Anna Milon

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I would read a sequel/reimagining where Will Stanton takes the mask his brother gifts him to an antiques dealer and shenanigans ensue when Herne has to navigate Henley-on-Thames

Our @dianearodgers.bsky.social has made a short video to explain what the National Folklore Survey for England is all about.

Divination. I see my visual history of divination is now up on the Yale website. Forthcoming this year, Oct 2026. Enjoyed the challenge, once again, of exploring global traditions. Complex and rich.

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A collage of images relating to storytelling and folklore, including a blue neon sign that says 'What is your story?'; three green forest landscapes; snow-covered pine trees; three images of open books or book pages, one of which says 'Stories of adventure'; a red neon sign that says 'We are all made of stories'; and a street sign that says 'The people's story'.

Project StoryMachine aims to preserve, explore and provide greater access to folklore traditions in Germany and the UK, through the development of a digital infrastructure called StoryMachine storymachine.iisys.de

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You know all about The Wicker Man… now hear from one of the Children of The Wicker Man. On Folklore Matters today, we talk to Dominic Hardy, son of Robin, to hear all about the film’s legacy and its impact on his family. Source it wherever you get your podcasts…

found at an antiques shop in the home counties. comments welcome

Cray 1 supercomputer. A cylindrical structure with an opening at the front showing an inner core. The structure appears painted red and looks a little like a top hat.

Do folklore and digital tech seem like odd bedfellows? 'Father of the supercomputer' Seymour Cray attributed some of his success to advice he received from elves while digging a tunnel (if you don't stumble across an entrance to a subterranean otherworld, home-made is fine). 1/3

We've heard this story before - a band of otherworldly beings passing through the dark - & we're supposed to dislike hunting, so why come back to the Wild Hunt time & again? Come to the FREE talk tomorrow to find out: sites.exeter.ac.uk/magic/2026/0...

Happy spot: @lincsfolk.bsky.social Lincs Folk Takes Reimagined at @treadwells-books.bsky.social 💕

Today at the library: I appreciate the goal probably was 'restricted reproduction'

Statue of Cernunnos, the Horned God

The chapter that didn't make it into the thesis, only here: www.folkloremythmagic.com/upcoming-eve... #notajoke

Horned Goddesses in History – Lecture & Soirée | Treadwells Dr Anna Milon explores the antlered goddess through myth, memory and modern spiritual practice.

More public lectures! This one, at the endlessly fascinating @treadwells-books.bsky.social : www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/hor...

A delightful echo of Ainsworth's 'Windsor Castle' to add to the collection (will definitely be mentioning it in the upcoming talk on Herne the Hunter). He even has the owl!!!

I'll be speaking about our perennial fascination with the Wild Hunt and one of its leaders, Herne, at UoExeter's Magic Centre on Feb 13th. More details in the link: sites.exeter.ac.uk/magic/2026/0...

in a singing contest - of course, but surely not at getting small objects out of a narrow bottle... on account of the tongue

was out at one of these Christmas lights displays. A crowd ignored the lights in favour of a sunset. How sad that after expending all that effort the display's designers were outdone by smth so quotidian as a sunset. How wonderful that in an age of flashing lights, we still find a sunset beautiful.

Pan smiles with a well-attired woman in the background.

‘“I’ve been a fool in most things,” said Mortimer quietly, “but I'm not such a fool as not to believe in Pan when I'm down here. And if you're wise you won't disbelieve in him too boastfully while you're in his country.”’ — ‘The Music on the Hill’ (1911)

‘Saki’ (H.H. Munro) was born #OTD in 1870.

@britishlibrary.bsky.social Woohoo 🎉

Convinced this was in the field behind my house #localfolklore

Two students look at objects in the reading room at The Museum of English Rural Life.

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He is a menace. And thank you for such a timely and sensitively written book

Sherlock the cat a big fan of @robincdouglas.bsky.social & @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social 's 'Paganism Persisting'

It is a fact universally acknowledged that every hunter needs an antlered hat (apologies for the awkward screengrab)

Lincolnshire Folktales on Instagram: "Recently Anna @hexnhart had the absolute pleasure to talk to Ash at @candlewickproductions26 about the Witches of Belvoir: three women who lost their lives becaus... 1 likes, 0 comments - lincolnshirefolktales on November 15, 2025: "Recently Anna @hexnhart had the absolute pleasure to talk to Ash at @candlewickproductions26 about the Witches of Belvoir: three wome...

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If you read 'The Hunter Will Take You' backwards, you'll get Pat Mill's 'Slaine The Horned God': www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Thank you, I most certainly will!

In 'Living Stones' Ithell Colquhoun writes: 'the newly instituted department for folklore at London University [so not the FLS] is collecting traditions concerned with hunting'. Is this a collection that still exists in some form? @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social @folkloresociety.bsky.social

While in Cornwall: Lanyon Quoit, Mên-an-Tol, & the Boskednan Nine (actually 11) Maidens