
Owen Davies
@odavies9
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Historian of witchcraft, magic, ghosts, religion, folklore & medicine. Vice President of Folklore Society 2023-2026. Also @odavies9.bsky.social
Joined April 2016
RT @folkloristan: A diagram showing how Lunar Eclipses work, and a drawing of the moon from an Urdu Lithograph copy of the Ajaib. https://t….
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RT @RepRaskin: For a man who fashions himself a free speech martyr, Mr. Farage seems most at home with Putin and the autocrats of the world….
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RT @UHertshistory: Why Choose History at Herts?.🎓Over 90% of our students say our teaching is engaging and clear. Join a close-knit academ….
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RT @arthur_s_okeefe: Though the physical and ebook editions are out of print (with a few physical extant copies still in circulation), the….
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RT @HistoryEpoch: 🎉Issue 21 is now live!🎉. Join us for a journey through Heritage and Memory across periods, localities, and topics, with s….
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Folklore. FREE - my three Folklore Society Presidential Lectures on:. "Finding the Folklore in the Annals of Psychiatry". "The Witch of Endor in History and Folklore". "A Folklorist Looks at Ice Cream Vans".
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The new ritual counter magic - removing the evil spells of forced AI programmes like Copilot and Gemini. We need new grimoires to deal with this techno possession.
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RT @FolkloreSociety: 📣A History of Folklore online course📣Following our sold out course in January, A History of Folklore, run by @Folklore….
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Lore & Landscape: An Alternative History of Britain. Provisionally the title of my next book. I'm loving writing it, but it's also disturbing how legends sometimes trump know facts in popular culture. A desire to ignore history that resonates all too well in contemporary Britain.
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RT @PierRoberrto: Call for Papers!.Join our panel @igsopas @AnthroGeoLAB “Haunted landscapes: landforms and water bodies from a geo-folklor….
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RT @carolecadwalla: The targeting & killing of journalists in Gaza & the failure of the media to show collective solidarity & to take colle….
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Ghosts. Been researching reports of ghostly monks & nuns in the landscape from the 17th century onward. Remarkable how in the 20th century people see them in homes & churches far from their trad place in Dissolution ruins. They become "go to" characters for hauntings anywhere.
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RT @lore_irish: Over 4,000 oral history recordings compiled by Irish Life and Lore on MP3s. Cost Eu 10. Hear the voices and stories of Irel….
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RT @LucyOLantern: I'm not active on here too often but I just had to share this one!. Build a Bear has just released an official Bloody Mar….
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RT @ManchesterUP: Join us for an evening of folklore and myth at the @rncmlive. Authors @CeriHoulbrook (Folklore) and @MagicNotWitches (Cun….
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RT @OGOMProject: We are excited to reveal that Sea Changes @britishlibrary is full to capacity re: in person tickets. Those still wanting t….
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RT @DrJEBall: A cute little bronze #Roman fish, complete with scales & line details on the fins 🐟 #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
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