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This image captures a glimpse of a Fox jumping over a full moon above a Neolithic tomb, three standing stones holding up a slab. There are foxgloves in the foreground, stars whirling around a full moon. Linocut, dark blue and white, Maria Strutz

A fox jumping over a tomb, jumping over the moon.
If you are lucky enough to witness such an event, you may choose to whisper important news to the fox:
the passing of a loved one, the birth of a child, the fall of tyrants.
The news will be passed on to the clan
#FullMoon #FoxMoon #SuperMoon🦊🐾🌕

Embroidered textile with repeated blue diamond shaped design in which individual flowering plants are depicted

The work of May Morris (1862-1938) influential English embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor who supported and taught fellow female artists #WomensArt#WomensArt

Art by Jean-Francois Portaels. Title: The Witch. Painting is quite dark. A woman with long black hair and a red dress looking curiously at something. Besides her is a black cat. It looks as if they are in a dark cave.

1/2 According to Flemish folktales, Die Gnydige was a witch who could shapeshift into a cat. The villagers grew tired of her gatherings to which hundreds of cats came, and burned down her den. The felines walked unharmed through the flames and chased the men away.

#WyrdWednesday

Mark Langley (British Artist, born 1954)
"Early Morning", 2020.
Oil on Canvas, 30 × 30 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

New online talk on women in folk tales. Book now on the link below

A bat flies towards a huge full moon in the sky. The print has blue sky at the top that fades to white at the bottom.

In honour of tonight's gorgeous full moon, here is one of my favourite Japanese prints 'Bat Before the Moon' by Biho Takashi (1910).
#JapaneseArt #FullMoon

Deer stag in snow, full moon behind

Tonight's #FullMoon is also a #SuperMoon and know as Beaver, Frost, Snow or Deer Rutting

Beavers begin to take shelter in their lodges; animals prepare for winter; the heavy snow that typically falls during this season; and moon phase can influence timing of the rut

Penny for the guy, you Wydlings?

With Bonfire Night falling on #WyrdWednesday, we go one better and give you:

“Burn, Baby, Burn!”

As this week’s topic.

Let’s hear some fiery stories from lore, myth, lit and history!

Fox and blackbirds in hedgerow, blue sky and rolling hills in background, painting.

🖼️ Sarah Bays

A photo of a partially uncovered skeleton, showing the skull, neck and part of the shoulder. The skeleton is lying on its side, and in its eye socket is a large, round prosthetic.

This prosthetic eye made from a mixture of natural tar and animal fat is nearly 5,000 years old. It was found near the city of Zabol in Iran in 2006. Archaeologists believe that the prosthetic eye, which was once painted gold, was worn by an ancient priestess who stood 6’ tall.

A photo collage of some of my artwork: A seascape with waves lapping onto the edge of a beach, a brown hare, bees and white flowers, a red poppy field, a Glencoe mountain landscape, yellow cosmos flowers.

My art shop has a selection of my landscape and nature art.
Good news for gift buyers in the USA, your art will be sent duty paid and art is exempt from the tariffs!
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#Landscape #Nature #flowers #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ChristmasGifts #bsnm

And I can't recommend this wonderful poetry collection enough, and plan to reread it very soon! 🖤

The Witch's Child and other Dark Tales from Old Flanders An illustrated short story collection inspired by witch folklore from Flanders

It's Halloween, Flanders' witches are joyously cackling while dancing to strange, wild music in the woods.

Our project has just reached 80% funding! Thank you so much! 🖤🌙🖤

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Christmas Troll - Theodor Kittelsen by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble Christmas Troll - Theodor Kittelsen

Iceland has a huge black cat known as Jólakötturinn, the #Yule cat. Those who helped with shearing, etc, were awarded with new clothes. The Yule cat would hunt for children who did not have new clothes because those were the laziest. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1641... #FolkloreSunday #art #Christmas

Blackbird Stealing Redcurrants linocut and silkscreen print by contemporary UK artist Angela Harding

In Cumbrian dialects, 'merl' is blackbird

one should never fall asleep whilst listening to it's song or you shall awaken in the Land of the Fae

more in 'Folklore of the Lake District'
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/

#birds #folklore #booksky
art: Blackbird Stealing Redcurrants by Angela Harding

Autumn scene with water in background, painting.

‘November always seems to me the Norway of the year.’ ~ Emily Dickinson.

Autumn, Konstantin Gorbatov, 1910.

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot: The Legends and Customs of Bonfire Night Join folklore expert, Icy Sedgwick, online to discover the fascinating legends of Bonfire Night.

Free on Monday evening at 6 pm GMT? I'm doing an ONLINE talk with Creswell Crags about the folklore and traditions of Bonfire Night!

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Some decorate with candlelight as they believe it warms the dead and helps souls find way back to their graves at end of All Souls’ Day.
It was also believed that dead were repositories of wisdom & lore,and one of reasons they return is to speak to descendants #Folklore

A hand holding a calico cat textile doll witch. She has a book of spells, a black dress and hat and a broom on her back.

"I can make Meow Magic"
You have been warned! This little cutie was born on Halloween and she is coming with a full set of magic spells 🖤
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#MHHSBD #CraftBizParty #WitchSky #magicalbazaar #originalart

Four Seasons in our woodland

We started Bluemoose to find great new writers and cracking stories and to see them travel from Hebden over the border to Lancashire to readers worldwide is wonderful.

Ghost Mountain by @ronanhession.bsky.social has just been published in Germany by Penguin, translated by Andrea O'Brien.

Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.

They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.

Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .

Thank you.

Honestly lovely I've never been told by anyone my craft is phoney and I need to prove my magickal abilities by killing a political leader. As a green witch I could put together a natural arsenic but that's about it 🤣

Friday plans:
🖼️ Sarah Lynne

Bright Blessings. Enjoy your day/evening/swamp

You missed the 'n' out in your name

You need to love yourself more. Do some self care and be kind to yourself 💚

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