Kerria
@kerria.bsky.social
Writer of Mystery and Folklore. TBA: Folkish Podcast. Host: #BookChatWeekly & #BookologyThursday #SCBWI #SINC KerriaSeabrooke.com IMDB: bit.ly/3ZXjiu1
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Kerria
@kerria.bsky.social
· Jul 18
Gargoyles, grotesques, and corbels reading books are my favorites.
#FolkloreSunday
In The Nutcracker ballet, the Mouse King is a formidable creature often depicted with seven heads, mimicking the rare phenomenon of a Rat King, which occurs when multiple rat tails become inextricably entangled.
My website: bit.ly/3XY68Mx
In The Nutcracker ballet, the Mouse King is a formidable creature often depicted with seven heads, mimicking the rare phenomenon of a Rat King, which occurs when multiple rat tails become inextricably entangled.
My website: bit.ly/3XY68Mx
November 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#FolkloreSunday
In The Nutcracker ballet, the Mouse King is a formidable creature often depicted with seven heads, mimicking the rare phenomenon of a Rat King, which occurs when multiple rat tails become inextricably entangled.
My website: bit.ly/3XY68Mx
In The Nutcracker ballet, the Mouse King is a formidable creature often depicted with seven heads, mimicking the rare phenomenon of a Rat King, which occurs when multiple rat tails become inextricably entangled.
My website: bit.ly/3XY68Mx
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"A sad tale's best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins"
("The Winter's Tale")
🎨 Frederick Sandys "Perdita" (1866)
#shakespearesunday
("The Winter's Tale")
🎨 Frederick Sandys "Perdita" (1866)
#shakespearesunday
November 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"A sad tale's best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins"
("The Winter's Tale")
🎨 Frederick Sandys "Perdita" (1866)
#shakespearesunday
("The Winter's Tale")
🎨 Frederick Sandys "Perdita" (1866)
#shakespearesunday
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Magic, tall tales and #Yulefolklore
A story a day – told over the holidays, until 6 January.
So, come, gather around the fireplace and listen to dark seasonal tales of trolls, witches & other things that go bump in the Winter!
Find the link for today’s first tale in the comments
🎨Hannah Ward
A story a day – told over the holidays, until 6 January.
So, come, gather around the fireplace and listen to dark seasonal tales of trolls, witches & other things that go bump in the Winter!
Find the link for today’s first tale in the comments
🎨Hannah Ward
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Magic, tall tales and #Yulefolklore
A story a day – told over the holidays, until 6 January.
So, come, gather around the fireplace and listen to dark seasonal tales of trolls, witches & other things that go bump in the Winter!
Find the link for today’s first tale in the comments
🎨Hannah Ward
A story a day – told over the holidays, until 6 January.
So, come, gather around the fireplace and listen to dark seasonal tales of trolls, witches & other things that go bump in the Winter!
Find the link for today’s first tale in the comments
🎨Hannah Ward
Crusader Ghost (1916)
illustration by Frank Dadd
from the book ‘Old Christmas’
by Washington Irving (1783-1859)
#PhantomsFriday
illustration by Frank Dadd
from the book ‘Old Christmas’
by Washington Irving (1783-1859)
#PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Crusader Ghost (1916)
illustration by Frank Dadd
from the book ‘Old Christmas’
by Washington Irving (1783-1859)
#PhantomsFriday
illustration by Frank Dadd
from the book ‘Old Christmas’
by Washington Irving (1783-1859)
#PhantomsFriday
Anne Boleyn's spectral carriage is said to race past Blickling Hall every May 19th. At Hever Castle, her ghost is seen gliding over the River Eden bridge on Christmas Eve and under the oak tree where she and Henry VIll once courted.
art by Barrie Morris #PhantomsFriday
art by Barrie Morris #PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anne Boleyn's spectral carriage is said to race past Blickling Hall every May 19th. At Hever Castle, her ghost is seen gliding over the River Eden bridge on Christmas Eve and under the oak tree where she and Henry VIll once courted.
art by Barrie Morris #PhantomsFriday
art by Barrie Morris #PhantomsFriday
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Thank you for your delightful posts, dear Bibliophiles!
See you next week on #BookologyThursday✨
art by Taryn Knight
See you next week on #BookologyThursday✨
art by Taryn Knight
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Thank you for your delightful posts, dear Bibliophiles!
See you next week on #BookologyThursday✨
art by Taryn Knight
See you next week on #BookologyThursday✨
art by Taryn Knight
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From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season today by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Chris Dunn
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Chris Dunn
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season today by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Chris Dunn
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Chris Dunn
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The Blue Bird (L’oiseau Bleu 1697) is a French fairy tale about a cursed prince who is saved by the love of a princess.
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Blue Bird (L’oiseau Bleu 1697) is a French fairy tale about a cursed prince who is saved by the love of a princess.
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
The Blue Bird (L’oiseau Bleu 1697) is a French fairy tale about a cursed prince who is saved by the love of a princess.
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Blue Bird (L’oiseau Bleu 1697) is a French fairy tale about a cursed prince who is saved by the love of a princess.
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
Among its many magical uses, hag stones, witch stones, and fairy stones are known for protecting homes from evil spirits, pigs from swine-fever, milk from turning sour, and sailors from witches clinging to their ships.
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Among its many magical uses, hag stones, witch stones, and fairy stones are known for protecting homes from evil spirits, pigs from swine-fever, milk from turning sour, and sailors from witches clinging to their ships.
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
When black snails cross your path
Black clouds much moisture hath
~Rhyme from Devon
When a snail crossed their path, miners in Devon often avoided bad luck and stormy weather by offering the snail a tiny bite of their meal.
