Jussi
@finnfolklorist.bsky.social
I am interested in myths, legends and folklore. I don't' like nazis, tankies or Russia. I am mostly active on here on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Zhaleznaja Baba (Zhaljaznjaczka), literaly "Iron Hag", in Belarusian folklore is a bogey, old woman with huge iron tits. She catches with her iron hook the children who bold enough to go alone in fields and gardens. Art and text by Eugene Kot #WyrdWednesday
A Bilwis (or Bilwiss) is a malicious corn spirit, demon, or elf-like bogeyman in German, Bavarian, and Austrian folklore known for mowing down grain fields, tangling hair, and causing sudden illnesses. Often described as an emaciated, ghostly figure or whirlwind #WyrdWednesday 🧵
In Austria, there are tales about demons that dwell in grainfields. This creature, known as a Habergeiß (pronounced Hah-berr-geiss), is most commonly depicted as a goat-like creature with three legs and sometimes with bird-like traits. It has glowing eyes and often a long beard. #WyrdWednesday 🧵
The world must not become numb to Russіаns hunting civilians. In Kherson, a Russian fiber-optic FPV drone chased and then аttаcked a fruit vendor who had come to the market that morning to sell his produce. The 52-year-old man suffered blast injuries, a concussion, and shrapnel wounds.
La Santa Compaña, a gathering of souls in Purgatory, is a folk legend from Galicia about a procession of souls. Yet, it'd only be called “santa” for superstitious protection as it's an ancient pagan legend superficially Christianized--some of the elements (1/5) #SpookySunday #PhantomsFriday
Repost because of the typo in the hashtag #SpookySunday
Jussi@finnfolklorist.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Palacio de Lecumberri is a large building,formerly a prison,in the northeast of Mexico City,Mexico,which now houses the General National Archive(Archivo General de la Nación).Known in popular culture as The Black Palace of Lecumberri,it served as a penitentiary from 1900 to 1976. #SpookySunday🧵
The Palacio de Lecumberri is a large building,formerly a prison,in the northeast of Mexico City,Mexico,which now houses the General National Archive(Archivo General de la Nación).Known in popular culture as The Black Palace of Lecumberri,it served as a penitentiary from 1900 to 1976. #SpookySunday🧵
The Panteón de Belen cemetery was built in 1848 after the city of Guadalajara, Mexico suffered from a number of epidemics and famines.The city simply did not have enough hospitals to treat all of the people who needed medical attention, and as a result thousands of lives were lost. #SpookySunday 🧵
The Island of the Dolls (Spanish: Isla de las Muñecas) is a chinampa of the Laguna de Tequila located in the channels of Xochimilco, south of the center of Mexico City, Mexico. A multitude of dolls of various styles and colors can be found throughout the island. #SpookySunday 🧵
"The White People" is a horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. Written in the late 1890s, it was first published in 1904 in Horlick's Magazine, edited by Machen's friend A. E. Waite, then reprinted in Machen's collection The House of Souls (1906). #BookWormSat 🧵
for gothic fairies, bat transport is the only way to go 🦇
No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.
news.com.au
A chort(Russian: чёрт, Belarusian and Ukrainian: чорт, Serbo-Croatian: čort or črt, Polish: czart and czort, Czech and Slovak: čert, Slovene: črt)is an anthropomorphic malign spirit or demon in Slavic folk tradition. Chorts are often depicted identically to #WyrdWednesday 🧵
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan (/pæn/; Ancient Greek: Πάν, romanized: Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, #WyrdWednesday 🧵
Cernunnos is a Celtic god whose name is only clearly attested once, on the 1st-century CE Pillar of the Boatmen from Paris, where it is identified with an image of an aged, antlered figure with torcs around his horns. #WyrdWednesday 🧵
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japanese: 竹取物語, Hepburn: Taketori Monogatari) is a monogatari (fictional prose narrative) containing elements of Japanese folklore. Written by an unknown author in the late 9th or early 10th century during the Heian period, #BookWormSat 🧵
The Kojiki (古事記, "Records of Ancient Matters" or "An Account of Ancient Matters"), also sometimes read as Furukotofumi or Furukotobumi, is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, #BookWormSat 🧵
#PhantomsFriday It appears that Ghosts have a particular liking for bedside visitations. Umpteen tales of haunted bedrooms proliferate in which the spectral uninvited appear when the protagonist is at their most vulnerable in the foggy realm between sleeping & waking.
Translating to "Stone Woman" in the Maya language, Xunantunich archaeological site in Belize is famously named after a persistent local legend. First reported in 1892, witnesses describe a ghostly woman dressed entirely in white #PhantomsFriday 🧵
Lake Atitlan in Guatemala is not just known for its stunning beauty but also for the phantom ship that occasionally emerges from the mist. Sailors and tourists alike have reported seeing this ghostly vessel disappearing as quickly as it appears. #PhantomsFriday 🧵
Located along the Caribbean coast, El Castillo de San Fernando de Omoa is a colonial-era fortress built in the late 18th century. Originally constructed to protect against pirate attacks, this imposing structure is now a hotspot for paranormal activity. #PhantomsFriday 🧵
Casa Guirola, located in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, is a mansion shrouded in mystery and tales of paranormal activity. Built in the mid-19th century by the affluent Guirola family, the mansion has become a focal point for local legends and ghost stories. #PhantomsFriday 🧵
Why is it always 14th century moated castles that photobomb your oak tree photos 🙄
In the epic Ramayana, Ravana's brother Kumbhakarna was granted a boon by Lord Brahma. Goddess Saraswati manipulated the boon so he wished for sleep instead of power. He slept continuously for six months at a time. #WyrdWednesday 🧵
According to the biographer Diogenes Laërtius, Epimenides of Knossos was a shepherd on the Greek island of Crete. One day, one of his sheep went missing and he went out to look for it, but became tired and fell asleep in a cave under #WyrdWednesday 🧵
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Honoré de Balzac’s portraits of society are collectively known as La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy), a vast sequence of nearly 100 interconnected novels and stories. Written over two decades, it serves as an encyclopedic, realist panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, #BookWormSat 🧵
