enough to be roof timbers. #HillfortsWednesday
Legend identifies Breogán, a mythical Celtic king who features in "Os Pinos", the anthem of Galicia, as the founder of the Galician nation. #WyrdWednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social
Peeira, Pijeira (regionalism of Soajo) or Wolf Fairy is the name given to young women who become guardians or companions of wolves. They are the human and female version of the werewolf and are part of the legends of Portugal and of Galicia.
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Mam Tor Western Ramparts courtesy of veggiesosage. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology
The Enchanted moura or moura encantada (enchanted female Mouros) is a supernatural being from the fairy tales of Portuguese and Galician folklore. Very beautiful and seductive, she lives under an imposed occult spell. Shapeshifters,
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What a view! Moel Goedog hillfort near Harlech, Gwynedd. A Bronze Age trackway with intermittent standing stones leads up from the coast. The views of the mountains, estuary and sea are outstanding
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#WyrdWednesday #BookChatWeekly
"Love is a fire that burns unseen,
A wound that aches yet isn't felt,
An always discontent contentment,
A pain that rages without hurting,
A longing for nothing but to long,
A loneliness in the midst of people ..."
Luís Vaz de Camões
🎨José Malhoa
Wyrdlings!
Esta é a ditosa pátria minha amada, Portuguese poet Camões wrote, whose day of death in 1580 is now Portugal's national day. And this year it falls on a #WyrdWednesday so this week’s topic is
“Portugal!”
Come, sit down & tell us wynderful tales of Portuguese lore, literature & history!
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
by Richard Zimler (1996)
A locked-room mystery set in the Lisbon massacre of 1506.
🇵🇹 #DiaDePortugal #PortugalDay #WyrdWednesday #illustration #coverart ⚡️📚💙📚⏳
