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Three Ravens Podcast

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A history, mythology and folklore podcast. Gather round the campfire and listen in! https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast We also run the old Twitter hashtag #FolkyFriday - new themes each week, so do join in!

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for this week's lovely #FolkyFriday posts! 🖤

We shan't be back next week as we're otherwise engaged, but will return on October 10th with the theme of "Autumnal Fairs, Festivals, and Animals Brought to Market!"

Tag related posts #FolkyFriday for shares then from 10am-6pm UK time!

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#LegendaryWednesday @legendarywednes1.bsky.social · 2d

💫Spooky season continues & the theme is #Dolls! Join us Wednesday for #LegendaryWednesday with your haunted doll legends, your paper dolls, marionettes, dolly rituals, puppet festivals, & deity dolls. Share a #legend #folklore #quote #fairytale #poetry #film #art #mythology💫

From the September 1952 issue of Mccall's Magazine featuring the character Betsy Mccall, the paper doll.

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Wyrd Wednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social · 2d

Wyrdlings!

This week we celebrate the official Vinlandic Leif Eriksson Day, so for this week's theme we hope you'll stock your supplies for:

'Perilous journeys, eerie expeditions, and voyages into the unknown!'

We sail over the edge of the horizon this coming #WyrdWednesday!

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #FairyTaleTuesday theme is "Spooky" - well, we're into Three Ravens Haunting Season, so consider your needs covered - link bio! 🖤

Though we are asking listeners one question:

What are you afraid of?

Let us know and be in with a chance of winning a Limited Edition Haunting Season mug!

Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 3d

Our Three Ravens Film Club pick for October 2025 is 2007's "Trick 'r Treat!" 🖤

To take part in Film Club, as with every month, simply watch the film and let us know your thoughts about it by Monday 27th October for us to include your reflections in our episode recording.

Hope you enjoy!

Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 5d

New Local Legends episode OUT NOW! 🖤

In this week's interview Martin is joined by storyteller, magician and puppeteer Chris Baglin, for a fascinating discussion about his life and career, and the historic Welsh county of Denbighshire and its folk tales.

Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 5d

Ho-ho-ho! It's like Santa Claus has come for Halloween - because what's this? A new Three Ravens Newsletter?! Good gracious! 🖤

As always, our newsletters are available exclusively on Patreon, where membership unlocks a whole library of audio delights and other folky things we think you'll like.

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Jason D. Brawn @jasondbrawn.bsky.social · 6d

Great talk today at Treadwells Books @threeravenspod.bsky.social discussing their love of folklore that ties with their book release.

#folklorebooks #folklore #mythsandlegends

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 7d

Three Ravens Haunting Season is BACK! 🖤

Kicking off our annual celebration of all things spooky and weird, we have today released our Three Ravens Guide to Halloween!

Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 8d

Praise the coming dawn - and leave that bull alone - for on last month's Patreon Exclusive episode we chatted all about the Cult of Mithras! 🖤

Ostensibly a dining club and secret society spread throughout the Roman Empire by the Praetorian Guard, why was it eliminated?

Find out - link in bio!

Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 9d

The second episode of Three Ravens Series 7 is OUT NOW and this week we're off to North Wales to talk about the history and folklore of Denbighshire! 🖤

So much history... so many folktales... SO MANY ruined castles... and PLUMS!!!

Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 10d

Seems likely, doesn't it? Plus all this madness with no rain, then all the rain... What a pickle! 🖤

Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 11d

Local Legends is back for Series 7 and our new episode is OUT NOW! 🖤

Eleanor gathers round the campfire with storyteller, theatre maker and ecologist Milly Jackdaw for a chat about the historic Welsh county of Cardiganshire.

Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 12d

It was bonkers, wasn't it? Definitely not safe to eat... At least not from the brambles in our hedge! 🖤

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent advice! 🖤

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 12d

The hedge apple, or Osage orange, was once tucked into homes to ward off pests and spirits. Folk wisdom turned even strange fruits into talismans, merging field and faith in quiet magic. #FolkyFriday

Art: Edmund Blair Leighton

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 12d

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Joy Parry @joy13.bsky.social · 12d

#FolkyFriday
St Michael and Angels Fighting Demons
Toulouse Apocalypse MS - Bibliothèque d'Etude et du Patrimoine - Toulouse, France

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Dr Paul Lee @drpaullee.bsky.social · 13d

The local council in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk have produced a little booklet on local myths and legends, which is to be released publicly in the coming weeks. I've provided the foreword. Its a nice little booklet!

#folklore #folklorefriday #kingslynn #norfolk #westnorfolk

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Three Ravens Podcast @threeravenspod.bsky.social · 12d

Yaaaaaaaay! Hope you enjoy it, PJ! 🖤

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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social · 12d

🌊🐦‍⬛🌊Perfect seaside reading for #FolkyFriday!

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Joy Parry @joy13.bsky.social · 12d

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An enchanted land ruled by a tyrannical knight was protected by a Hedge of Mist from which no travellers who entered had ever returned. Geraint dispersed the mist by blowing a magical horn hanging from an apple tree, freeing the land from tyranny and rescuing a captive lady ...

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 12d

Devils were often tricksters more than tyrants. In folktales, they made foolish bargains, only to be outwitted by clever peasants or wise women. Folklore made the devil ridiculous as often as terrifying. #FolkyFriday

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 12d

Devil's Bit Scabious is called that because the Devil, envious of the perfection of the plant, stole part of the roots and gave it a stem that abruptly comes to an end. Spite drives much of the Devil's actions in folklore, it seems. #FolkyFriday

Devil's Bit in a field, showing a purple circular flower with tiny pokey bits in the middle and long stems. The immature plants are green balls of pokey.

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Rupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 12d

@threeravenspod.bsky.social According to folklore, the hawthorn, another hedgerow tree, was the abode of giants, and fairies as well as standing guard at the threshold of the Otherworld. pic. Tapestry #[email protected]

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