Terri Elizabeth Reid
@terrielizabethr.bsky.social
Speaker, performer, FRSA & member Folklore Society, Historical Association, Dickens Fellowship, Museum Volunteer. History, Folklore, Gothic, Uncanny Landscapes
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#WyrdWednesday Jurate is a Lithuanian goddess who falls in love with a fisherman. They live in her amber palace under the waves until her father sends a thunderbolt to kill the fisherman. Baltic amber may be pieces of the broken palace, or the tears of the grief stricken Jurate Art: JW Waterhouse
February 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#WyrdWednesday Jurate is a Lithuanian goddess who falls in love with a fisherman. They live in her amber palace under the waves until her father sends a thunderbolt to kill the fisherman. Baltic amber may be pieces of the broken palace, or the tears of the grief stricken Jurate Art: JW Waterhouse
#BookWormSat "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" JRR Tolkien
Image: John Everett Millais #BookologyThursday #LOTR
Image: John Everett Millais #BookologyThursday #LOTR
December 14, 2024 at 2:27 PM
#BookWormSat "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" JRR Tolkien
Image: John Everett Millais #BookologyThursday #LOTR
Image: John Everett Millais #BookologyThursday #LOTR
#FolkyFriday The guttering of a candle was once seen as an indication of spirits nearby, and a candle going out suddenly as an omen. When gaslights replaced candles, the hallucinogenic gases given off might have contributed to the increase in the Victorian interest in spiritualism.
December 13, 2024 at 3:05 PM
#FolkyFriday The guttering of a candle was once seen as an indication of spirits nearby, and a candle going out suddenly as an omen. When gaslights replaced candles, the hallucinogenic gases given off might have contributed to the increase in the Victorian interest in spiritualism.
#WyrdWednesday "I give you the light of Eärendil our most beloved star. May it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out." #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #BookologyThursday
Img: Evelyn De Morgan: Lux in Tenebris
Img: Evelyn De Morgan: Lux in Tenebris
December 11, 2024 at 8:26 PM
#WyrdWednesday "I give you the light of Eärendil our most beloved star. May it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out." #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #BookologyThursday
Img: Evelyn De Morgan: Lux in Tenebris
Img: Evelyn De Morgan: Lux in Tenebris
#LegendaryWednesday The Snow Queen of Hans Christian Anderson's story is cold, heartless, reigns over an eternal winter and freezes Kai's heart with a kiss. Some suggest that she was inspired by Anderson's unrequited love for "The Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind #BookologyThursday
December 4, 2024 at 5:27 PM
#LegendaryWednesday The Snow Queen of Hans Christian Anderson's story is cold, heartless, reigns over an eternal winter and freezes Kai's heart with a kiss. Some suggest that she was inspired by Anderson's unrequited love for "The Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind #BookologyThursday
#WyrdWednesday In mid 19C Devon, after a heavy snowfall, "devil's footprints" appeared in the snowy landscape over a wide area. Possible explanations discussed included an escaped kangaroo! Strangely these cloven hoofprints appeared again in Devon 150 yrs later. Art by John Everett Millais
December 4, 2024 at 4:48 PM
#WyrdWednesday In mid 19C Devon, after a heavy snowfall, "devil's footprints" appeared in the snowy landscape over a wide area. Possible explanations discussed included an escaped kangaroo! Strangely these cloven hoofprints appeared again in Devon 150 yrs later. Art by John Everett Millais
#BookWormSat "That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been"
Charles Dickens Great Expectations
Img: Great Expectations 1946 John Mills & Valerie Hobson
Charles Dickens Great Expectations
Img: Great Expectations 1946 John Mills & Valerie Hobson
November 30, 2024 at 3:49 PM
#BookWormSat "That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been"
Charles Dickens Great Expectations