#Folklore #WyrdWednesday
Black clouds much moisture hath
~Rhyme from Devon
When a snail crossed their path, miners in Devon often avoided bad luck and stormy weather by offering the snail a tiny bite of their meal.
#Folklore #WyrdWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When black snails cross your path
Black clouds much moisture hath
~Rhyme from Devon
When a snail crossed their path, miners in Devon often avoided bad luck and stormy weather by offering the snail a tiny bite of their meal.
#Folklore #WyrdWednesday
Black clouds much moisture hath
~Rhyme from Devon
When a snail crossed their path, miners in Devon often avoided bad luck and stormy weather by offering the snail a tiny bite of their meal.
#Folklore #WyrdWednesday
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From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season this week by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
From Scrooge to Krampus to Little Women #BookologyThursday invites you to kick off the festive season this week by sharing:
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
✨FAVORITE HOLIDAY TALES✨
in literature, myth, folklore, and art.
art by Margaryta Yermolayeva
Reposted by Kerria
#bookchatweekly
“'The thing about silent films, Professor Bentley,' Spofforth said slowly, 'is that the speeches of the actors in them are not spoken but written.' He smiled again, gently. 'To be understood, they must be read.'“
✍️Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
“'The thing about silent films, Professor Bentley,' Spofforth said slowly, 'is that the speeches of the actors in them are not spoken but written.' He smiled again, gently. 'To be understood, they must be read.'“
✍️Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
two men standing next to each other with the words if i had any sense i 'd walk out on you below them
ALT: two men standing next to each other with the words if i had any sense i 'd walk out on you below them
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#bookchatweekly
“'The thing about silent films, Professor Bentley,' Spofforth said slowly, 'is that the speeches of the actors in them are not spoken but written.' He smiled again, gently. 'To be understood, they must be read.'“
✍️Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
“'The thing about silent films, Professor Bentley,' Spofforth said slowly, 'is that the speeches of the actors in them are not spoken but written.' He smiled again, gently. 'To be understood, they must be read.'“
✍️Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
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Thank you for your delectable posts, dear Bibliophiles.
See you next week on #BookologyThursday
art by Inga Moore
See you next week on #BookologyThursday
art by Inga Moore
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thank you for your delectable posts, dear Bibliophiles.
See you next week on #BookologyThursday
art by Inga Moore
See you next week on #BookologyThursday
art by Inga Moore
Reposted by Kerria
Join #BookologyThursday today as we celebrate our theme:
✨FOODS, FEASTS & FESTIVALS✨
in literature, art, and lore.
art by Chris Dunn
✨FOODS, FEASTS & FESTIVALS✨
in literature, art, and lore.
art by Chris Dunn
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Join #BookologyThursday today as we celebrate our theme:
✨FOODS, FEASTS & FESTIVALS✨
in literature, art, and lore.
art by Chris Dunn
✨FOODS, FEASTS & FESTIVALS✨
in literature, art, and lore.
art by Chris Dunn
A conspiracy of ravens.
art by Tristan Elwell
art by Tristan Elwell
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A conspiracy of ravens.
art by Tristan Elwell
art by Tristan Elwell
A crow can recall every route it has ever taken... crows are messengers, spies, guides, companions, harbingers of luck, deliverers of trinkets and treasures, tireless in all ways, more loyal than any other man or beast.
~Alice Hoffman
~Alice Hoffman
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A crow can recall every route it has ever taken... crows are messengers, spies, guides, companions, harbingers of luck, deliverers of trinkets and treasures, tireless in all ways, more loyal than any other man or beast.
~Alice Hoffman
~Alice Hoffman
Queen of Fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-1596) is a character lifted from traditional folklore. William Shakespeare borrowed the name 'Titania' from the mythological daughters of Titans in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
art by Arthur Rackham (1908)
#FairyTaleTuesday
art by Arthur Rackham (1908)
#FairyTaleTuesday
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Queen of Fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-1596) is a character lifted from traditional folklore. William Shakespeare borrowed the name 'Titania' from the mythological daughters of Titans in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
art by Arthur Rackham (1908)
#FairyTaleTuesday
art by Arthur Rackham (1908)
#FairyTaleTuesday
We climbed, he first and I behind, until though a small round opening ahead of us, I saw the lovely things the heavens hold, and we came out to see once more the stars.
~Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy (1308-1320)
~Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy (1308-1320)
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We climbed, he first and I behind, until though a small round opening ahead of us, I saw the lovely things the heavens hold, and we came out to see once more the stars.
~Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy (1308-1320)
~Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy (1308-1320)
I’d like to apply for the job of Bookshop Cat.
art by Emily Paquin
art by Emily Paquin
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’d like to apply for the job of Bookshop Cat.
art by Emily Paquin
art by Emily Paquin
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If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way.
~Nichiren Daishonin
~Nichiren Daishonin
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way.
~Nichiren Daishonin
~Nichiren Daishonin
If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way.
~Nichiren Daishonin
~Nichiren Daishonin
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way.
~Nichiren Daishonin
~Nichiren Daishonin
When a frog appears on your doorstep after a rain, it is believed to represent good luck and prosperity. Some say it is a sign of a new family member soon to arrive in your home.
#Folklore
#Folklore
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When a frog appears on your doorstep after a rain, it is believed to represent good luck and prosperity. Some say it is a sign of a new family member soon to arrive in your home.
#Folklore
#Folklore
We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.
~Daphne du Maurier
#PhantomsFriday #Bookchatweekly
~Daphne du Maurier
#PhantomsFriday #Bookchatweekly
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.
~Daphne du Maurier
#PhantomsFriday #Bookchatweekly
~Daphne du Maurier
#PhantomsFriday #Bookchatweekly