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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

That's the end of another #FolkloreThursday 🔥🎃🌙

Today's theme was folklore of Ghosts, Monsters, and All Things Spooky! This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you the best Spooktober ever 🍁

1883 Bernard Gillam - Gambling with death

A detail from a colour magazine or newspaper illustration. A man in a top hat is smoking a cigar while seated at a table. A skeletal ghost-like figure in white robes is rolling dice from a cup and standing over the man while pointing to the table, which is shaped like a coffin.

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for having me Willow! Happy October to you too! I know it's a favourite for both of us 🎃

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · 6d

A well-known American legend claims blues musician Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil on the crossroads at midnight -- for musical genius and fame.

Remembered as the godfather of rock music, Johnson died at 27 years old #FolkloreThursday

Digital painting for an art class two yrs ago.

A digital painting recreating a black and white photograph of blues musician Robert Johnson in browns and blues. He is seated wearing a suit, tie, and hat while holding a guitar and smiling.

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🎃

Huge thanks to Crystal @crystalponti.bsky.social for being our host before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your crypt keeper for the next one hour.

Today's theme is "Ghosts, Monsters, & All Things Spooky!" 👀

1898 Josef Mandl 🌙

A 19th Century painting showing a graveyard scene at night. There are several gravestones and disorganized plots and trees. A partly open grave is in the foreground with a shovel laying across it. A luminescent-cloaked apparition is standing behind it and looking down into the ground. Though it is bright, the details of the person are not apparent.

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you haven’t before, you should jump into the rabbit hole of the artist Pamela Colman Smith. She was a really cool woman. Involved with folklore and mysticism. Fascinated by her really.

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you for having me! I'm already excited for our October session. It will be epic 🎃

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Many Tarot readers interpret The Star card as connecting to the universe, creation, and divine guidance. Stars also appear on The Chariot card, on The Empress’s crown, and in The Hermit’s lantern. As pentacles, they have their own suit #FolkloreThursday

1909 Pamela Coleman Smith (colour U.S. Games)

Card illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith for A. E. Waite’s tarot deck. It shows an old man with a long beard and a long grey cloak with a hood on it. The background is plain blue sky. He looks to be standing on a snowy mountain peak. He has a walking staff and is holding a lantern with a star in it. At the bottom it says “The Hermit.”

Card illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith for A. E. Waite’s tarot deck. The card shows a beautiful and regal woman seated on a throne holding up a sceptre. She has a crown with twelve stars on it. Grain grows in front of her and a forest with a river is behind her. At the bottom of the card it says, "The Empress."

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hello everyone and happy #FolkloreThursday ✨🌛✨

Thank you to @crystalponti.bsky.social for hosting before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social and I will be your folklore host for the next one hour.

Today's theme is "The Folklore of the Stars and Skies"

1872 Eleanor Vere Boyle

A tiny fairy woman is riding a songbird in flight. In the background is a body of water with an island visible and the far shore. In the foreground beneath her are white flowers and ivy with several other fairies looking up at her.

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · Aug 12

Dates for the Diary!
The next hosted #FolkloreThursday dates and themes are as follows:
Thur 4th September: Folklore of the Stars, Skies and Heavens
Thur 2nd October: Folklore of Ghosts, the Supernatural, and all things Spooky!

Painting, The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh. a painting of a deep blue night sky filled with swirling white clouds, yellow stars, and a yellow crescent moon over a stylized village nestled in the midst of some hills.

Missouri History Museum. Halloween postcard, with text "A Merry Halloween" at the top in capitals, with three figures made from pumpkins below. Each has a pumpkin body and a carved pumpkin for a head. Two are smiling, the one on the right is frowning.

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Jul 3

Maybe there is something to it 😅

Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks for having me Willow! I hope you have a great evening there as well ☺️

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thanks to you too 🐉

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · Jul 3

That's the end of another #FolkloreThursday 🐉

Today's theme was "Folklore of Travel, Journeys, and Holidays." This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you good luck on the path ✨

19th Century Albert Schindler poster

19th Century poster by Albert Schindler says Voyage Round the World at the top. A complex graphic design image shows Earth on the horizon coming out of the ocean with two large ships on either side of the poster with several world flags on the edges. In the foreground is a train crossing the poster.

