The name #luideag belonged to a murderous female demon who haunted a lochan on the #IsleOfSkye. She was as squalid in appearance as she was evil in disposition and an account of her can be found in Mackenzie, Scottish Folk Lore and Folk Life.
RT @KodingKitsune
There was a demon called the Luideag, or Rag, a female demon that haunted Lochan Nan Dubh Bhreac in Skye and slew what men she could catch. #folklorethursday#Folklore
Asbjørnsen & Moe investigate new methods of collecting folktales:
"The undersigned would consider themselves particularly indebted to those who would recount for us either folktales that have not been told in this part or variants, supplements, etc. to those already told. Please send such contributions to the address: Johan Dahls Boghandling.
”If it had been possible to make room for a few notes as to type numbers, sources and locality the book would have been as useful as it is delightful.”
– Katharine Briggs, reviewing Pat Shaw Iversen and Carl Norman’s translation of selected folktales (1960).
Well, my edition of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe will also include:
Asbjørnsen & Moe's original notes (sketches of other variants, surveys of related folk narratives from other parts of the world, etc.) and appendices (forewords, prefaces, and Jørgen Moe's 58-page introduction in full – >73,000 words).
My own notes (type numbers; sources, including biographies where possible; locality; numbers of variants collected; etc.) and introductions (~55,000 words in total).
That’s it, 3 third birthday podcast episodes & blog posts in the bag (well uploaded and scheduled for tomorrow anyway). They are 3 very different episodes and I hope people get something from at least one, whether that’s entertainment, knowledge or maybe even a touch of healing. I’m off now to make noodle soup, play with the cat beast and enjoy making pretty things that might persuade people to listen to them. #Folklore@folklore
In #JapaneseFolklore, the tale of Urashima Taro is about a humble fisherman who rescues a turtle from torment. His kind act sets off a chain of events that takes him deep beneath the waves to the Palace of the Dragon King, a realm of beauty and magic. Time behaves differently in this undersea world, where what appears as mere days transpires as years. After a joyful sojourn at the Palace Urashima returns to his village where he opens a... #MythologyMonday#folklore@mythology@folklore
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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 090 - Gabriel-Ernest by Saki
Tonight we have a classic chiller from master story teller Saki AKA writer HH Monroe. In this short, sharp shocker we encounter a curious foundling who may, or not be, something else entirely...
I’m really liking Taylor Swift’s #Midnight, it’s well written, arranged and of course produced. I’m not much of a fan of her more pop stuff but she really shines with the more intimate, “atmospheric” songs. What other albums do you suggest next? I’m giving a try to #Folklore now, which seems to be on a similar mood as Midnight, and I’m liking it so far.
Psst! We have a secret for you this #AudioDramaSunday. Digital Folklore, a dramatized modern #folklore series from Perry Carpenter, Mason Amadeus & Realm, returns for Season 2 very soon!
Digital Folklore is an immersive audio adventure that takes place inside a fictional universe, but explores the real-world truths behind various expressions of internet culture and how each holds up a mirror to the society from which they emerge.
This podcast is great for audio fiction fans who really really want to enjoy interview-based shows, or for listeners who love expert interviews and insights but long for something unique and unexpected.
Join Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus as they explore the wild and wonderful world of online folklore, encountering a wide range of characters—both real and fictional—who provide a wealth of folkloric insight while simultaneously creating new lore. With topics ranging from the absurd to the unsettling, the Digital Folklore podcast is an accessible and entertaining way to learn about folkloric concepts and societal truths. Oh…and be sure to listen carefully—you never know what you might find.
Norns are among the most mysterious and powerful #Norse deities. They are women deeply linked with the fate of every human being (and maybe every living being, in general).
They are said to draw water from a sacred well Urðarbrunnr¹ to nourish Yggdrasil², the #tree at the center of Norse cosmology, the Nine Worlds.
Norns are best known to spin the thread of life, which determines the life or fate of all individuals — #spinning is a very common topic in many legends and tales, check out this link³ from @IcySedgwick!
They represent the past (Urðr), future (Skuld) and present (Verðandi).
They have #runes on their nails, and they carved runes on wooden pieces, too. Furthermore, they could be benevolent, but also could cause tragic events. Pre-Christian Scandinavians attested to Norns who visit a newborn child in order to determine the person's future.
In Slavic #mythology, there are three goddesses who watch over pregnant women, and decide the baby's fate three days after the birth.
At last, let's focus on the term Wyrd⁴. It was the name of a silent Anglo-Saxon goddess who had the control on women and men's fate. Nowadays, it is a concept to indicate the destiny. It is quite certain that the modern word "weird" has the same, old, meaning.
Shakespeare, in Macbeth, refers to the Norns as the "Weird sisters".
If you are enjoying my #folklore posts, be sure to check out @independentpen , one of the two people behind the @mythologymonday account (follow that one too, while you are at it)!
And another #book of Yi #FolkTales, the latest in my #folklore obsession purchases. This one is called 梅葛 (Méigě) You can read about it (if you read Chinese) and is a collection of ...
OK, this is complicated. I'll break it down. 梅葛 is the Chinese transliteration of an Yi word which is usually transliterated into Maegor. And the term "maegor" refers to two things.
The most common meaning of "maegor" is a general term for Yi nationality oral folk traditions: song and dance, mostly. It is a style of such. (There are several styles of Yi folk traditions, see.) But... "Maegor" (big-M) is also the title of a specific work in the maegor (small-m) style which contains the creation of the world, the origin of human beings, the creation of, e.g. marriage or funereal social rites, and the history of the relationship between the Yi and other ethnic groups.
It's a hefty tome of fairly dense poetry in an unfamiliar-to-me style. It will be a lot of work to decode. More fun!
If we define the oral tradition as any (not just aural) informal transmission of folk literature, then there is a case to be made that “The Three Billy-Goats Bruse” is as much in the oral tradition today as it has ever been – perhaps moreso, given how the population grows and how communication becomes more effective.
I know there are about a billion different takes on this folktale in the wild, but I haven't even tried to collect them – if you want to do so, then by all means take my idea and run with it. I'll be over in the corner, complaining about how none of them is like the original.
Pirate enjoyers: I bring you a tale of shipwrecks and seamonsters, of Japanese folklore and enchanted lands, of comforting snacks and cozy vibes (and spicy vibes too, but even the spicy vibes are cozy also): https://archiveofourown.org/works/48758836/chapters/122997979
and while you're at it, do go give Yonder all the love in the world for her beautiful artwork, which inspired the story:
Watching the special program ‘24 Hour Build Special’ from the seventh season of ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’ (from the English public broadcast television Channel 4 in 2018) I learnt about ‘Tŷ unnos’, the Welsh folk tradition (shared with many other places in the world) of building a house in one night....
