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HypnogoriaIt's spring and the first bluebells are appearing - a flower rich in <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FolkloreThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FolkloreThursday</a>

Jürgen Hubert"Hinzelmann" by the Brothers Grimm is the longest tale I have ever translated.But it will be worth it. The world must know the true menace of household spirits!<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Hinzelmann" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Hinzelmann</a>

Jürgen HubertDeep beneath Brocken Mountain, the sorceress Jette reigns supreme.<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folktale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folktale</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#magic</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/mountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mountain</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/germany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germany</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@folklore</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/sorceress-of-88959614" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/sorceress-of-88959614</a>

Nearlyknowledgeable 👻💋 New Episode 💋Part two of our history of Beauty is now available! Take a nose dive into the make up bag of history and learn about how beauty standards have left their mark on society.<a href="https://media.rss.com/the-shropshire-witches-podcast-pod1/feed.xml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://media.rss.com/the-shropshire-witches-podcast-pod1/feed.xml</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Beauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Beauty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UkPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UkPodcast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victorian</a>

Kote IsaevLiterature puzzle to solveWhat if (at least some) modern knowledge about the world would be represented as fairy tales, e. g. with some aspects of Slavic, e. g. Ukrainian or Polish folklore taken into account, how they written? <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paganism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pagan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slavicPaganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slavicPaganism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slavicMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slavicMythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slavicFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slavicFolklore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>

Jürgen HubertThe living can be of immense assistance to the dead when it comes to putting their affairs in order.<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folktale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folktale</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ghost</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ghoststory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ghoststory</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/germany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germany</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@folklore</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/bearers-of-50146725" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/bearers-of-50146725</a>

Bevan ThomasIn Norse mythology, the greatest ship was Skíðblaðnir. It was owned by the god Freyr, and could carry all of the gods and their retinue over sea, land, and air, faster than any other ship. Skíðblaðnir could also be folded up, and put in Freyr's pocket when not needed. 🎨 Harun El <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#31DaysofHaunting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NorseMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorseMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VikingMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VikingMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScandinavianMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScandinavianMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NorseFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorseFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VikingFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VikingFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScandinavianFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScandinavianFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scandinavia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ship</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boat</a>

Bevan ThomasMary the Prophetess lived in 1st-century Alexandria; she was the first true alchemist of the Western World. She invented several kinds of chemical apparatus, and believed that metals have souls and genders. Mary claimed that by joining the two genders, a new entity could be made. 🎨 Michael Maier<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegendaryWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DayofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#31DayofHaunting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alchemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alchemy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Occult</a>

Bevan ThomasEuropean folklore is full of strange humanoids said to inhabit far-off lands, such as headless people with their faces in their chests, one-legged people who hop everywhere, people with ears so huge they use them as blankets, and people who run quickly despite having backwards feet.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#31DaysofHaunting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MedievalMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MedievalFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medieval</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MiddleAges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiddleAges</a>

Jürgen HubertSometimes castles appear in the middle of the night, only to vanish again soon after.<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folktale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folktale</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/castle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#castle</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/germany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germany</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@folklore</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/accursed-abodes-97229842" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/accursed-abodes-97229842</a>

Jürgen HubertIn June I'll publish my first translation about a plague spirit from German <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a>. There are a bunch of them and I could have done this earlier - but I thought it indelicate to do so during the height of the pandemic.

Dr. Zalka Csenge VirágToday on <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WomensEpics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensEpics</a>: Harman DaliThe story of a warrior woman who will only marry someone who outwrestles and outsings her. While most tales of this motif end with the woman defeated and humiliated, Harman Dali ends up with a husband she chooses for herself.You know those scenes from action movies where a man and a woman fight, and it looks like they are... doing something else? This epic has several scenes like that 😄 Read more: <a href="https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/h-is-for-harman-dali-womens-epics-to-z.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com/2025/04/h-is-for-harman-dali-womens-epics-to-z.html</a><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/AtoZChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtoZChallenge</a>

Jürgen HubertThere is something wrong with the horses in the Kaliningrad region.<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folktale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folktale</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/horse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horse</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@folklore</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/wish-horses-106314796" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/wish-horses-106314796</a>

Jürgen Hubert<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> 4/9. How much room for the fantastical is there in your work?In my translations of German folk tales, I am focusing on the fantastical tales, so the answer is "lots".I mean, there are plenty of non-supernatural folk tales as well. But many concern some local history and trivia that probably won't be very meaningful to an international audience.(Incidentally, if I ever get around to translating the second volume of the Brothers Grimm's "Deutsche Sagen", this will be a problem - because that part of their collection is full of ancient German tribes and kings with little supernatural shenanigans. So how can I make these tales interesting for the readers?)<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a>

Jürgen HubertHmmm... if I am reading the route for my bicycle trip correctly, I should pass through a village which was the setting for one of the most Lovecraftian German folk tales I have ever come across.<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Lovecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lovecraft</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/CthulhuMythos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CthulhuMythos</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/CallOfCthulhu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CallOfCthulhu</a> <a href="https://textgridlab.org/1.0/aggregator/html/textgrid:10kc9.0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://textgridlab.org/1.0/aggregator/html/textgrid:10kc9.0</a>

Jürgen Hubert<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Yosoone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Yosoone</a> I have decided to specialize in depth, not in breadth - and there are so many untranslated German folk tales out there that I can be busy for a long, long time.But there are folks like <a href="https://ohai.social/@TarkabarkaHolgy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TarkabarkaHolgy</a> who have a broader view of international <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> .

Jürgen HubertDo not invite the dead for dinner unless you really, really mean it.<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folktale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folktale</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ghost</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ghoststory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ghoststory</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/germany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germany</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@folklore</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/visits-from-43523784" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/visits-from-43523784</a>

Bevan ThomasAlexander the Great's famous warhorse Bucephalus was described as a huge black horse with a white star on his brow. According to legend, Bucephalus mated with mares all over Asia. Strangely, all foals birthed by Persian and Afghan mares had unicorn horns. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTaleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FairyTaleTuesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#31DaysofHaunting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreekMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassicalMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GreekFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreekFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ClassicalFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassicalFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Horse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Horse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Unicorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Unicorn</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AlexandertheGreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlexandertheGreat</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Bucephalus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bucephalus</a>

Mick GarrattWhitby Abbey: Holy Vows, Pagan Wars, and the Problem of EasterI usually try to avoid posting touristy photographs, but in this case, my resolve faltered. This one was taken looking back as we wandered towards Ruswarp, along the River Esk, with the ruins of Whitby Abbey brooding in the distance. A cliché, admittedly, but quite picturesque in a ruin ...<a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/04/08/whitby-abbey-holy-vows-pagan-wars-and-the-problem-of-easter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/04/08/whitby-abbey-holy-vows-pagan-wars-and-the-problem-of-easter/</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/RiverEsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RiverEsk</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/whitby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whitby</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

Jürgen HubertWhat do the Children of Stöckheim know about the Realms Below that the rest of us don't?<a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folktale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folktale</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#folklore</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/germany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germany</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@folklore</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/places-over-41855571" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/places-over-41855571</a>

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