#fakelore

[greencheekconure27]

Today in sentences I have read with my own two eyes 🫩

[brimo5]

The story about Macaria (of Heracles) and Thanatos's romance was added to Wikipedia in 2016. I'm not sure if this is where the ship departs from and haven't been able to find any earlier sources for it (whether fan fiction or ancient texts), which is really annoying. I wonder how the French came up with the Lyncos and the Scythians.

And guest what... Lyncos was Hades' son before he became son of Thanatos.

Minthe was the bus driver too. Lyncos fought against Triptolemus in retaliation for Persephone's murder of his mother.

In addition to Minthe, Hades, Thanatos, and Macaria, there were also those who thought of Pluto and the unnamed Scythian woman.

Maybe the French really do have a book that contains these strange variations (some like ovidius moralizatus?), otherwise, what on earth are they making up?

[ibrithir-was-here]

Gotta share one of my absolute favorite Youtube series, which just posted a new episode after a hiatus:

British Cryptids (1974)

Produced in 1974, the British Cryptids films were presumably destined to be sold to a UK broadcaster - either the BBC or ITV - but anecdotal

Their description page:

They're doing some of the best Analog/Found Footage/Faux Documentary stuff I've ever seen, not to mention just the creativity involved in crafting creatures that truly feel like Folklore, and not something out of a Creepypasta

100% would recommend!

[briefbestiary]

A late 18th century hoax concerning a giant carnivorous plant capable of eating a human being. The bowl-like formations atop its center seem to leak clear, syrupy and sweet liquid of sensational captivation of the senses. Supposedly when this fluid was consumed, the tree would strike.

[geoxx-carrboro]

The Snallygaster - Geox

“The Devil Came Not by Land, But by Air”Or: How a German Forest Phantom Became an American Flying Machine of Pure Hysteria In the hills and hollows of western Maryland—where the fog coils like a threat and the trees seem to lean in just a little too close—there is said to be a creature that swoops from the sky with a scream like scalding steel, blood in its beak, and no agenda beyond terror for…

The Snallygaster - Geox

[gunwildversuseverything]

Inside of you are two wolves.

Both of them were made up by anti-gay evangelical preacher Billy Graham, then falsely ascribed to indigenous people in a bid to erase actual native traditions and replace them with Christianity.

[wyrm-sphinx]

Carpal tunnel is just the curse that Kharpahl, the boring demon, had put upon humanity for doing what we do best: create. Basically, he can't create anything by himself, nor can he use anyone else's creation to make something himself. He simply sits in his Hole at the Bottom of the Lake and eats catfish. He's jealous of humanity's ability to create and has tried many things to make us boring like him. Thus he cursed humanity, making our wrists and hands hurt like crazy if we spend too long creating. Course it didn't work, now Kharpahl just sits in his Hole and just grumbles, trying to come up with a way to disrupt the humans for good.

GOOD NIGHT TO ONLY THE TLGB COMMUNITY. 🤟❤️☀️

[fiantacleasai]

Debunking Elen of the Ways

“STOP LUMPING. Please please please stop flaming the creation of a nonexistent deity by Caroline Wise in 2015.” — me

Sorry if this is a hot button topic, but also… I don’t really care. I’m tired of seeing her appear in my tags that have nothing to do with her. Believe what you want, I won’t stop you. Just don’t call her something that she isn’t.