Household spirits often appear in the form of animals, e.g. cats, calves, dogs, three-legged hares, corvids, insects, worms, rats, wet chicken, toad-like creature or snakes: mostly in black with red, flaming eyes. #folklorethursday Preparation: Tina Tüpke Photo: Hannah Gritsch

The Buschgroßmutter or 'shrub grandmother' appears in German folktales. In some stories she's the queen of the moss people who are a type of fairy. It's said that their lives are connected to the lives of trees. If someone hurts those trees one of them dies. #FolkloreThursday

A children's #bedtimestory from Sandburg's "Rootabaga Stories" and two #ghoststories from Skinner's "Myths and Legends of our Own Lands" isn't a bad way to spend a week in North American #folklore! bitly.com/folktaleproject #storytelling #podcast #FolkloreThursday

The European bestiaries & sagas are full of stories describing #Basilisk. Its gaze was said to kill people on sight. Our created specimen is based on the “The basilisk & the weasel” by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (1567). #FairyTaleTuesday More about: youtube.com/watch?v=P70KQa…

Humans & household spirits have a difficult relationship. Often there is a taboo which is disregarded in most legends and folktales by humans. As a result, the household spirit disappears forever, like it's known from the #Heinzelmännchen. #FolkloreThursday Photo: Hannah Gritsch

Blognews: Von Hausgeistern, Kobolden und anderen "Forgotten Creatures" berichtet der MYTHO-Blog in dieser Woche. Lest mehr dazu unter vergleichende-mythologie.de/forgottencreat… #blog #mythology #folklore #lesen Forgotten Creatures

Die Wanderausstellung "#Hausgeister!" ist nun im malerischen #Camburg angekommen. Dort ist die Ausstellung bis Mitte September im #StadtmuseumCamburg zu sehen. Bleibt nur die Frage, ab wann wieder geöffnet werden darf. facebook.com/watch/?v=72634… #thüringermuseen #museum

Forgotten Creatures goes international! Our book "Hausgeister!" about the spirits of the house in ancient german #folklore will be translated and released in English! Our team is so grateful to Böhlau|@V_R_Tweets and Eye of Newt Books for making this happen.

💜TY for all the wonderful tweets💜 See you next week for #FairyTaleTuesday's theme #Fairytales #folktales #myths & #legends from around the world about ✨WATER CREATURES✨ ✨Mermaids✨Sirens✨Kappa✨Krakens✨ Water Dragons✨ Rusalka ✨ Selkies✨ Naiads✨Bunyip✨Ashrays & More!

In der heutigen Ausgabe der OTZ spricht unsere Erzählforscherin im Team @JaninPisarek über die derzeitige Ausstellung im #StadtmuseumCamburg & das Buch "HAUSGEISTER!", erschienen im Böhlau|@V_R_Tweets. #thüringermuseen #Volkskunde #Folklore

Check out this great project recreating sculptures and figurines of German folkloric spirits and supernatural beings forgottencreatures.de/en/forestspiri…

Step right up, witness "Hausgeister!" translated and released in English! Retelling ancient german folklore with scuptures, art, and photos by Forgotten Creatures Coming #2022 #hausgeister #folklore #myth #legend #art #booksbooksbooks

Die Ausstellung "Heute Back ich, morgen brau ich - Märchenhafte Wesen in der Welt des Handwerks" wird 2022 im Bocholter Handwerksmuseum eröffnen! Um regionale Folklore für viele Menschen sichtbar zu machen, erhalten wir erstmalig internationale Fördermittel! Das freut uns sehr!

If you hatch the egg of a black rooster & a black hen in your armpit, a bumblebee is coming, which gives you money as long as you carry it in your wallet. #SuperstitionSat

Jetzt wo viele #thüringermuseen geöffnet haben, heißt es wieder: Stempel sammeln im #Kulturpass, wie im #StadtmuseumCamburg bei @loerzer_p mit zwei Sonderausstellungen zu Pittiplatsch und #Hausgeister|n Forgotten Creatures sowie Bastelangebot. /jp

#WyrdWednesday Norse Gods by Johan Egerkrans johanegerkrans.com/collections/no…

"The Palace of the Dragon King" by Edmund Dulac from the Serbian fairytale The Story of Bashtchelik. #edmunddulac #fairytale #illustration

ab sofort erhältlich: der #kalender2023 "Fabelwesen aus Märchen und Sagen" der #maerchenstiftungwalterkahn in Kooperation mit Forgotten Creatures #maerchenwesen #sagenwelt #fabelwesen #maerchenkalender #wandkalender #maerchenstiftung #maerchenundsagen