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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 12h

Katashiro is a form of substitution in Japanese magic, often a paper or wooden doll used in the place of a person. While they can be used to purify a person or a ritual too intense for the body on the doll, they can also be used to harm #LegendaryWednesday

🖼: Inkstuff

Inkstuff's depiction of several Katashiro, vaguely human-shaped folded pieces of paper with an inverted pentagram on its center, all flying around while black spots of ink sit all over the page.

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 11h

Kuilong, a one-footed dragon-like creature, dances through early Chinese mythology and art with quiet power.
Unlike typical dragons, its lone foot marks it as otherworldly, a symbol of imbalance made sacred. This unique form appears in ancient decorative motifs, especially on 1/2

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 21h

🐦SWEETS TO MAKE THE WAGTAILS SING🎶

As the famous saying goes, "hana yori dango" (花より団子), "dumplings more than flowers" (substance over style)...but why not combine them?

Flower-inspired sweets dazzle in early autumn, shortly before the swallows depart.
#wagashi #和菓子

'Suimen-no-tsuki', a pale yellow sweet inspired by moonlight reflected on water.

Sonyo-in's spectacularly colourful ceiling, filled with images of butterflies.

A red and blue jellied sweet inspired by artist Kitawaki Noboru's (北脇昇 1901-1951) painting the 'greater henbit' (ホトケノザ).

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 15h

In Chinese mythology, Sun Wukong, also known as Monkey King, is a legendary figure and one of the main characters in the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West. Born from a magical stone, he possessed immense strength and supernatural abilities, including shapeshifting.
#WyrdWednesday
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A monkey dressed in robes and boots holding a staff.

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Solivagant @wanderingsag.bsky.social · 13h

Sunrise at Stonehenge today (8th October) was at 7.16am, sunset is at 6.29pm

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Joganben💙👽🧿🔮🐒✌🕊 @joganben.bsky.social · 13h

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#kpop #kpopdemonhunters

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H e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 1d

#Photography Jumy-M
Self Portrait / 夢見る少女とわたし

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Liv Kennedy @livkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

It’s time I grow up and come to terms with the fact that KPop Demon Hunters is now a pillar of my personality

two cartoon characters are standing next to each other and one is wearing a pink hoodie and the other is wearing a yellow hat

ALT: two cartoon characters are standing next to each other and one is wearing a pink hoodie and the other is wearing a yellow hat

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zara🐛🏳️‍🌈 @osnapitszara.bsky.social · 3d

they put crack in the kpop demon hunters soundtrack fr

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PJ 🇮🇪☘️ @knotweed-ireland.bsky.social · 1d

Harvest Moon through the clouds tonight (October 7th) #Moon #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography

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XingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 1d

Among ancient Chinese literati, admiring plum blossoms was more than pastime. It was poetry in practice.
In Tang Dynasty #folklore, a tale from the Sui era captures this reverence. Zhao Shixiong, visiting Fuluo Mountain, dreamt of drinking wine with a graceful woman 1/2
#folklore #painting

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Save The Hellfire @savethehellfire.bsky.social · 1d

Sika deer at the Hellfire #sunrise #wildlife #goodmorning

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 1d

🌝🎑MOON VIEWING🥮👀

Wadaiko (和太鼓) under the full moon at Matsuno'o Taisha (松尾大社)🎑🥁

#moonviewing #お月見 #Kyoto #京都 #MatsunooTaisha #松尾大社 #taiko #wadaiko #和太鼓 #harvestmoon #fullmoon #Japan

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn colour this morning here in Glastonbury.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 1d

'Two Rabbits in the Moonlight' - Imao Keinen, ca. 1930s.
#FullMoon #shinhanga #JapaneseArt

Two white rabbits beside water, tall grass and flowers in the foreground and a full moon in the sky above.

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PJ 🇮🇪☘️ @knotweed-ireland.bsky.social · 2d

Sunset Ireland (October 6th) Cam 1 - Still Shot [Wide Angle] (View of Mt. Mary, Galway) #Sunset #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #SkyScape #Photography

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Gaelynn Lea @gaelynnlea.bsky.social · 2d

Gaelynn Lea is the guest keynote speaker and performer at the Music on Tap series of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.

Join us if you can, 7:00 pm on October 11, 2025, at Weatherwax Hall (215 W. Michigan Ave, Jackson, MI)

Details here: www.disabilityconnect.org/the-inclusio...

Image description: an announcement with a background shaded with brown and gray and the picture of Gaelynn sitting in her wheelchair. She has brown hair with a red flower barrette and is wearing a white dress with a yolk of circular Black and white flowers. She is holding her violin and bow. The announcement reads: ‘Experimental Folk 10/11/25 featuring Gaelynn Lea in partnership with disAbility Connections’

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Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History @bcricciinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

Today we celebrate the birthday of our namesake, Fr. Matteo Ricci 利瑪竇, S.J. (Oct. 6, 1552-May 11, 1610). Happy Birthday, Fr. Ricci!

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Save The Hellfire @savethehellfire.bsky.social · 2d

What a start to the week! #sunrise #MondayMotivation #weather #GoodMorning

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The FolkLore Press @thefolklorepress.bsky.social · 2d

#NationalBadgerDay

"Tom was telling an absurd story about badgers and their queer ways" ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Badger-folk were creatures of legend mentioned by Tolkien, but nothing is known of their origin

#Tolkien #TheHobbit #badgers
art: Richard Svensson