Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Some Irish folklore this St Patrick’s Day: the Sídhe, the Aos sí, the fair folk, the good people, or the people of the shee from Irish folklore, who live underground. You may know the banshee, or Bean sídhe or woman of the sídhe. In fact the very word Sídhe is the term for earthen mounds like the one in my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> and the Aos sí are “the people of mounds.” The Sidhe evolved from a mythological people known as the Tuatha De Danaan, 🧵<br /><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/AosS%C3%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AosSí</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Sidhe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sidhe</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folktales</span></a></p>
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Simon Roy Hughes 🍄<p>The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe. The most comprehensive edition ever. The whole collection appears for the first time in English.</p><p>Paperback editions, or .pdf files for less than half the price. Details here: <a href="https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/the-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">norwegianfolktales.net/books/t</span><span class="invisible">he-complete-norwegian-folktales-and-legends-of-asbjornsen-moe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianfolktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/norwegianlegends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norwegianlegends</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folklorethursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklorethursday</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folktales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/norwegianfolktales" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>norwegianfolktales</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairytales</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklorethursday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>folklorethursday</span></a></span> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág<p>I did not expect to see a folktale motif number for "large bag of frozen raccoons" today...</p><p>(Thompson folktale motif index X1115, in case anyone is wondering)</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folktales</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/WTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTF</span></a></p>
jfml - Jonas Laugs<p>Hello <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/PortfolioDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortfolioDay</span></a>! ✨</p><p>I'm a German <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creative</span></a> person, living in <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/L%C3%BCbeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lübeck</span></a>. I've been sneakily changing to only using <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> tools (<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Inkscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inkscape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Krita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krita</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Scribus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scribus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Blender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blender</span></a> etc.) and so far no one has complained ^__^</p><p>Aside from <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicDesign</span></a> I've also been doing a lot of <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3D</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fulldome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fulldome</span></a> work, which is a good mix!</p><p>I love <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> (especially <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> 🤩), progressive <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folktales</span></a> and everything nerdy. <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FightFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightFascism</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/JfmlArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JfmlArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>An Irish folklore inspired print for St Patrick’s day - the Sídhe, the Aos sí, the fair folk, the good people, or the people of the shee who live underground. You may know the banshee, or Bean sídhe or woman of the sídhe. In fact the very word Sídhe is the term for earthen mounds like the one in my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> and the Aos sí are “the people of mounds.” The Sidhe evolved from a mythological people known as the Tuatha De Danaan, 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Sidhe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sidhe</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fairyMound" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fairyMound</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folktales</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Another recent print from <a href="https://spore.social/tags/FolktaleWeek2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolktaleWeek2023</span></a> for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a>: the Sídhe, the Aos sí, the fair folk, the good people, or the people of the shee from Irish folklore, who live underground. You may know the banshee, or Bean sídhe or woman of the sídhe. In fact the very word Sídhe is the term for earthen mounds like the one in my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> and the Aos sí are “the people of mounds.” 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/AosS%C3%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AosSí</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Sidhe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sidhe</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fairyMound" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fairyMound</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folktales</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>illustration</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/FolktaleWeek2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FolktaleWeek2023</span></a> underground prompt I’ve illustrated the Sídhe, the Aos sí, the fair folk, good people, or people of the shee from Irish folklore, who live underground. You may know the banshee, or Bean sídhe or woman of the sídhe. In fact the very word Sídhe is the term for earthen mounds like the one in my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linocut</span></a> and the <br />Aos sí are “the people of mounds.” The Sidhe evolved from a mythological people 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Sidhe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sidhe</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/fairyMound" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fairyMound</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folktales</span></a></p>
Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág<p>Hello! <br>I'm Csenge, professional storyteller and author from Hungary. I post about <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folktales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folktales</span></a>, mythology, storytelling, RPGs, and general nerdy stuff.</p><p>Things I usually post:</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FolktaleMoment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FolktaleMoment</span></a>: snippets of tales I am researching</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/StorySpotting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StorySpotting</span></a>: blog posts about folktales spotted in popular media</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/StorytellingPSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StorytellingPSA</span></a>: comments of the life of a professional storyteller<br> <br><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/GirlInTheChair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GirlInTheChair</span></a>: research help for all your folklore needs :)</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ToddlerDnD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToddlerDnD</span></a>: Adventures in nerdy parenting</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a></p>
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