Lexicons Unbound

A bowl of bright orange autumn soup garnished with pumpkin seeds and crumbled cheese, placed on a light stone surface beside a spoon and a fall leaf. Photo credit: Cala cala_maffia, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Soup is a story of the turning season. Autumn harvests of pumpkins, squashes, & roots all find their way into the pot. Every ladle carries tradition, a tasty reminder that food is folklore too. What's your favorite Fall soup?
#FolkloreSunday #Foodlore
Photo credit: Cala cala_maffia Wikimedia Commons

Graphic of two black football helmets facing each other on a green football field background. Each helmet displays a fierce golden cat head with an open mouth as the logo. Above the helmets, bold gold text reads ‘WAMPUS CATS.’”

In Texas, the Wampus Cat has leapt from forest creature to Friday night lights. Once feared in folklore as a half-woman, half-cat, it’s now a high school football mascot. Proof that the stories we whisper become the symbols we wear. 🐾🏈
#WampusCat #FolkyFriday #HighSchoolFootball

Stylized painting of a woman in an apron standing in a golden field under a dark blue night sky, gazing up at a large red Blood Moon rising over layered Ozark-like mountains. The image evokes rural folklore and the symbolic Corn Moon harvest season.

This Blood Moon rises tonight on the Corn Moon, the time of gathering, storing, and sharing the harvest.
Folklore says red moons mark change, and maybe tonight it’s simply to nudge us to savor what we’ve gathered, and release what no longer serves.
#FolkloreSunday #BloodMoon #CornMoon

The ghost light of the theater is more than safety. Lore says it burns to keep away mischievous spirits who might otherwise perform their own plays in the darkness, leaving chaos for the living troupe. #FolkloreSunday

Savannah Bananas baseball players in bright yellow uniforms perform on the field, holding guitars and banjos while dancing together. They smile, laugh, and kick up their heels, turning the ballpark into a lively stage with the city skyline in the background.

Today, folk traditions live in unexpected places - like sports stadiums. Folkdance isn’t just circles & squares. It’s familiar steps turned into spectacle on a baseball field. The Savannah Bananas know: when we dance the moves together, we find joy, belonging, & community. #folkyfriday #BananaBall

A grumpy ghost will always be a favorite! So fun 👻

Statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in Bemidji, Minnesota. Paul is a giant lumberjack with a red plaid shirt, blue pants, and black cap. Beside him stands Babe, a bright blue ox with long horns. A sign marks “Paul Bunyan 1937,” with tall pine trees in the background. Photo credit ‪@daytripper28.bsky.social‬

Logging camps gave us this giant lumberjack & his blue ox, legends of outsized power, adventure, & American spirit—long before #Marvel assembled theirs.
#FolkloreSunday #PaulBunyan #Minnesota
Photo credit: ‪@daytripper28.bsky.social‬

Arthur Spiderwick's notes about the Common House Brownie, from the Spiderwick Chronicles series of books, by Tony DiTerlizzi. I can't read the smaller text, but it shows a little man with funny ears in a white tunic and green striped pants, no shoes, and a hat of a thimble, needle, and other random bits, with a badminton feather duster, showing bread and honey above.

Leave out milk, bread, and honey and you'll have less housework to do: the brownie is a Scottish spirit that at night will tidy up the home a bit if given offerings. If ignored or offended, they become boggarts, so be kind. #FolkyFriday

🖼: T. DiTerlizzi

Rustic folk-art style painting of a vintage milk bottle and a jar of golden honey, symbolizing an Ozark folk remedy once believed to heal skin and restore youth. Image created with Midjourney AI

Vance Randolph recorded Ozark folklore that says buttermilk + honey cured skin disease and restored a youthful glow.

Today? The beauty industry sells similar for big $$$.
Turns out grandma’s kitchen was the original Sephora. 😁
#FolkyFriday #Ozarks #Honey #HomeRemedy

A shadowy black panther-like creature with glowing red eyes crouches on a wooded hillside at dusk. Mist drifts through the forest as the beast stares forward, evoking the folkloric Ozark Howler.

The Ozark Howler is described as a black, horned beast with glowing red eyes. Part panther, part phantom, its howl still echoes in the mountain folklore. From backwoods legends to modern memes, it refuses to be forgotten.
#FolkloreSunday #OzarkHowler #AmericanFolklore

Whimsical illustration of a smiling globe wearing a graduation cap, floating above an open book with pages swirling. Surrounded by colorful books and stars, evoking themes of global learning and accessible knowledge

Want free access to books, articles, and journals?
(Let's face it, who doesn't??)
That’s why we love WorldCat. 🌍📖
It’s like a search engine for every library shelf near you.
We wrote a short post on how to use it!
bit.ly/4lnWrAp
#openeducation #librarymagic #folklorepodcast

A traditional American folk art–style illustration of an Ozark mountain farmer standing in a stubbled field at night, holding a lantern in one hand and a hoe in the other. The scene is bathed in warm lantern light against a deep blue star-filled sky, rolling hills and tree lines in the distance. Digital artwork created with Midjourney AI.

