Orpheus and Hercules weren't the only heroes of classical mythology to travel to the Underworld and return. Psyche did it too. #FolkloreThursday Folklore Thursday Psyche in the Underworld by Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher

Margaret Helen James: a forgotten #feminist folklorist in #Victorian East Anglia by Dr Francis Young bit.ly/2XmF2OQ

This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is weather folklore for #StSwithins day! Here's hoping for sun come Wednesday and not a storm like this one! (Image: Ludolf Bakhuizen)

Folklore Thursday In the Ozarks if you hear an owl hoot in the daytime, rain will fall by morning.

Early #medieval carved stones in #Wales by Prof. Nancy Edwards, Chair of the Commissioners CBHC / RCAHMW : rcahmw.gov.uk/early-medieval… pics: Old Irish Ogam Stone at St David's, Bridell & Maen Achwyfan Cross #FolkloreThursday Philolithia SelineSigil Dee Dee Chainey Folklore Thursday

#Anasyrma: President Trump & the Power of the #Pussyhat, by Emma Woods, PhD. @mythcrafts #feminism bit.ly/2HVJj61

WATCHING A MOVIE TONIGHT? Check out the #MovieTrailer for #TheDroving, a #mystery, #suspense #thriller on #PrimeVideo. PromoteHorror 🎃 Mike Flanagan The Folklore Centre, Todmorden Folklore Film Fans 🇺🇦 Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Folklore Thursday Hollywood Horror Museum Robert Irvine Raindance Film Festival Todd Garner FirstGlance Film Festivals- Checkmark since 2019

#Forest Folk Tales for #Children: Of Hobs, #Dragons, #Witches and More! By Tom the Tale Teller bit.ly/2KdkGDn

#British Legends: #KingLear and Cordelia – A Tale of #Love and Foolishness by zteve t evans bit.ly/2YS3iYT

Songs of the #Sea: The Origins of #Shanties by C.S. Voll #SeaShanties #folkmusic bit.ly/2l5XPj7

'#British #Legends: The Outlaws of Inglewood and the Feminine Influence ' by zteve t evans bit.ly/2nbY2Sz

This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is island folklore! Get your island folklore ready to share with us on Thursday! (Image: David Howard Hitchcock, via wikimedia commons)

In Scottish waters, three days before a storm, the drowned would leave their watery graves to lament and warn the living of what was to come... 🎨John McGhie #FolkloreThursday Folklore Thursday

Île de Sein in The Atlantic was home to druid priestesses called the Gallizenae. They could predict the future, calm or rouse winds, shapeshift into any animal they desired and cure incurable diseases... 🎨Hornell & Henry #druid #witch #Magic #FolkloreThursday Folklore Thursday

On Islay stood a Fairy Hill, where the Fairy Queen herself, dispensed all the wisdom of the world from a magical cup, to women who had travelled from far across the land... 🎨John Anster Fitzgerald #FolkloreThursday #fairies Folklore Thursday

#FolkloreThursday was brought to you today by Willow Winsham Dee Dee Chainey Myth Crafts Historium Unearthia and Shanon Sinn. Thanks for a fabulous day, and we'll see you next week! (Image: The Death of King Arthur, James Archer.)

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Folklore Thursday If they are dry enough, and the flames got enough, bones will burn. I recall tales of livestock driven twixt bone fires, so the smoke would cleanse them of evil spirits (and probably parasites) #FolkloreThursday #FireLore