Folk Horror Revival 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> In 2023 a fossil trackway was found in Miocene age rocks in Spain & named Aenigmatipodus jumillensis. They may not seem much to look at but it was suggested they were made by a gigantic arthropod, possibly a beetle or cockroach up to a metre long!
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41513-023-00215-9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">link.springer.com/article/10.1...</a></p>
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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> 'The Entomologist's Dream' by Edmund Dulac (1909) depicts a man looking on as a kaleidoscope of resurrected butterflies escape the pins holding them in their specimen boxes and fill the air once again 🦋</p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegendaryWednesday</span></a>: Etain Echraide was transformed into a wonderful insect and forcibly driven away from her husband by his first wife Fuamach. The following happened afterwards:<br>`Giddy with sweetness, greedy for more, I leap from bloom to bloom, heedless of the darkening sky, and the wind which whips the trees into clumsy dance. Raindrops fall, hard and heavy, brushing the colour from my wings like dust. Bruised and battered, I realise the wind is no longer my friend, and I am buffeted before it without mercy.<br>Until kind Óengus takes me in. He builds me a crystal bower, where I rest and recover. He feeds me pollen and sugar, and I need do nothing more in return but shimmy my wings now and then for his pleasure. It feels good to be adored again.<br>But a wild creature needs its freedom. I exchange my crystal prison for air and sunlight, and journey where life takes me. Then one day, I hear a sound I have long missed, and I am lured by my longing.<br>A man is playing a harp, its light liquid notes falling through the air more silver than birdsong. Men and women gather to listen; they talk and laugh softly, and I am struck with the sharp pain of sudden loneliness. I perch on the rim of a goblet, but there is so much beauty around them, I am unnoticed.<br>When she lifts the vessel to her lips, I tumble into the swirling red depths. I desperately beat my wings, but they are immersed, trapped in the fluid as if it was glue. Unknowing, she swallows more than wine. I flutter my wings, and she feels those faint stirrings, for she places a hand softly over her belly.<br>I am Etain. Once I was Sidhe, then I was dealan-dhe. Now, from the dark, warm recesses of woman, I will be born mortal.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: Ali Isaac | Substack<br>Here`s the backstory: <a href="https://hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/115220258205718955" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/11522</span><span class="invisible">0258205718955</span></a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegendaryWednesday</span></a>: <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Etain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Etain</span></a> Echraide was transformed into a wonderful insect and forcibly driven away from her husband by his first wife Fuamach. This is what happened next:<br>`I am Etain. Once I was Sidhe, and a Queen, adored and admired. Now, I spread my wings, and they are beautiful, vibrant, shimmering. The wind catches them, takes me up into its arms, and I am airborne. Invisible lips blow me here, there, and I delight in my freedom, my weightlessness.<br>When I tire, I alight on a blossom. The petals are no match for me; they pale in my shadow, for I am a purple jewel carved from living flesh by an alien hand. The sun warms my body; I glitter in its light. I flutter my wings, and radiate bright ripples of colour and fierce joy.<br>But I am distracted. The flower hides a secret. Its scent draws me in, more powerful, more intoxicating than I ever experienced in my past incarnation. My wings fold as I feed on nectar sweeter than honey, more precious than the Gods’ ambrosia.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: Ali Isaac | Substack</p>
The Ghost Monk<p>Final post for <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: something barmy from Boris Dolgov. (No idea where it comes from, I'm afraid, it's just one of the very many weird pics I've harvested from numerous forgotten sources over the years. Perhaps someone can tell me?).
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23weird" target="_blank">#weird</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23weirdart" target="_blank">#weirdart</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23illustration" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23fantasyart" target="_blank">#fantasyart</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23insects" target="_blank">#insects</a></p>
The Ghost Monk<p>A giant venomous centipede-thing called 'The Black Viri' kills a bad man in a cave on a South Seas island. The heroine, Vaiti, creation of Beatrice Grimshaw, looks on unbothered - it was she who lured the bloke to the monster's lair! (Also from Pearson's, 1907.)
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23monsters" target="_blank">#monsters</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23horror" target="_blank">#horror</a></p>
curious ordinary<p>'Woman and Child Catching Fireflies' - Eishosai Choki, ca. 1793.