Img: Great Expectations 1946 John Mills & Valerie Hobson
Charles Dickens Great Expectations
Img: Great Expectations 1946 John Mills & Valerie Hobson
#FolkyFriday Holda is the ancient Germanic goddess of winter. The White Lady, she brings frost and the first falls of snow and was honoured by a midwinter festival. She is associated with domestic skills such as spinning and weaving, and is a Goddess of witchcraft. Img: Elisabeth Sonrel: L'Hiver
November 29, 2024 at 2:12 PM
#FolkyFriday Holda is the ancient Germanic goddess of winter. The White Lady, she brings frost and the first falls of snow and was honoured by a midwinter festival. She is associated with domestic skills such as spinning and weaving, and is a Goddess of witchcraft. Img: Elisabeth Sonrel: L'Hiver
#BookologyThursday Grip the Raven was a favourite pet of Charles Dickens and featured in Barnaby Rudge. Grip could talk & would terrorise the Dickens children, and visitors, by biting ankles. When Grip died Dickens had him mounted in a case.Grip may have inspired Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven #Dickens
November 28, 2024 at 11:43 AM
#BookologyThursday Grip the Raven was a favourite pet of Charles Dickens and featured in Barnaby Rudge. Grip could talk & would terrorise the Dickens children, and visitors, by biting ankles. When Grip died Dickens had him mounted in a case.Grip may have inspired Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven #Dickens
#WyrdWednesday In Arthurian myth the Green Knight challenges Sir Gawain. Dressed in green with green skin & hair, he may represent the Green Man or Cernunnos. He was the King's loyal man before being enchanted by Morgan Le Fay to cause mayhem for Arthur. Img: La Belle Dame Sans Mercy, Frank Dicksee
November 27, 2024 at 2:28 PM
#WyrdWednesday In Arthurian myth the Green Knight challenges Sir Gawain. Dressed in green with green skin & hair, he may represent the Green Man or Cernunnos. He was the King's loyal man before being enchanted by Morgan Le Fay to cause mayhem for Arthur. Img: La Belle Dame Sans Mercy, Frank Dicksee
#MythologyMonday One of the mummy boards acquired by @BritishMuseum is known as "The Unlucky Mummy". Those who brought it to London, museum staff & visitors have suffered misfortune after contact with it. The spirt of the mummy was even said to use a secret tunnel to Holborn tube for nefarious acts
November 25, 2024 at 1:51 PM
#MythologyMonday One of the mummy boards acquired by @BritishMuseum is known as "The Unlucky Mummy". Those who brought it to London, museum staff & visitors have suffered misfortune after contact with it. The spirt of the mummy was even said to use a secret tunnel to Holborn tube for nefarious acts
#FolkyFriday Eos is the bright Greek goddess of dawn who opens the gates of heaven each morning for the rising sun. In Roman myth she is Aurora & in Lithuanian mythology She is Ausrine, Morning Star & Mother of the winds. Eos by Evelyn De Morgan, Vivien Leigh as Aurora (NPG)
November 22, 2024 at 2:46 PM
#FolkyFriday Eos is the bright Greek goddess of dawn who opens the gates of heaven each morning for the rising sun. In Roman myth she is Aurora & in Lithuanian mythology She is Ausrine, Morning Star & Mother of the winds. Eos by Evelyn De Morgan, Vivien Leigh as Aurora (NPG)
#LegendaryWednesday The book of the Marvels of India details the travels and memories of a Persian sea captain. The book talks of a place called Ternarayin in the mountains where there are shadowy gardens and magical markets where only Djinn can trade their enchanted goods #bookchatweekly
November 20, 2024 at 5:38 PM
#LegendaryWednesday The book of the Marvels of India details the travels and memories of a Persian sea captain. The book talks of a place called Ternarayin in the mountains where there are shadowy gardens and magical markets where only Djinn can trade their enchanted goods #bookchatweekly
#WyrdWednesday The Norse Sun Goddess Sol rides a chariot across the sky each day, pulled by magnificent horses, bringing light and hope. She is pursued every day by the dreadful wolf who will catch her and kill her during Ragnarok. She is linked to the Baltic Goddess Saule who weeps tears of amber
