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Morgan Sheppard (1037 KP) created a post

Oct 19, 2026  
Fourth week of October at The Story Hearth, and the domestic season has fully arrived.

The Welsh tradition understood the hearth as more than warmth; it was the threshold of the household, tended with deliberate care. The spirits tied to old stone hearths in Welsh folklore are quiet witnesses to the seasonal transitions — not dramatic presences but deeply specific ones, bound to particular places and particular families. Friday’s #FolkloreFriday goes there. 🔥🌿

#WelshFolklore #FolkloreFantasy #TalesFromWales
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1037 KP) created a post

Aug 28, 2026  
It's #FolkloreFriday 🌾🌕

The final Folklore Friday of August, the full moon tonight, and the last sheaf standing.

Welsh and Celtic harvest folklore understood the spirit of the crop as a living presence that retreated before the reapers into the final standing grain as the harvest progressed. By the time the field was almost done, everything it had accumulated through the season resided in what remained. The cutting of the last sheaf was a ritual moment — who cut it mattered, what happened to it mattered, and the customs that grew around it across different regions of Wales reflected a community that understood its relationship with the land as reciprocal and ceremonial rather than simply practical.

The corn dolly kept through winter preserved the spirit of the harvest until spring. The Hag of the Harvest carried an honour that was also a responsibility. The last sheaf held the wisdom of the whole season.

A fitting end to a month of accumulated wisdom, upstream journeys, and hazel nuts falling into sacred pools. The harvest is in. 🌾🌕

#FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore #WelshMythology

https://discord.gg/gQfzqBRNns
      
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ClareR (6256 KP) rated Gorse in Books

Jun 24, 2025  
Gorse
Gorse
Sam K Horton | 2025 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction/Fantasy
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Gorse was an absolute delight! Atmospheric, dark, lots of fae, folklore and rich in 18th century Cornwall beliefs and attitudes. In Gorse, superstition, fae and religion collide - and the result isn’t pretty.

I loved all the fae: both friends and enemies, the power that the main character, Nancy, could draw from the land and the religious zealot who had a habit of messing things up by ignoring the true laws of the land (and those laws aren’t tied to Christianity).

Very enjoyable.
  
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Ande Thomas (69 KP) rated Akata Witch (Akata Witch, #1) in Books

May 30, 2019  
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Akata Witch (Akata Witch, #1)
Nnedi Okorafor | 2011
6
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Okay, don't get me wrong. I can see what people see in this series. I don't know what I thought I'd expect considering I generally don't like fantasy, and I definitely don't like Harry Potter. It's just not my jam. In many ways, Akata Witch is very HP, just in Nigeria. In other ways, it's so steeped in African mythology, it's a true breath of fresh air from the normally very European folklore that fantasy so often draws from. It's definitely a book I'd recommend.
  
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ace_in_space (38 KP) rated Lore in Podcasts

Jul 12, 2018  
Lore
Lore
Society & Culture
8
8.8 (35 Ratings)
Podcast Rating
Weird or spooky history and folklore, sometimes cryptids
A well-researched show that gives facts and insights into everything from big foot to serial killers to Amityville horror. It goes all over the place, which I both like and dislike, but I always download it right when comes out. There are (melo)dramatic pauses, inferences about what people were feeling, and putting some reactions and stories into local and historic context. All presented in a soothing baritone. So, if that's what you're into, you'll love Lore.