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The Godyssey PodcastYou'll smell it before you see it: elusive and stealthy, the Boggy Creek monster has stalked the area around Fouke and Texarkana since at least the 1940s, stealing food and attacking people who enter its realm. Its stench places it in the skunk ape category of ape men <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>🖼: R. McQuarrie

The Godyssey PodcastScottish witches were said to use Corp Criadhach, or clay corpses, when harming others. The doll, made of clay, would be placed in a moving body of water, preferably under a waterfall, and then fall apart: the intended victim would get sick and die. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>

The Godyssey PodcastIt's not just religious belief, the Ganges really is pure. Despite the dumping of ashes and industrial pollution all along India's longest river, bacteriophagues act as purifying agents that purify the water and prevent any long term damage. The goddess abides. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>

Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> Witches used to sell winds to sailors in the form of a rope with 3 knots. Undoing one knot brought a light breeze, the 2nd a stronger wind and the 3rd a hurricane🌬️ 🎨 by <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:5a2wmu7bggop6wt6syyqrdie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@andy-paciorek.bsky.social</a> from the book 'Hidden Depths' written by Dr Bob Curran <a href="https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/11045869-hidden-depths" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.blurb.co.uk/b/11045869-h...</a>

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: `The <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Cailleach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cailleach</a> is also known as the Hag of Storms. She lays claim to the creatures of the wild and cold places, the red deer and the wolf, the leaping salmon and the springing goat, warding them and watching over them. She it was who decided which would live and which would perish in the storms of winter.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: <a href="https://emeraldisle.ie/an-cailleach" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://emeraldisle.ie/an-cailleach</a>

Bevan ThomasThe British King Gwenddoleu ap Ceidio was said to possess a magic gold & silver chess board whose pieces move by themselves and which could play any opponent on its own. This board appears in many King Arthur legends, and it's one of the 13 Treasures of Britain guarded by Merlin.<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/WelshMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WelshMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CelticMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ArthurianMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArthurianMythology</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/WelshFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WelshFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CelticFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ArthurianFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArthurianFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KingArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KingArthur</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arthuriana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arthuriana</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BoardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoardGame</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chess</a>

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegendaryWednesday</a>: „On All Hallows Eve Tuamgraney Woods come alive with strange beasts, dark of fur and red of eye. Not so long ago, a young man decided he'd take a walk through those woods on that fateful night, but he got more than he bargained for! A great black dog arose before him, as well as a black hare and a black ram. He swung his stick at the ram but it passed through the shadowy form as though it was nothing but thin air, although the ram's horn gored him well enough! He fled from that place with the howling of the black dog in his ears, like hell's own laughter.“ <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: <a href="https://emeraldisle.ie/the-cu-sidhe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://emeraldisle.ie/the-cu-sidhe</a>

The Godyssey PodcastLesser known but perhaps the best of Yggdrasil's inhabitants is the mighty red squirrel, Ratatoskr. The squirrel runs up and down the World Tree between the eagle and Nidhog the serpent at the tree's base, spreading rumors and enraging them. Mind not his words. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>

The Godyssey PodcastMany cultures have hyperbole to indicate "long, long ago" in mythic times, but Korea's is uniquely strange: "back when tigers used to smoke" is one of many ways tigers appear in Korean folklore and myth. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>

Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NationalHatDay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalHatDay</a> Redcaps are violent goblins who live in ruined castles in the English/Scottish Border Country. They get their name from their habit of dipping their hats in the blood of their victims to dye them red. If the blood ever dries up then they will die.

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>: I've been tooting as @NeuKelte@todon.eu since <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Imbolc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Imbolc</a> 2022 before I moved here. I'm interested in all things <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a>, but particularly the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/IronAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IronAge</a> and the myths of the Gaels and the Welsh. I regularly post about my Nua-<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CelticSoulJourneys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CelticSoulJourneys</a> to Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany and the Isle of Man. You'll find my toots under the following hashtags: <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FairyTaleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FairyTaleTuesday</a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegendaryWednesday</a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/BookologyThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookologyThursday</a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FindsFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FindsFriday</a>, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/FolkloreSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FolkloreSunday</a> We need <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/degrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#degrowth</a>, a <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/DonutEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonutEconomy</a> & <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/SystemChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SystemChange</a> to <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Conviviality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conviviality</a> in a <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/CaringEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CaringEconomy</a> of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Partnerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Partnerism</a> within <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/planetboundaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#planetboundaries</a> 🙏

EssAeEmDespite being monstrous giants, the trolls of Icelandic folklore possess one major weakness: sunlight turns them to stone. Many of the large rock formations that can be seen across Iceland are said to actually be petrified trolls. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> 📷: Ross Hughes<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trolls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iceland</a>

Bevan ThomasPeople in Ireland and Scotland get nervous if February 1st is unusually sunny, as it may be because the fairy hag Cailleach has decided to extend the length of winter. She made the day sunny so she could stockpile firewood before pummeling the land with pitiless blizzards. 🎨 Mairin-Taj Caya<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegendaryWednesday</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/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</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/IrishMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IrishMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScottishMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScottishMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GaelicMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GaelicMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CelticMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaelic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fairy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Faery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Faery</a>

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: `Ceard nan Gallan was the sword of Oisin, son of Fionn mac Cumhall, and its name means ‘Smith of the Branches’.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: `Mac an Luin, ‘Son of the Waves’, was the sword belonging to legendary Irish hero and leader of the Fianna, <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Fionn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fionn</a> mac Cumhall.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: `Conaire Mór was a high king of Ireland. His sword was reputed to have sung as it was taken into battle.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

Bevan ThomasTristan is by far the most multitalented of King Arthur's knights in folklore. As well as being one of King Arthur's best fighters, Tristan is a skilled poet, singer, harpist, hunter, swineherd, and master of disguise. The Welsh legends also make him a wizard. 🎨 Edmund Leighton<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/OfDarkandMacabre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OfDarkandMacabre</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookChatWeekly</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegendaryWednesday</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/KingArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KingArthur</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arthuriana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arthuriana</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Tristan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tristan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TristanandIseult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TristanandIseult</a>

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: `The swords Moraltach and Beagaltach (‘The Great and Little Fury’) were given to Diarmuid ua Duibhne by his foster father, Óengus of the Denann, god of love, youth and poetic inspiration. Moraltach was given to Óengus by Manannán mac Lir.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

The Godyssey PodcastTaking the legendary figure of Tomoe Gozen and applying her into a fantasy world of yokai, dark sorcerers, and a heroine defying the odds, Jessica Amanda Salmonson's Tomoe Gozen is a feminist tale in a swords and sorcery historical Japan. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: `There are many named swords in Irish mythology. Such swords were believed to have held specific magical powers. `Fragarach, ‘The Answerer/ Retaliater’, was the Sea-God Manannán mac Lir’s sword. It was said that no man’s armour could withstand it, and that it gave it’s wielder the power to command the winds. When Manannán became Lugh’s foster father, he gave it into Lugh’s care.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: Ali Isaac | Substack

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