Available in print or ebook, and can be ordered via our website: "Folklore of the Lake District" "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; an encyclopedia of world folklore" link: https://t.co/CMK9DSw3VT #folklore #lakedistrict #goblins

According to RSC lore, "MacBeth" was cursed from the beginning. A coven of witches objected to Shakespeare using real incantations, so they put a curse on the play. The first performance c. 1606 was riddled with disaster. #ShakespeareSunday #FolkloreSunday art: Daniel Gardner

The 'Blue Men of the Minch', also known as 'Storm Kelpies' are mythological creatures inhabiting the stretch of water between the Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland, looking for sailors to drown and stricken boats to sink.  #supernatural #folklore #scotland

It's #BookshopDay 📚 "Folklore of the Lake District" by Stephen G. Rae come on a magical journey in folklore through the Lake District and its surrounding counties info: https://t.co/CMK9DSw3VT #folklore #lakedistrict #bookwormsat

It's #BookshopDay 📚 "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; an encyclopedia of world folklore" by Stephen G. Rae featuring some 200+ goblins and goblin-like characters in world folklore info: https://t.co/CMK9DSw3VT #folklore #goblins #bookwormsat

In South American lore, Catman comes out at night, roaming neighborhoods to prey on both people and animals In European lore, Werecat is a witch who can transform into a domestic cat #caturday #folklore art: Jorge Mascarenhas

The Nuckelavee, thought to derive from the Orcadian word  knoggelvi, meaning "Devil of the Sea". It's a demon from folklore that combines both equine and human elements. It's breath like a poison. #folklore #demons #Scotland art: Joan Llopis Doménech

Fin Folk, also known as Sea Gardeners are sea dwelling faeries who shun human contact. There are myths and stories of those who have been taken to their utopian underwater world, which is said to be enclosed in glass. #faeriefriday #folklore #scotland art: Ilya Reppin

Out now, in print and #ebook : "Folklore of the Lake District" by Stephen G. Rae Come on a magical journey in folklore through the Lake District and its surrounding counties Info: https://t.co/CMK9DSvw6l #folklore #magic #LakeDistrict

Guillermo del Toro is quoted as saying that the Angel of Death in Hellboy II was inspired by a painting in a Mexican church where an archangel had eyes in every feather #hellboy #fantasy #film Hellboy II: The Golden Army, 2008 dir. Guillermo del Toro #botd

In the Scottish Highlands, chief amongst the Forest Spirits is the Uruisg (Urisk), a half human and half goat being similar to the Faun Ofelia meets who informs of her three tasks. #folklore #naturespirits #Scotland Pan's Labyrinth, 2006 dir. Guillermo del Toro #botd

An origin of the werewolf myth? In the "Epic of Gilgamesh", Gilgamesh refuses to become a lover of the goddess Ishtar because of her cruel treatment of a previous suitor; a shepherd whom she turned into a wolf. #mythology #wolf #werewolf art: Irina Lesik

Fabulous poster for "Pan's Labyrinth", Guillermo del Toro 2006 masterpiece, designed by Ise Ananphada

Tangie, a shape-shifting being in the folklore of the Orkney and Shetland Isles. It may appear as either a horse, an old man or a merman; covered in seaweed. It abducts lonely travellers, and devours them underwater. #folklore #horror #Scotland

Out now, in print and ebook. A perfect #Halloween read: 'Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin' by Stephen G. Rae featuring some 200+ characters from world folklore info: https://t.co/CMK9DSw3VT #folklore #goblins #booklover

Alternative film poster for The Wicker Man by Jessica Seaman

"If that machine can do what you say it can do, destroy it, George! Destroy it before it destroys you!" #WyrdWednesday #fantasy #film The Time Machine, 1960 Dir. George Pal

"The natives over there are cannibals. They eat liars with the same enthusiasm as they eat honest men" ~ Captain Nemo #WyrdWednesday #conceptart #film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1954 Dir. Richard Fleischer

In a mythology from the indigenous peoples of the americas: Ravens were once only white, they helped humans master fire, and were turned black by the flames. #FairytaleTuesday #indigenous

In Scots Gealic lore the 'cait sìth' is a faerie cat, a faerie that takes the shape of a black cat with a distinctive white spot on it's chest. ~ from Stephen's upcoming book "Elves and Fairies", due in 2026 https://t.co/bhTSAmpRxB #FairytaleTuesday #Scotland

#NationalBadgerDay "Tom was telling an absurd story about badgers and their queer ways" ~ J.R.R. Tolkien Badger-folk were creatures of legend mentioned by Tolkien, but nothing is known of their origin. #Tolkien #TheHobbit #badgers art: Richard Svensson