<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseArt" target="_blank">#JapaneseArt</a></p>
curious ordinary<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" target="_blank">#yokai</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3lp53wxws6222" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3lp53wxws6222</a></span></p>
curious ordinary<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" target="_blank">#yokai</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3lpyjttzq222z" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3lpyjttzq222z</a></span></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a>: `Robert the Bruce lay in despair at being defeated in battle and having crumbling support. He watched a small spider try, try, and try again to build a web, and inspired by its determination and relentless drive, he pulled himself up and went on to lead Scotland to independence.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Listen to my source: <a href="https://www.scottishfolklorepodcast.com/tsflp-episodes/30-robert-the-bruce-wee-beasties-and-big-battles" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishfolklorepodcast.com/ts</span><span class="invisible">flp-episodes/30-robert-the-bruce-wee-beasties-and-big-battles</span></a></p>
The Godyssey Podcast<p>The tradition of telling the bees upon a person's death (or marriage) has a dark side: if the bees did not know the person prior to being informed, according to Lincolnshire tradition they become ill and die themselves. Keep your bees socially engaged! <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>
🖼️ H. Thoma</p>
The Godyssey Podcast<p>Even when others mock your passions, pursue them: the Lady Who Loved Insects tells of a princess who loved insects, treating them as friends and reciting poetry to them, even as the Japanese court mocked and taunted her for neglecting her appearance. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>
🖼️: J. Lau</p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Greek mythology, the one man who the goddess Artemis found attractive was the great hunter Orion. Artemis' twin brother Apollo was so jealous of her interest in Orion that he unleashed a monstrous scorpion on the hunter. The scorpion later became the constellation Scorpio.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Zodiac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zodiac</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Astrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scorpion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scorpion</span></a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a>: <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Muirgen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muirgen</span></a>, son of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a>’s chief bard, Seanchán Toirpéist, called up the ghost of the great warrior Fergus at his grave as he was an excellent source for the missing material of the Táin. The poet who performed the invocation, frightened by the apparition of Fergus‘s ghost in the king‘s court where he was reciting the lost tale of this cattle raid to the Cooley Peninsula, fell over dead upon its conclusion.<br>Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a>`</p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In the Welsh legend of the Arthurian knight Sir Peredur (the Welsh Sir Percival), Peredur battles a gaunt man in rusty armour who rises from under a stone slab lying outdoors. As the bodies of ancient British pagans often rested in megalithic tombs, this implies the man was some ancient undead.<br>🎨 Mike Smith</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KingArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KingArthur</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Undead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Undead</span></a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a>: `One popular legend surrounding Odran's death is that he consented to being buried alive beneath a chapel that Columba was attempting to build at Iona. Sometime after the burial, Columba wanted to see Odran once more and opened the pit under the chapel. When Odran saw the world, he tried to climb out of his grave while relating: "There is no Hell as you suppose, nor Heaven that people talk about". Alarmed by this, Columba had the pit covered with earth quickly.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oran_of_Iona" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oran_of_</span><span class="invisible">Iona</span></a></p>
curious ordinary<p>In <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> there is a <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" target="_blank">#yokai</a> known as hone onna (bone woman). This yokai occurs when a woman dies but her love for the one she left behind in life continues. She is able to return and be with her lover from beyond the grave. To her lover she appears young and...
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1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WyrdWednesday</span></a>: `St Patrick sees, at his spell, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Cuchulain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cuchulain</span></a>, dead some nine hundred years, come forth out of the dark gates of Sheol, high in his chariot, grasping his deadly spear, driven as of old by his well-loved charioteer, drawn by the immortal steeds through the mist, and finally talking of his deeds. <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: Project Gutenberg eBook of „The High Deeds of Finn, And Other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland“ by T. W. Rolleston</p>
The Godyssey Podcast<p>A central part of the Spiritualist movement was the inclusion of spirit guides, which primarily consisted of the dead or some animus attempting to impart wisdom to the living. While a medium might speak to many spirits, they had a primary guide helping navigation. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a></p>
The Godyssey Podcast<p>The Witch of Endor used necromancy to summon Samuel, who cursed Saul for breaking the Lord's Covenant by consorting with witches: Saul would die in battle, as would three of his sons, and Israel would be given over to their enemies. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>
🖼: N. Ge</p>
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