Nifty Buckles Folklore

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Nifty Buckles Folklore is my brand! I'm Valerie Hopkins, weaver of folklore , poetry, myth & magic. Join me as we travel to the enchanted world of folklore!
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A Sneak Peek of my New Spring folklore coloring Book, March Madness: Leprechauns, Hares, & Witches Folklore. A Spring coloring Book for Adults.

Pre-Order on my site:
https://www.niftybucklesfolklore.fun/march-madness-leprechauns-hares-and-witches-folklore-pre-order

My Book launches in mid-March. 😺

🍀 #FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash
Leprechauns🎩Hares🐰
🧙‍♀️Witches in flight🧹
Step into a world of Irish, Spring folklore and skylore—where gold glows beneath the rainbow, hares dance through spring fields, and witches ride the night sky. 🧹✨

📖 March Madness: 🍀🐰🧙‍♀️
Leprechauns, Hares & Witches Folklore.
A Spring Coloring Book 🍀
by Nifty Buckles
— Coming Soon ✨

🌈 Follow the magic. Chase the sky.
#Skylore #FolkloreMagic #ColoringBook #ComingSoon

#FairytaleTuesday🐴🪽 #FairyTaleFlash
In Greek myth, Pegasus—born of Medusa's blood & Poseidon's might—leaps skyward, wings beating against the night.
He soars among the stars, hooves striking sparks of lightning, forever etched as the great winged constellation. ✨
A guardian of heavens, thundering through eternity. #Pegasus 🐴 #Skylore
#vss #GreekMythology #Writingcommunity
🌙 #FairyTaleTuesday #Hecate #Moonlore
Hecate—Queen of Witchcraft, Crossroads, and the Moon—walks the space between worlds.
Triple-formed, key-bearing, and crowned in night, she guards the unseen and answers from afar. 🌑🔑✨
#FairyTaleFlash #GreekMythology 🌙
#FairyTaleTuesday 🌞 #FairyTaleFlash 🌕
In the Norwegian tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Asbjørnsen & Moe, 1841–44), a white bear carries a fearless girl to an enchanted castle. 🏰🐻
To break his spell, she travels beyond the edges of the world—where love burns brighter than the northern cold. ❄️🐻✨❄️🐻✨
#EastofTheSunWestofTheMoon 🌞🌕
#Skylore #vss #WritingCommunity

Hey Mastodon folks! Craving a cozy Appalachian folklore read?

Check out my short ebook Granny Magic Chocolates by Nifty Buckles Folklore:In quiet Brindle, 72-year-old chocolatier Millie Butterbloom crafts enchanted truffles using her granny’s old Appalachian folk recipes.

Shop:
On my Site https://www.niftybucklesfolklore.fun/granny-magic-chocolates-

PayHip https://t.co/tlIobv40em

KoBo https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/granny-magic-chocolates?sId=b2f7a185-e951-4b62-a61b-df9e5392b1a5&ssId=KSh8l4OL_irN0FXL35QOF&cPos=1

#MythologyMonday 🕸️✨
In Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, the spider becomes a fate-weaver. Like the Norns of old, Charlotte spins destiny into her web—words as spells, silk as salvation. A barnyard tale, yet steeped in ancient myth: that language itself can alter the threads of life. 🐖🕷️ #Charlottesweb
#MythologyMonday
In Celtic #Buglore, a ladybug with fewer than 7 spots foretold a plentiful harvest 🌾🍀 If one lands on you, luck follows—but harm it and misfortune stirs.
In Norse lands, the “Lady” may once have echoed Freyja—goddess of love & fertility. 🐞✨ #Ladybugs

#MythologyMonday
#Dragonflies shimmer between worlds. In Japanese lore they were emblems of courage & victory; in parts of Europe they were called “devil’s darning needles,” feared yet fascinating. Born in water, rising to air, they embody transformation, illusion & the magic of midsummer light. 💫

Art by Manabu Endo.

Deep in Iceland's frost-veiled Yule nights stalks Jólakötturinn—the Yule Cat, Grýla's infernal familiar.
A colossal shadow with eyes like frozen hellfire, it hunts those who fail to earn new woolen garments through diligence... but folklore whispers its sharpest hunger is for idle children, devoured whole in the howling blizzard if no fresh clothes grace them by Christmas Eve. 🎄🧣

Finish your labors—or face the beast's eternal winter maw.