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Jul 3

When travelling, protection against the Evil Eye is needed. Cast by an envious gaze or supernatural being, the curse of misfortune is both ancient & contemporary and spans many cultures. Glass eye beads are popular protective amulets #FolkloreThursday

1911 Poster Detail and 1925 Vancouver Province

A detail from a retro poster showing a large eye drawn in gold and black with a blue sky and gold stars behind it. The eye has points coming from all sides or it suggesting it is illuminated.

Newspaper clipping from 1925 titled "The Spell of the Evil Eye Still Has Its Foundations in Antiquity"

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · Jul 3

Welcome aboard #FolkloreThursday ✨🚋 🐉

Huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for hosting before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social and I'll be your host for the next one hour.

Today's theme is "Folklore of Travel, Journeys, and Holidays"

1584 map detail by Abrahm Ortelius

A colour illustration of a map detail showing Triton and Sirene in the Mediterranean Sea from above. Land can be seen on the edges.

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Jul 1

We are having another Art Jam Night on Thursday July 3rd, at 7 pm at the Drake in Victoria. Anyone who sees this is welcome to join us.

Either sign up on Meetup, or message me directly (a few people confirmed who don't use the Meetup app).

www.meetup.com/boho-victori...

#Victora #DrinkandDraw

Art Jam Night at the Drake, Thu, Jul 3, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Sketch, paint, or just doodle, at our monthly drink and draw like event open to everyone, including first time artists and non drinkers. Please sign up on Meetup if you ha

www.meetup.com

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Jun 12

Nice! Especially the intersection of witches and sea lore I bet 🌊 Thank you for having me Willow! I always enjoy being here.

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Jun 12

A phantom ship is the spirit of a destroyed vessel. A ghost ship, on the other hand, is an unmanned craft adrift at sea. Ships can also be haunted, “hoodooed” (have bad luck), or may even be favoured by benevolent beings #FolkloreThursday

1882 from Arctic Adventures by William Henry Giles Kingston

An old colour illustration shows a large shadowy ship. Several people are standing on a rocky shore watching it approach. The large caption at the bottom says, “The Phantom Ship”

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · Jun 12

Ahoy there #FolkloreThursday 🌊

A huge thank you to @crystalponti.bsky.social for hosting before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social and I will be your sea captain for the next hour.

Today's theme is "Folklore of the Sea and Oceans" 🧜‍♀️☠️🦈

1562 (sometimes 1555) Olaus Magnus

A coloured woodcut shows two witches on the shore controlling a storm. Three animals are on land near them. A ship is broken in the water and three people are in the ocean, probably in trouble. A crescent moon is above the clouds and rain.

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · Jun 5

We are having another Art Jam Night tomorrow, Thursday June 5th, at 7 pm at the Drake in Victoria! Anyone who sees this is welcome to join.

Either sign up on Meetup, or message me directly (seven people confirmed who don't use the Meetup app).

Art Jam Night
www.meetup.com/boho-victori...

Art Jam Night at the Drake, Thu, Jun 5, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

Sketch, paint, or just doodle, at a drink and draw like event open to everyone, including first time artists and non drinkers. Please sign up on Meetup if you have not com

www.meetup.com

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · May 12

So nice to find them 🤩

Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · May 9

I hope you do! I've only seen them a couple of times. My eye was drawn to them as something unusual 😊

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · May 8

Nice to see you all! Thank you for having me Willow 😊

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · May 8

I believe they need to be in the forest. Ghost pipe is said to feed off of fungi symbiotic with certain tree species. If you manage to pull this off I'd love to see it!

Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · May 8

Ghost Plant is also known as Ghost Pipe, Corpse Plant, Fairy Pipe and Indian Pipe. The parasitic flower is associated with wolves in Coast Salish culture. Europeans with the ghost world. A folk remedy claims it can heal a broken heart after the death of a loved one #FolkloreThursday

A photo I took

A photograph I took of the plant sometimes called ghost pipe. This is a close up of the semi transparent and white plant with cedar and pine cones on the ground around it.

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