And today’s mer-post (see what I did there?) comes from my home village in the Bradford district. Merfolk, fish and sea creatures topping a postbox. 🧜🏿
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16.02.2026 11:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sharing merfolk on the lead-up to my online talk for @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
Here’s a very enjoyable book I just finished reading. The Mermaid the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall 🧜🏿
Sapphic love and nonbinary rep!
14.02.2026 13:37 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Cool! When I first read Norfolk, I thought it was the original one in East Anglia (happy memories of both holidaying and working as a student in Overstrand). But this is somewhere in the US?
14.02.2026 13:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
More merfolk!
My colouring-in (with gold paint) of one of @neslee.bsky.social ‘s MerStede pictures. He’s just a sweet, loving, little goldfish! 🧜🏿
13.02.2026 07:17 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tag yourselves 😂
12.02.2026 16:11 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mermaid statue in front of small bushes
Frog carved into the bottom corner of the statue
Sharing mermaids on the lead-up to my talk at @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
This one is in my hometown of Bradford. She has a little frog!
She was originally created for an event called Bubble Up Bradford and has recently been relocated behind City Hall.
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
12.02.2026 07:04 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Illustration by John Bauer: A regal woman in ornate dress, crowned with flowers, reaches toward a shadowy, elongated figure rising from the sea—a haunting, dreamlike encounter between human and otherworldly.
When their ferry sunk on Lake Vättern in 1918, drowning artist John Bauer and his family, they said the Sea King had come to take his wife Ester Ellqvist-Bauer, She had modelled as “Agneta and the Merman” for John in 1911… a dark Scandinavian tale.
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11.02.2026 06:04 — 👍 118 🔁 28 💬 2 📌 0
Looking forward to it!
12.02.2026 06:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Finding Albion: Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain
Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain
Super-excited to see Zakia Sewell’s folklore book is coming out! I always listen to her Dream Time show on @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social and I’ve been waiting for this!
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11.02.2026 11:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sharing mermaids to celebrate my merfolk talk coming to @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
Here’s my toy mermaid Moana recommending the excellent anthology Mermaids Never Drown.
11.02.2026 11:42 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I literally read this as a LOTR thing. Perhaps I wasn’t too far wrong?
11.02.2026 11:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Elizabeth Hopkinson- Massaged to Death by Mermaids | Centre for Folklore
Merfolk of the World and LGBTQIA+ Representation.
Fresh from its triumph (or whatever) at #AoGVC Massaged to Death By Mermaids comes to @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social Get your ticket & support this excellent centre!
#folklore #LGBTQIA #mermaids 🧜🏿
www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
10.02.2026 09:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 4
A neck and shoulders wearing a coral necklace, with snowflakes and a departing fishtail.
A mermaid and human holding hands, with a daffodil held between them
A mermaid and otter embracing, in a circle of Celtic knotwork
Thanks to everyone who attended my mermaid panel at @actofgracecon.bsky.social and gave me such lovely comments. #AoGVC 🧜🏿
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09.02.2026 08:15 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks so much for putting this on!
09.02.2026 07:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Act of Grace OFMD Virtu-Con badge with a ship coming out of a laptop. Ribbons below with ace pride flag scales, Kudos ❤️, We’re gonna have fun today and that’s an order, and As A Crew.
Blue Stede Bonnet Mr Man, labelled Mr Exciteable, almost stepping on an outline of a Mr Man Blackbeard/Ed
It’s today!! 🏴☠️🏳️🌈🧜🏿@actofgracecon.bsky.social #AoGC #AsACrew
07.02.2026 13:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In case you missed it, you can join the server!
05.02.2026 20:56 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Only 2 days to go!!!
Looking forward to giving my Massaged to Death By Mermaids talk. I’ve put A LOT of work into it. I’ve also been poorly all week with a chest infection, so in need of cheer.
Here’s a mermaid statue from my hometown to put you on! #AoGVC
05.02.2026 05:07 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Beautiful cat baby. Take good care of them!
04.02.2026 10:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Behind the scenes of YOFT!
03.02.2026 11:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A mother hugs a daughter on a bed with an ace pride flag cover
Cool! I have an ace children’s picture book hanging around unpublished at the moment. Haven’t really tried hard enough to get it out because it was one of those “by mistake” projects when I was meant to be writing something else. It’s called My Mum Is Ace. Art by my daughter Anna Hopkinson.
31.01.2026 09:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is the Discord already in existence?
30.01.2026 10:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Good luck, MerStede!
30.01.2026 10:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
LGBTQI+ people are not safe in immigration detention. The safeguards are failing, and queer lives are being put at risk. It’s time for the government to act.
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28.01.2026 09:01 — 👍 33 🔁 26 💬 0 📌 1
Cute little cursed suit MerStede! ❤️
28.01.2026 11:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Go Ed!
28.01.2026 11:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A mermaid hugging an otter in a circle of Celtic knotwork
Read more about Muirgen in Legends from Lindisfarne: Diverse & Inclusive Saints.
Art by Anna Hopkinson
www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/legends-from...
27.01.2026 07:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Slide saying Massaged to Death By Mermaids with Ed and Stede mermen swimming towards two boys
It’s St. Muirgen’s Day - the mermaid saint, also known as Lí Ban. The perfect time to announce that I have a panel at @actofgracecon.bsky.social virtual OFMD convention. Massaged to Death By Mermaids: Merfolk of the world & LGBTQIA+ representation.
27.01.2026 07:24 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Ooh, exciting! I’ve got a panel on Saturday.
27.01.2026 07:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Enjoy it! Hopefully, your venue has air con. (Unlike Leeds City Varieties on the hottest day in June! 🥵)
27.01.2026 07:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The deep sea is pretty cold; I think he’ll be OK
24.01.2026 17:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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