Myth & Folklore
The Cailleach vs Brigid: Winter and Spring in Gaelic Tradition
The Cailleach and Brigid mark winter and spring in Gaelic tradition, but the idea that they are one goddess is…
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The Celtic Otherworld: Annwn, Tír na nÓg and Mag Mell
The Celtic Otherworld compared: the Welsh Annwn and the Irish Tír na nÓg, Mag Mell and the sídhe, and why…
Spirit Beings
Cwn Annwn: The Spectral Hounds of Welsh Myth
The Cwn Annwn are the white, red-eared hounds of Annwn in Welsh myth - the pack of Arawn in the…
Spirit Beings
The Brownie: The Household Spirit of Scottish Folklore
In brownie folklore a household spirit does the chores by night - until it is offered clothes or payment, and…
Celtic Legends
Sovereignty Goddesses: Ériu, Banba and Fódla
The sovereignty goddess of Ireland is embodied by Ériu, Banba and Fódla, who name the land itself.
Celtic Legends
The Fomorians: The Ancient Enemies of Irish Myth, Honestly Sourced
The Fomorians honestly sourced: who they were in Irish myth, what the texts actually say, and how much of the…
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The Cailleach vs Brigid: Winter and Spring in Gaelic Tradition
The Cailleach and Brigid mark winter and spring in Gaelic tradition, but the idea that they are one goddess is…
Myth & Folklore
The Celtic Otherworld: Annwn, Tír na nÓg and Mag Mell
The Celtic Otherworld compared: the Welsh Annwn and the Irish Tír na nÓg, Mag Mell and the sídhe, and why…
Spirit Beings
Cwn Annwn: The Spectral Hounds of Welsh Myth
The Cwn Annwn are the white, red-eared hounds of Annwn in Welsh myth - the pack of Arawn in the…
Art & Creativity
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Art & Creativity
Keeping a folklore sketchbook: a practice
A research-led sketchbook practice for folklore artists: copy real sources by hand, draw from primary art, and track provenance so…
Art & Creativity
12 writing prompts from Norse and continental folklore
Twelve writing prompts from Norse and continental folklore, each tied to a real source — the Eddas, the Grimms, the…
Art & Creativity
Colour and symbol in folklore illustration
How palette and motif carry meaning in folklore illustration — grounded in what the sources actually name, with a caution…
Books & Reviews
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Books & Reviews
Tabletop RPGs and story games rooted in folklore
Tabletop RPGs genuinely rooted in folklore — Vaesen, Dolmenwood, Pendragon and Wanderhome — which engage a real tradition, and which…
Books & Reviews
Folklore scholarship for the serious reader
Real folklore scholarship you can actually read — Mac Cana, Hutton, Briggs, Simpson and Roud, Purkiss — and how to…
Books & Reviews
Folklore in poetry: from the medieval to the modern
Folklore as poetry, medieval to modern: Heaney's Sweeney Astray, Kinsella's Táin, Ní Dhomhnaill and Armitage — a faithful text versus…
Mystic Lifestyle
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Home & Décor
Small-maker gifting for folklore lovers
Gifting for a folklore lover the maker-first way: real craft over themed merchandise, right book editions, honest jewellery, and gifts…
Mystic Lifestyle
Amulets and talismans: folklore protection vs modern jewellery
Amulet versus talisman, and which folk-protection charms are genuinely old (iron, rowan, hag stones) versus the invented "ancient meanings" of…
Mystic Lifestyle
Autumn and winter layering: natural fibres and old dyes
Layering for autumn and winter the folkloric way: wool, linen and hemp as real cold-weather tech, and the madder, woad…
Spirituality & Magic
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The Triple Goddess: A Modern Idea, Honestly Dated
The Triple Goddess as Maiden, Mother and Crone is a 20th-century idea, not an ancient Celtic religion.
Spirituality & Magic
A beginners guide to identifying and caring for crystals
Strictly mineralogy: identify stones by hardness, cleavage, habit and streak, spot common lookalikes and fakes, and clean and store each…
Spirituality & Magic
The tarot court cards as character and symbol
The sixteen court cards read as an iconographic system: Page, Knight, Queen and King across the four suits, and how…