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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 21h

When a Swede in Japan and a Swede in New York meet their British friend in Malta in Sweden in 1918.
No you didn't read that wrong, it's the magic of the Metaverse!

#Together #Global #NoBorders
@deedeechainey.bsky.social

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 2d

I love old buildings too. It's like you can feel the history, almost see the past.

Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 2d

2/2 Only 9.99 on Kindle
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The Lure of Water and Wood

The Lure of Water and Wood - Kindle edition by Lundström Erwin, Helen. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Lure of Water and Wood.

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 2d

1/2 Want a good book for this rainy weekend?
Blending history, folklore, and fantasy? Look no further.
#Folklore #Fantasy #history #HalloweenMood

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Book Trailer - The Lure of Water and Wood by Helen Lundström Erwin

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 4d

Open enrollment for the free HNS-NYC Beta Reader Program continues. Our first author-reader matches will happen THIS WEEKEND.

@hns-nyc-chapter.bsky.social @hnsnorthamerica.bsky.social #Readers #Authors

HNS-NYC Chapter @hns-nyc-chapter.bsky.social · 14d

Authors & Readers of Historical Fiction: Let's Get Connected

The Beta Reader Program is open to authors of historical fiction (unpublished, traditionally published, self-published, independently published, or hybrid published) across the globe. There is no fee. Sign up at forms.gle/VgvRaNQaqso2...

HNS-NYC Beta Reader Program - Application

The Historical Novel Society defines historical fiction in the following way: "There are a variety of ways to define the genre of historical fiction and provide a scope for novels which fit within th...

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 5d

She was so beautiful! Ethereal really, and once they spotted her it was impossible not to follow her into the woods. By then it was too late, she had you. She was Rå, Skogsrå, Skogsfru.
Rå, Forest Rå, Forest Wife.

#FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social #SwedishFolklore

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 5d

Join us at #TheForemothersCafe on #ENGAGEXR for a conversation with @keithcchan.bsky.social about our oldest known foremother. Did you know that we ALL have the same foremother? Yes, all of us. Our mothers' lineage. mother, grandmother, great-grandmother....

Thursday October 23rd at 7 pm

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 6d

Join my friend and fellow @hns-nyc-chapter.bsky.social steering committee member Loretta Goldberg at NYPL Riverside Branch on October 25.
Loretta is an amazing writer! If you're in NYC, don't miss this!

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 7d

7/7 I've spun all of this history into my Epic Historical Novel, The Lure of Water and Wood
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The Lure of Water and Wood

The Lure of Water and Wood - Kindle edition by Lundström Erwin, Helen. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Lure of Water and Wood.

www.amazon.com

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 7d

6/7

@folkloresociety.bsky.social @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social @wyrdfolkpod.bsky.social @wyrdscience.bsky.social @thefolklorepress.bsky.social @thefolkarchive.bsky.social @folkloretwitcher.bsky.social@folkloretodmorden.bsky.social

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 7d

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In the 16th century, Näcken was known to wear too much fanciful make-up and was often seen at the same time as God sent strange heavenly bodies across the sky, like comets.

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 7d

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In the 17th century this was not folklore. It was dead serious. Literally.
The church and the local village courts were involved, as were the supreme courts, and people were executed.

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 7d

3/7In the 18th century the Swedish legal system and the scientific community spent time investigating cases where Näcken was told to have caused all kinds of havoc, strange sudden deaths, or broken engagements.

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 7d

2/7 In the 19th century, encountering Näcken was a frightening thought and women sewed in a piece of steel in their clothing to protect themselves from him. Even a steel hairpin could protect you. Näcken was known to pull you into the river and drown you.

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 7d

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Folklore changes with the times, evolving through the centuries. In Sweden in modern times we might joke that someone who plays irresistible music must have a bit of Näcken in him.

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 7d

They're gorgeous and enchanting. I've seen many of them in my homeland Sweden, but not so many here in the US.

Folkloring Podcast @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social · 7d

Some fairy ring lore I have not heard before www.almanac.com/magic-fairy-... #folklore #superstition #fairyring #witchesring #bison #folkloring #fungi #mycelium #fairies #fairy #fae

The Magic of Fairy Rings: What They Are and How They Form

Discover the mystery behind fairy rings—those perfect circles of mushrooms that spark both scientific curiosity and centuries of folklore. Learn what causes them and the legends they’ve inspired aroun...

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you to everyone who came celebrate The Foremothers Cafe's 2 year anniversary on ENGAGE. You have become like family. It's the power of the Metaverse. Connection and friendship.
This community exists because of you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being a part of it. 🩷

Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 10d

Join us at The Foremothers Cafe on #ENGAGE to celebrate 2 years of having our home on their amazing platform!

#HistoryInVR #VirtualReality #TheForemothersCafe

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 15d

I just listened to this. Amazing conversation.

Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 18d

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The Lure of Water and Wood

The Lure of Water and Wood - Kindle edition by Lundström Erwin, Helen. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Lure of Water and Wood.

www.amazon.com

Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 18d

2/3 What had he been thinking? It might lead to her death.

The Lure of Water and Wood to find out. Historical fantasy inspired by actual events, folklore heresy trials.

@folkloringpodcast.bsky.social @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social @thefolklorepress.bsky.social @wyrdfolkpod.bsky.social

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 18d

1/3 It was just a little locket. Näcken found it in the river. There was a little portrait in it, but it floated away. He brought the locket home to his wife.
It was a mistake.
#FolkloreThursday
#Folklore #SwedishFolklore #Näcken #thelureofwaterandwood

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 20d

Folkore writing in the 1800's. That sounds amazing.
Lovely to connect.

Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 23d

Oh, I hadn't heard that before!

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Helen Lundström Erwin @helenerwin.bsky.social · 25d

Oh wait! It's NOT Thursday today. And here I was posting about #FolkloreThursday 😱 Oh well, hello on Freya Friday as well then.
#SwedishFolklore #FreyaFriday