A tale of ravens and fire, from the indigenous peoples of the americas:

ravens were once only white in colour; they helped humans master fire and were turned black by the flames

#ravens #legendarywednesday
📷 Blizzard, at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre

Wishing everyone a magical Beltane 💚

Deep peace to you
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
~ Irish Druid Blessing

#Beltane #blessings #druids
image by me

'But what exactly is magic and what inspired our ancestors to begin its practice? Magic begins in darkness – the darkness of the earth, the sky and the body – and an awareness of it is born with light. Seeing green shoots appearing out of the dark soil, the sun, moon and stars

The Bringing Sun by Nom Kinnear King 🌞

A woman encounters a winged ghost in this ukiyo-e print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1886) titled 'Mt. Yoshino Midnight Moon' from the series 'One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.'
#FairyTaleTuesday #ukiyoe

🌖🌗🌘Morgan Le Fay - by William Henry Margetston #FairyTaleTuesday

Tempestarii were weather making wizards and witches who possessed the power to raise or prevent storms at will. Anyone reputed as a 'weather maker' was the subject of both respect and fear in rural areas

#walpurgisnacht #fairytaletuesday
art: Alan Clarke

A wildcat dwells in The Otherworld, it's called ‘Little Cat’ and guards a vast treasure. For any would-be thief, Little Cat transforms into a flaming arrow, reducing said thief to ashes!

#FolkloreSunday

In Scots Gaelic lore, the Cat Sìth is a faerie that takes the shape of a large black cat with a distinctive white spot on it's chest. Some tales suggest that it's not a faerie, but a witch that can transform into a cat nine times.

#folkloresunday #scottishfolklore

Having a bad dream? A household Boggart will sneak into your bedroom at night and squeeze your big toe!

bardofcumberland.com/boggarts/

#folkyfriday #cumbria
(artist unknown)

In Norwegian folklore, Mara is a creature that induces nightmares by riding on people's chests at night. It was believed that daughters who were born as a result of infidelity would become a Mara. Pentagrams in the bedroom were thought to keep Mara at bay.

#FolkyFriday

In #JapaneseFolklore baku are chimera #yokai known as dream-eaters. If you wake from a bad dream it is possible to call on the baku to eat the nightmare. It also acts as a protective spirit and wards off evil spirits, allowing good luck to find you. But beware...
#FolkyFriday
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A cornerstone of my own Druid belief is in the existence of The Otherworld, a realm that exists beyond the reach of my physical senses

It's the place I'll travel to when I die, but I can visit during my lifetime, in dreams, meditation or when in trance

#FolkyFriday #Druidry

'One of the most cursed places I ever visited as a child, was the cave that was once home to Sawney Bean and his cannibal family' ~ Stephen G. Rae

folk tales and tall tales
youtube.com/@LandofLore

#folklore #folkhorror #horror #cannibals #shortfilm #indiefilm

Little Red Riding Hood dare not fear, for the last wolf in England was killed at Humphrey Head in 1390, chased down from the Coniston fells to it's grim place in history. She only has to worry about the werewolves now 🐺

#fairytales #surrealism #indiefilm

Deep within the still centre of my being, may I find peace
Silently within the quiet of the Grove, may I share peace
Gently within the greater circle of humankind, may I radiate peace

~ Druid Peace Prayer; writer unknown

#peace #prayer #druidry
📷 Matt Savage

Red Fox by Lily Seika Jones

Kawase Hasui, Moon at Magome, 1930

Deadly nightshade, also known as witch-flower, snake-berry, fool's cap, mad dog berry. It's one of our most poisonous plants

To give witches the power of flight, it's added to an elixir that includes bats blood and the fat of a child

#wyrdwednesday
art: Isaac Levitan

The moonlit scenes of painter Stanislav Brusilov