According to a Flemish folktale a woman who was thought to be a witch only left her house during the winter months. It's said she scared her neighbours by giving them enchanted apples that would dance during the night. 🎨Alla Tsank #FairyTaleTuesday

In May, my second collection was published by the wonderful Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu You can buy it if you want to using the link below. 👇

Seeing Flemish Folktales Retold displayed in a shop window is quite emotional for me. ☺️ Als je in Brugge bent het boek is in de Brugse Boekhandel verkrijgbaar voor €14,99 samen met veel andere fantastische titels!

Why is it a bad idea to point at the stars? and what happens if you count them past 99? I discuss the answer to these and other star-related superstitions in this episode of the fabulous Salt & Mirrors & Cats podcast, perfect for today's #FolkloreThursday theme!

Happy Lammas! I dug out my post/episode about Lammas lore to mark the occasion! Find out more about its lore, Lammas fairs, and home protection practices! #FolkloreThursday icysedgwick.com/lammas-lore/

"First you will raise the island of the Sirens, those creatures who spellbind any man alive, whoever comes their way. Whoever draws too close, off guard, and catches the Sirens’ voices in the air – no sailing home for him..." - Homer, The Odyssey #folklorethursday

'Fire in the heavens, and fire along the hills, and fire made solid in the flinty stone, thick-mass'd or scatter'd pebble, fire that fills the breathless hour that lives in fire alone.' -Christopher Brennan 🎨Joseph Tomanek #BookologyThursday

According to a Flemish folktale cats lived in rabbit holes in the woods. They were shapeshifting witches. At night, they left the rabbit holes and danced around the trees. Other stories mention processions of cats going into the woods to dance. 🎨Kelsey Short #FolkloreThursday

Sharing for Matt Guntrip. Can’t share for Top Tweet Tuesday as it’s very much not 31 words! A poem from my new collection. Hazelnut. 🖼️ Salmon of Knowledge, Justin McCarthey, 1904.

According to a Flemish folktale a ghost goat dwelled in a stream. The goat would jump between the legs of passersby and pull them into the water. Other stories say goats screeched eerily while they flew through the sky at night. 🎨Louis Robbe #FairyTaleTuesday

Just a reminder that Flemish Folktales Retold is also available in other places where books are sold! ☺️ If you would like to meet some ghosts, witches, devils and other unearthly beings who scream in the mist, there's more info here: signemaene.com/flemish-folkta…

Flemish Folktales Retold by Signe Maene 🐦 is a delicious, dark, and spooky taste of Flanders and its folklore! My review is here: fairytalemagazine.com/post/review-by… #CateZeederberg Kerria

'Flemish Folktales Retold is a delightful and atmospheric introduction to the dark and oftentimes quite unsettling world of Flemish folklore.' -Lissa Sloan, author of Glass and Feathers. Thrilled with this lovely review of Flemish Folktales Retold: fairytalemagazine.com/post/review-by…

This one took me a little while to track down, but I'm excited about it! I wonder if I should wait until closer to Halloween to read it? 🤔 Signe Maene 🐦 #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #amreading

“Now, my spiders and I endlessly weave the lace that adorns the trees without ever being disturbed, and the spiders whisper to those who stare at the trees: don't go into the woods, don't go into the woods. The sorceress's eyes are pretty, but dead.” ― Signe Maene, Flemish

Flemish Folklore Giveaway: books by Signe Maene 🐦 ! To enter: sign up for my newsletter at lissasloan.com, follow me, like this post, AND comment by telling me what animal you'd most like to shape-shift into. Giveaway closes 9/22, Central US. Sorry--US entries only.