Spirituality & Magic
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.
Sidhe Wolf — old stories, kept properly
Celtic legend, spirit beings, art, seasonal practice and the mystic life — retold with pleasure and sourced with care. We tell you which story this is, where it was written down, when, and what got added later.
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Aengus Og: The Irish God of Love, Honestly Sourced
Aengus Og honestly sourced: the Irish god of love and youth, son of the Dagda, his home at Bru na…
Myth & Folklore
Sidhe vs Fairies: What the Words Actually Mean
Sidhe vs fairies is a translation problem: sidhe names the Irish mounds and their people, while fairy is an English…
Celtic Legends
Blodeuwedd: the Welsh Woman Made of Flowers, Turned to an Owl
Blodeuwedd, conjured from oak, broom and meadowsweet in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, betrays Lleu and is turned into…
Spirit Beings
Merrow: The Irish Mermaid and Mermen of Irish Folklore
The merrow is the Irish mermaid and merman of folklore - defined by the red cochaillin druith, and distinct from…
Spirit Beings
Cu Sith: The Fairy Dog of Scottish Folklore
The cu sith is the huge dark-green fairy hound of the Highlands, whose three bays were heard as a death…
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Aengus Og: The Irish God of Love, Honestly Sourced
Aengus Og honestly sourced: the Irish god of love and youth, son of the Dagda, his home at Bru na…
Myth & Folklore
Sidhe vs Fairies: What the Words Actually Mean
Sidhe vs fairies is a translation problem: sidhe names the Irish mounds and their people, while fairy is an English…
Celtic Legends
Blodeuwedd: the Welsh Woman Made of Flowers, Turned to an Owl
Blodeuwedd, conjured from oak, broom and meadowsweet in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, betrays Lleu and is turned into…
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…