Ozark Mountain planting lore says: Cut sprouts in the dark of the moon, when the sign is in the heart (Leo).
Farmers mapped the zodiac onto the body: Leo = heart, Gemini = arms, etc., and planned their work accordingly.
#FolkyFriday #Folklore #Ozark

Bibliomancy is the practice of divining fate from books, often the Bible, Virgil’s Aeneid, or poetry. The reader opens at random, seeking answers between the lines. Literature itself becomes an oracle. #BookologyThursday

An anthropomorphic fox stands atop a wooden plinth, arms wide open. In one hand he holds a bow. He is dressed in a green tunic and a yellow hat.

Is an outlaw always an anti-hero? Disney's Robin Hood was based on Reynard the Fox, an anthropomorphic red fox and trickster figure from medieval allegorical Dutch, English, French and German fables. And a dashing chap to boot!

#WyrdWednesday

Exciting Updates and New Adventures! The author shares updates on their journey after a challenging period, including two bereavements. They plan to blog more about ghosts, folklore, and the paranormal, along with magazine contributio…

Hey, readers! I'm back to explore the mysteries of ghosts, folklore, and the paranormal! Get ready for thrilling tales, intriguing articles, and a new podcast on the horizon. Thanks for your support! Let’s dive into the unknown together! #BlogUpdate #Paranormal #Folklore

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Square Spotify player mockup for the podcast Lexicons Unbound, featuring a stylized profile illustration inside a teal soundwave frame. Background includes stark black tree branches on a teal field. Text at top reads “Streaming now on Spotify.” Footer text: “Lexicons Unbound: where Folklore meets your algorithm.” Designed to promote a folklore podcast blending myth and digital culture.

Lexicons Unbound is streaming on Spotify! It's where folklore meets your algorithm.
We unpack myths, memes, and the weird world of digital storytelling.
🎧 bit.ly/4omUBCF
#folklore #podcastrecommendation #storytelling

#WorldElephantDay in Scotland?

Sightings of the Loch Ness monster may have been circus elephants enjoying a swim, says Neil Clark of the Hunterian Museum. An elephant trunk and hump in the water bears similarities to some of the most famous Nessie photographs

#elephants #nessie #Scotland

And now for some good storytelling. Matt Sparks and Olivia Sizemore talk about Haint Country: Dark Folktales from the Hills and Hollers. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #Folklore #Appalachia #GhostStories #hauntings #Folktales #Kentucky

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5-star review graphic for the Lexicons Unbound podcast. Headline ‘Love it!’ with praise for its insight, curiosity, and critique. Reviewer: Shamatkd, Aug. 6, 2025. Teal and coral design with podcast logo

Hot off the presses: our very first fan mail
#FolklorePodcast #FiveStars #PodcastReview

Lexicons Unbound hosts introduce the podcast in this collage: one hiking outdoors, the other on a bench. Text reads 'A short audio hello from your hosts.

Who are these folklore nerds behind the mic? 👀
Meet your hosts of Lexicons Unbound, Melanie & Molly. We’re two curious minds w/ a love for stories, symbols, and how culture sneaks into your feed.

🎙️ Listen to our short intro episode: www.podpage.com/lexicons-unb...
#folklore #podcast #storytelling

Publishing next month, 'Folklore' by @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is a gripping new guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.

As two leading experts they provide the definitive guide to British folklore past and present.
#FolkloreThursday #booksky

A one of a kind original mixed media artwork of a hare. Created on mulberry paper, using acrylic paints and copper leaf.

In Celtic folklore, the August full moon, sometimes known as the "Grain Moon," is associated with Lughnasadh. It signifies the first harvest and celebrates abundance . It's also known as the "Dispute Moon," when legal matters were often settled.
Art my own.

#FullMoon #Folklore #OriginalArt

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Fascinating!

a cartoon of snow white holding a shoe and a knife . ALT: a cartoon of snow white holding a shoe and a knife .

Friends, it's #FolkyFriday!

Our theme today is "Folkloric Food!" Let us glut ourselves with stories and fill the day's belly with peculiarity!

From goblin fruit and Lembas bread to gingerbread houses and magic beans, tag related lore, art and customs #FolkyFriday for shares from 10am-6pm UK time!

In Appalachian folklore, you must never salt another person’s food. It’s said to bind them to you or curse their luck. Spilled salt invites the devil, unless thrown over your shoulder. The kitchen is a sanctuary, but it is also a threshold. #FolkyFriday

Art: Barbara Schock

What to eat in order to see #ghosts 😆 🥩🥪🍵🍰 #PhantomsFriday #FolkyFriday

Bold podcast art for 'Trust the Bear'—a folklore episode from Lexicons Unbound. Features a detailed bear framed by Celtic knotwork and roses, evoking strength, myth, and symbolism.

Because instinct isn’t betrayal. Because folklore remembers. Because safety shouldn't be radical. We’re breaking down it down: folklore, fear, and why so many women trust the bear.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3UjGqQU
#FolkyFriday #ManvsBear #FolklorePodcast

Podcast launch announcement graphic with teal background, megaphone, flowers, stars, and bold text reading 'WE'RE LIVE

It’s here!
Welcome to Lexicons Unbound: a folklore podcast for curious minds. We’re unpacking myths, memes, and the cultural threads woven through your feed.🎧 Start with our intro episode: bit.ly/46Jzap4

Because storytelling is a survival skill! #folklore #curiosity #culture

The Surprising History of August 'When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine.'

August holidays and superstitions: www.history.com/articles/aug... #folklore #folkloring #superstitions #august #history #catnights #folkloresky