During Easter in Finland, children (especially girls) will dress up as Easter witches, and go door to door, carrying willow twigs decorated with colourful feathers and crepe paper. In return for treats, these "witches" will give a twig to each house as a blessing to drive away evil spirits.
🎨 Sasha Silvala

#FolkloreThursday #Mythology #Folklore #Superstition #Finland #Holiday #Easter #Witch

In German folklore, supernatural entities are usually driven away by either prayer OR swearing - never both.

#Germany #folktale #folklore
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Irrlichts_Banished_by_Swearing

A fungi throwback to 2025:

This was possibly the largest intact dyad's saddle I have seen - and what a beauty. The intricate, feather-like scales on the top of the mushroom led to stories that the forest spirits used the feathers of pheasants to "upholster" their seats, or that the mushroom was a pheasant that had been turned into wood by a forest curse

#fungi #nature #Sorbyshire #folklore

Entire site with interesting contents and links about japanese (and chinese) folklore and art.

https://www.curiousordinary.com/

Fediverse account @curiousordinary.bsky.social

#japan #china #art #folklore #yokai #website #UsefulWeb

There are ways to get creative with bread, but this is just wankery.

#Poland #folktale #folklore #bread
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Seven_Stones_near_Morin

Ensemble Wechselschritt

🗓️ Start: 2. Mai 2026 19:30
⏳ End: 2. Mai 2026 21:00

Querfeldein – Ein Frühlingsreigen

Das Ensemble Wechselschritt interpretiert Melodien und Rhythmen der europäischen Folklore im kammermusikalischen Stil. Im neuen Programm „Querfeldein – Ein Frühlingsreigen“ erklingen Spielstücke, Tänze und Lieder aus vorwiegend Südosteuropa in ihrer Vielfalt und Farbigkeit. Lassen Sie sich vom Nuancenreichtum und der Lebendigkeit dieser Musik überraschen!

Das Ensemble spielt in folgender Besetzung: Geige (Bettina Hentrich), Querflöten (Kerstin Bucher und Robert Lösbrock), Bassklarinette (Karla Bremer), Cello (Ulrike Nilius), Gitarre (Klaus Zahn), Harfe (Ute Jäger) und Oktavgitarre und Percussion (Uschi Roth).

Der Eintritt ist frei, es wird um Spenden gebeten.

https://hausamwestbahnhof.de/programm/ensemble-wechselschritt-2026/

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Dark Sinfonia - March Of The Fairies

"Dark Folk Music For The Darkest Of Folk!"

https://getmusic.fm/l/i7Tyry

#horror #gothic #postpunk #avantgarde #darkfolk #spookfolk #macabre #folklore #darkfairytales #music

Maid Marian is a later addition to the Robin Hood legends, first appearing with him in two plays in the 1600s. Previously, she was the heroine of the May Games festivities (celebrating the beginning of summer) - a shepherdess who loves the shepherd Robin (a very different "Robin").
🎨 Louis Rhead

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #England #RobinHood #MaidMarian #MayGames #MayDay

In Finnish folklore, Louhi (also called "Loviatar") was originally a goddess of death and disease, ruler of the underworld and mother of wolves. However, in the "Kalevala," Louhi is instead a powerful evil witch who rules the northern realm of Pohjola, and is a master shapeshifter.

#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #Finland #Witch #Witchcraft