Celtic Legends
The Children of Lir (Oidheadh Chloinne Lir)
Fionnuala and her brothers, swans for 900 years: Ireland's tenderest sorrow-tale. It stars the Tuatha Dé, but the text is Early Modern…
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Author: <span>Sidhe Wolf Editorial</span>
The Sidhe Wolf editorial desk. Folklore is sourced and attributed; named contributors are credited on their own pieces.
Art & Creativity
How to Feature Folklore in Illustration Without Flattening the Culture
A craft-and-ethics guide to illustrating folklore with specificity — research, sourcing and crediting — using Rackham, Alan Lee and Jim Fitzpatrick as…
Art & Creativity
12 More Writing Prompts, This Time From Welsh and Scottish Tradition
Twelve folklore writing prompts from the Mabinogi, the Cŵn Annwn, the Cailleach, selkies and Tam Lin — each tied to a real…
Art & Creativity
Where to Find Public-Domain Manuscript Art for Folklore Work
A working map of the real digitised manuscript collections — the Book of Kells, ISOS, the British Library — and an honest…
Art & Creativity
Drawing the Morrígan: A Folklore-Accurate Reference Guide for Artists
What the Irish sources actually describe about the Morrígan — the washer at the ford, the red charioteer, the shapeshifter — versus…
Mystic Lifestyle
Folklore-motif jewellery: triskeles, knotwork and what they actually mean
Which folklore-motif jewellery is genuinely old and which invented: the pre-Celtic triskele, medieval-manuscript knotwork and the Victorian Celtic-Revival layer.
Home & Décor
Imbolc and Brigid’s Day: decorating for early spring
Decorating for Imbolc and St Brigid Day the rooted way: the rush-cross tradition sourced and dated, hearth customs, and folk custom split…
Home & Décor
The folkloric home in ceramics and textiles
Furnishing a folkloric home in handmade ceramics and natural-fibre textiles: why handmade matters, what the motifs mean, and how to care for…
Home & Décor
Candles and scent for the turning year
Beeswax or soy, scenting a candle by the season, the fire festivals done honestly, and the plain safety rules that keep real…
Mystic Lifestyle
A witchy wardrobe that isn’t a costume: building a folkloric capsule
Building a folkloric wardrobe that reads as lived-in, not fancy dress: natural fibres, layering, a seasonal palette, rooted jewellery and the appropriation…