SimonRoyHughes 🌹@thefolklore.cafe · 2 years agoYou can't always get what you want...🎶plus-squareams3.digitaloceanspaces.comimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageYou can't always get what you want...🎶plus-squareams3.digitaloceanspaces.comSimonRoyHughes 🌹@thefolklore.cafe · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
SimonRoyHughes 🌹@thefolklore.cafe · 2 years agoUses Google Translate to ensure the passage is the one I'm looking for.plus-squareams3.digitaloceanspaces.comimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageUses Google Translate to ensure the passage is the one I'm looking for.plus-squareams3.digitaloceanspaces.comSimonRoyHughes 🌹@thefolklore.cafe · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
curious ordinary@mas.to · 2 years agoIn Japanese folklore, ikuchi is an enormous sea yokai that can be found off the coasts of Japan. This monster has a snake-like appearance and its huge body is covered in a thick oil that slides off asplus-squaremedia.mas.toimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageIn Japanese folklore, ikuchi is an enormous sea yokai that can be found off the coasts of Japan. This monster has a snake-like appearance and its huge body is covered in a thick oil that slides off asplus-squaremedia.mas.tocurious ordinary@mas.to · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
curious ordinary@mas.to · 2 years agoIn Japanese folklore the kudan is a yokai with the body of cow and the head of a human. It is born from a cow, but has the ability to speak human language. The kudan's birth is believed to be an omenplus-squaremedia.mas.toimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIn Japanese folklore the kudan is a yokai with the body of cow and the head of a human. It is born from a cow, but has the ability to speak human language. The kudan's birth is believed to be an omenplus-squaremedia.mas.tocurious ordinary@mas.to · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Godsip Club@thefolklore.cafe · 2 years agoSome of my personal favorite #folklore creatures from #Hungary are the Tünder and the Bábák.plus-squareams3.digitaloceanspaces.comimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageSome of my personal favorite #folklore creatures from #Hungary are the Tünder and the Bábák.plus-squareams3.digitaloceanspaces.comGodsip Club@thefolklore.cafe · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
curious ordinary@mas.to · 2 years agoIn this Japanese folktale, a man wants to live forever and finds himself transported to a land of eternal life. After 300 years he realises immortality is actually quite boring, and so he returns homeplus-squaremedia.mas.toimagemessage-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageIn this Japanese folktale, a man wants to live forever and finds himself transported to a land of eternal life. After 300 years he realises immortality is actually quite boring, and so he returns homeplus-squaremedia.mas.tocurious ordinary@mas.to · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
Folklore, Food & Fairytales@mstdn.social · 3 years ago“I sometimes feel as if there is a great chain of stories that links us all through the ages. And each link in the chain is a gift received and passed on in turn.” plus-squaremedia.mstdn.socialimagemessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1image“I sometimes feel as if there is a great chain of stories that links us all through the ages. And each link in the chain is a gift received and passed on in turn.” plus-squaremedia.mstdn.socialFolklore, Food & Fairytales@mstdn.social · 3 years agomessage-square3linkfedilink
SimonRoyHughes 🌹@thefolklore.cafe · 3 years agoA wild [#FolktaleMoment](https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/FolktaleMoment), if ever I read one.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareA wild [#FolktaleMoment](https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/FolktaleMoment), if ever I read one.plus-squareSimonRoyHughes 🌹@thefolklore.cafe · 3 years agomessage-square6linkfedilink
SimonRoyHughes 🌹@thefolklore.cafe · 3 years agoReasonably often in Norwegian folktales, a great distance is described in terms of "bluings" (my coin; Norwegian: blåner). To a novice, this term may be confusing. But once in a while, the explanationplus-squareams3.digitaloceanspaces.comimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageReasonably often in Norwegian folktales, a great distance is described in terms of "bluings" (my coin; Norwegian: blåner). To a novice, this term may be confusing. But once in a while, the explanationplus-squareams3.digitaloceanspaces.comSimonRoyHughes 🌹@thefolklore.cafe · 3 years agomessage-square2linkfedilink
