#britishfolklore

[ramapani-blog]

A Pilgrimage Through Derbyshire’s Sacred Stone Circles

In the quiet hours of a summer morning, I embarked on a pilgrimage through Derbyshire’s ancient stone circles. Across moorland and limestone, through meditation and myth, I found spaces of reflection and transformation.

These circles, scattered across the Peak District, are more than archaeological curiosities. For those who practise meditation, they offer a profound connection to the land’s enduring spirit.

🔗 Read the full journey

[4everparanormal]

Episode 145: Timeless Terrors: The Ghosts of Christmas Past

This week on 4 Ever Paranormal, Dr. Bill and Deb return to a forgotten Christmas tradition. Ghost stories told by firelight. From the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall and the lost bride of Bramshill House to the headless rider of Roos Hall and Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville’s haunted ride, these legends have drifted through centuries of English winter nights. Eerie, timeless, and strangely comforting, they…

Episode 145: Timeless Terrors: The Ghosts of Christmas Past

[xphaiea]

CERNUNNOS: The Horned One Celtic god of the wild things. One of a kind textile art doll sculptural piece. Complete with snake, torcs and antlers; with contrast beading and layered patina effect finish. LINK IN BIO #cernunnos #thehornedone #thehornedgod #hedgewitch #godofthewitches #oldhorny #witchesofinstagram #witchcraft #shamanism #shaman #celtic #god #pagansofinstagram #pagan #wildhunt #celticgods #folklore #britishfolklore https://www.instagram.com/p/CkySq0mNxHV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lostfunzones]

The Burryman, and chums, circa 1960 via: https://www.instagram.com/endlessmummer/

[sunterstudio]

There’s a creepy winter fellow coming to life in my studio 👀 #art #artist #artwork #fineart #ceramic #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #sculpture #clay #ceramicart #handmade #artstudio #sunterstudio #contemporaryceramics #clayart #clayartist #folklore #britishfolklore (at Banks Mill Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClRZbWQsPs5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[camilladerrico]

Is it a dog or a gremlin? 🤔 Day 28 Drawlloween is the BARGHEST! I know there are some furry faces out there only a mother can love, and I think this is one of them! He’s so creepy yet cute!! 😚🖤🖤 But don’t let my little guy fool you…he’s actually a demonic human munching doggo! 😗 Or as some say is a house elf 🧝‍♂️ Well…I’ve never seen one in person but when I do I’ll let you know what it is! There’s many legends of this mythical creature, whether it’s a black dog with terrifying teeth or a yellow skinned goblin it’s safe to say they aren’t human friendly 😅 Halloween 👻 Is almost here and so is the finale of Drawlloween! Only a few prompts left! So get creative and let’s see your ghoulish creations!! Tomorrow is FERAL PUMPKINS 🎃 #barghest #goblin #houseelf #britishfolklore #barguest #doggo #drawlloween #inktober ##camillasdrawlloween (at Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVlbX1TPP6J/?utm_medium=tumblr

[hollymerryauthor]

Here’s a Promo video for my newly released novel, ‘King of the House Elves.’ 

King of the House Elves is the first of a trilogy of epic fantasy novels based on Celtic fairytales. It tells the story of Aira, a brownie servant girl who is more accustomed to wielding a duster than a sword. Yet her father has a vision of her slaying the monstrous kraken that has seized Velmoran; the coastal homeland of the brownies.  Aira and her fellow brownies live a broken existence since Velmoran was lost, cursed to do chores for humans in order to survive. Aira longs for a life of peace and freedom for her kind. A chance meeting with Boroden, the charismatic new brownie king who shares Aira’s dreams, changes her life forever.  Boroden discovers a new homeland for the brownies, and Aira travels with him to the Seelie Court to attain the blessing of the powerful sídhe. What she hears there shatters her expectations and sets the brownies on a perilous quest from which only Aira can save them. Will the brownies ever find a homeland for themselves?

The novel is available globally in both eBook and printed format from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, iBooks and Kobo. Search ‘King of the House Elves Holly Merry’ in your chosen bookstore in your county.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/King-House-Elves-Holly-Merry/dp/B09H944Z1Z/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1635013140&sr=8-2

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/king-of-the-house-elves-holly-merry/1140186304?ean=9798481860404

iTunes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/king-of-the-house-elves/id1585713243?ls=1

 Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/king-of-the-house-elves

To celebrate the release of my book, I am offering it at a discounted price on Kobo this week (4th-11th of October)

To discover more about my novel, visit my author website:

https://hollymerryauthor.wordpress.com

[rj-anderson]

Here we are with a new #mybookalphabet post: J is for Joan the Wad! . In Cornish folklore, Joan the Wad is the queen of the piskeys (the spelling I settled on for my #FlightandFiretrilogy - it’s also frequently spelled pisky or piskie, and of course pixie). An old English rhyme describes her as a capricious will-o’the-wisp, sometimes teasing human folk and sometimes guiding them to safety: . Jack O’Lantern, Joan the Wad, That tickled the maid and made her mad, Light me home, the weather's bad. . Generally, though, Joan the Wad is seen in Cornwall as a figure of good luck and protection, and Jack O’Lantern is her king or consort. So when I was creating the world of the Cornish piskeys for SWIFT, I decided on “Joan” as a title rather than a personal name for their queen. . It’s also, though I didn’t plan it this way, a small tribute to my mother, a true queen in every way — whose parents emigrated from Redruth in Cornwall to Timmins in northern Ontario a few years before she was born. They named her Joan, and she in turn gave me Joan as my middle name — that’s the J. in my initials. But my mother had never heard of Joan the Wad until she read my book, so I felt happy to have given her back a little lost piece of her Cornish ancestry. . Q: Do you have a favorite folk character or creature in your family background? I’d love to hear about it in comments! . . . #joanthewad #cornishpixie #cornishpixies #cornishpisky #cornishpiskey #spriggan #spriggans #folkloreandfairytales #britishfolklore #fairies #fae #fairytale #faery #faeriesofinstagram #fairybooks #rjandersonwriter #enclaveescape #enclavepublishing #yabooks #IReadYA #yareads #speculativefiction #christianfantasy #flightandflametrilogy #swift #swiftbook https://www.instagram.com/p/CAHGG2Xgu2x/?igshid=113e0jszkl6a8