November 20, 2024 at 2:35 PM
#WyrdWednesday The Norse Sun Goddess Sol rides a chariot across the sky each day, pulled by magnificent horses, bringing light and hope. She is pursued every day by the dreadful wolf who will catch her and kill her during Ragnarok. She is linked to the Baltic Goddess Saule who weeps tears of amber
#MythologyMonday The Hannah Courtoy Mausoleum in Brompton Cemetery is said to have been designed by an egyptologist and an inventor, rumoured to have discovered the secrets of time travel. Urban myth holds that it's a time machine or a portal to a cemetery in Paris. Apparently no key exists for it
November 18, 2024 at 5:26 PM
#MythologyMonday The Hannah Courtoy Mausoleum in Brompton Cemetery is said to have been designed by an egyptologist and an inventor, rumoured to have discovered the secrets of time travel. Urban myth holds that it's a time machine or a portal to a cemetery in Paris. Apparently no key exists for it
#FolkloreSunday #favouritechildhoodfolklore Under enchantment, The Lady of Shalott cannot leave her tower & sees the world only through a mirror. But As Lancelot passes, she falls in love & leaves the tower knowing "the curse is come upon me" Poem: Alfred Lord Tennyson. Art: John William Waterhouse
November 17, 2024 at 2:28 PM
#FolkloreSunday #favouritechildhoodfolklore Under enchantment, The Lady of Shalott cannot leave her tower & sees the world only through a mirror. But As Lancelot passes, she falls in love & leaves the tower knowing "the curse is come upon me" Poem: Alfred Lord Tennyson. Art: John William Waterhouse
November 16, 2024 at 10:47 AM
#FolkyFriday Never listen to the song of the fae or watch them dancing. If drawn in, you may not return at all or may find yourself returned out of your time. Fatigue in young people was sometimes ascribed to being lured from bed to join the revels with the fair ones. Art:Edward Robert Hughes
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November 15, 2024 at 4:27 PM
#FolkyFriday Never listen to the song of the fae or watch them dancing. If drawn in, you may not return at all or may find yourself returned out of your time. Fatigue in young people was sometimes ascribed to being lured from bed to join the revels with the fair ones. Art:Edward Robert Hughes
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#BookologyThursday A wish giver from a treasured childhood book; Hamlyn's The Children's Treasury of Literature. The illustrations for Cinderella by the marvellous #GordonLaite are wonderful - just look at that gorgeous Fairy Godmother in the shape of a butterfly
November 14, 2024 at 1:58 PM
#BookologyThursday A wish giver from a treasured childhood book; Hamlyn's The Children's Treasury of Literature. The illustrations for Cinderella by the marvellous #GordonLaite are wonderful - just look at that gorgeous Fairy Godmother in the shape of a butterfly
#WyrdWednesday The wraiths or doubles of living persons were believed to be visible on certain nights of the year, often New Year's Eve, processing into their local church. These visions were held to be the images of those doomed to die in the coming twelve months.
Art: John Atkinson Grimshaw
Art: John Atkinson Grimshaw
November 13, 2024 at 3:39 PM
#WyrdWednesday The wraiths or doubles of living persons were believed to be visible on certain nights of the year, often New Year's Eve, processing into their local church. These visions were held to be the images of those doomed to die in the coming twelve months.
Art: John Atkinson Grimshaw
Art: John Atkinson Grimshaw
#LegendaryWednesday In greek myth Alcyone was happily married to Ceyx, but lost him when he was drowned at sea. In pity the Gods transformed them both into Kingfishers. In ancient myth kingfishers laid their eggs during the only 2 weeks of good weather in winter, the halcyon days
November 13, 2024 at 3:02 PM
#LegendaryWednesday In greek myth Alcyone was happily married to Ceyx, but lost him when he was drowned at sea. In pity the Gods transformed them both into Kingfishers. In ancient myth kingfishers laid their eggs during the only 2 weeks of good weather in winter, the halcyon days