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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

1/ Inspired by the pioneering work of the Brothers Grimm, a multitude of scholars researched and collected German folk tales. There were hundreds of collections published in the 19th century alone - all are in the public domain, and many are available as free digital downloads from this links […]

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas.bsky.social · 2d

Roger Lancelyn Green wrote children's adaptations of numerous myth cycles, including Greek, Norse, King Arthur, and Robin Hood. He liked to draw on obscure sources, such as Danish medieval histories and Faroe Islands legends for the Norse or minor ballads and plays for Robin Hood.
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Starry Time Podcast @starrytimepod.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy · 2d

#mythologymonday -- I have so many favorite mythology-themed books!

Here are 2 that share the theme of what "heroes" leave behind and who they are to the people around them:

🗡️ The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood ( […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

2/ I've visited the Harzs several times in recent years, and Pröhle's work was a faithful companion on these visits. Here are a few of the tales I have translated from the region - covering dwarves, ghosts, Pokémon, witches, ambulatory wall clocks, evil stags, cannibal bandits, and more! […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

1/ The Harz Mountains are not particularly high by German standards, but they rise prominently from the northern plains and mark the transition to the German Middle Mountains. And they are prominent in German folklore too, thanks to their rich body of miners' legends and the infamous Brocken […]

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neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy @neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

#mythologymonday: In `Legendary Ireland: A Journey through Celtic Places and Myths` author Eithne Massey presents 28 richly atmospheric sites and tells the mythological stories associated with them. Meet famous characters of #celtic lore, such as CúChulainn, the Children of Lír and Queen Medb.

Legendary Ireland - A Journey through Celtic Places and Myths, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

2/ Here are some of his tales which I have translated. They range from mountain demons and miracle doctors, the "Blessed Maidens" that guard the chamois, to horrible spider monsters and altar bread used as a black magic cybernetic implant […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

1/ The mountain landscapes of Tyrol hide a lot of folk tales, and there are a lot of collections showcasing them. My favorite among these is "Mythen und Sagen Tirols" by Johann Nepomuk von Alpenburg. Not because it's the most scholarly or comprehensive, but because the author makes sure to […]

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neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy @neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

#mythologymonday: With `Ireland: People and Places - A Celebration of Ireland's Cutural Heritage` Ireland's leading folklorist Daithi O hOgain takes readers on a journey from the Blackstairs Mountains to Killybegs, from horse markets in County Cork to a grand […]

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Ireland_People and Places - A Celebration of Ireland's Cutural Heritage, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 2d

"There would be a day—there must be a day—when he would come back to Gramayre with a new Round Table which had no corners, just as the world had none—a table without boundaries between the nations who would sit to feast there. The hope of making it would lie in culture." #MythologyMonday

A modern cover for T.H. White's The Once and Future King, with a fun quote praising it by Ursula le Guinn

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 2d

"I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another." Madeline Miller's Circe is an retelling of the life of Greek myth's most famous witch, through love, turmoil, and the struggles of immortality. #MythologyMonday

The cover of Circe: A Novel by Madeline Miller. Circe is bronze, staring at the reader in the style of an ancient Greek stucco, either braids of laurels on the side of her crowned head. There are quotes about how good it is and Madeline Miller also wrote Song of Achilles.

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

2/ Strackerjan collects his tales by topic, which is always greatly appreciated by researchers like me. His accounts of "walriders" were especially fascinating - "night hag"-type spirits who come from England in order to "ride" German men and women at night.

Here are a few tales from his […]

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

1/ An important work that I have come to appreciate is the two-volume "Aberglaube und Sagen aus dem Herzogthum Oldenburg" by Ludwig Strackerjan, since it covers the region where I live. It is one thing to read about folk tales in books, but another one to visit the places where they allegedly […]

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neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy @neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

#mythologymonday: Here`s a review of Graham Robb’s `The Ancient Paths –Discovering The Lost Map of #celtic Europe`: `Rigorously field-tested by its sceptical author, who observes drily that “anyone who writes about Druids and mysteriously coordinated […]

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The Ancient Paths –Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe, Graham Robb, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 2d

'Mother and Daughter' - Yamada Keichu, ca. 1897.
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A mother and daughter sit at a table reading together. The child is holding an open book.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 2d

'Ochie of Koiseya Teahouse' - Kitagawa Utamaro, originally Edo period, but reprinted later.
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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 2d

My final book recommendations for today's #MythologyMonday are for anyone looking for Japanese folktales. The first book by Yei Theodora Ozaki is a collection of the most well-known Japanese tales and the second book by Keisuke Nishimoto is a larger collection containing many lesser known tales.

Two books, Japanese Folktales has an illustration of Kintaro on the cover, Strange Tales from Japan has a ghostly figure on the front.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 2d

My next #MythologyMonday book recommendation is 'The Book of Japanese Folklore' by Thersa Matsuura (@uncannyjapan.bsky.social). It introduces a collection of yokai with Thersa's wonderful storytelling and gorgeous illustrations by Michelle Wang. She's also got a #yokai oracle deck on the way.

Front cover of 'The Book of Japanese Folklore'

Illustration of a white nine-tailed fix and red torii in a forest.

Illustration of a tengu, winged being with long red nose.

Open page of book with text about bakeneko and nekomata and illustration to match.

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

1/ The most important work in German folklore research is "Deutsche Sagen" - the _other_ two-volume collection of German folk tales by the Brothers Grimm, which has been unfairly eclipsed by their fairy tale collection.

It's neither the first nor necessarily the "best" German folk tale […]