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Don't pass through

Moet nie deurgaan nie

If you were walking through a forest and came across what you thought was an entryway to the Fae Realm, would you walk through?

Portal to Faerie

As jy deur 'n bos stap en op 'n plek afkom wat jy dink 'n toegang is tot die Fae Ryk, sou jy deurloop?

Portaal na die Fae

mythology

#cryptids #horror #folklore #monsters #stories

My cryptid maps

#kriptoïede #horror #folklore #monsters #stories

My kriptoïde kaarte

In my case, it's relatively well-known. I grew up a stone's throw away from the pine barrens and I used to hear stories about the Jersey devil at every campfire. That being said, I know the world has an interesting array of folklore and urban legends. What was yours if you had one?

Did you have a regional urban legend growing up? If so, what was it?

In my geval is dit relatief bekend. Ek het grootgeword 'n klipgooi van die denne-bos en ek het stories oor die Jersey-demon by elke kampvuur gehoor. Dit gesê, ek weet die wêreld het 'n interessante verskeidenheid van volksverhale en stedelike legendes. Wat was joune as jy een gehad het?

Het jy 'n plaaslike stedelike legende grootgeword? Indien wel, wat was dit?

What is your favorite local folklore horror story?

Horror stories!

Wat is jou gunsteling plaaslike volksverhaal horror storie?

Parada folklórica Montería Córdoba Colombia

Fiestas de la ganadería

Folkloriese optog Montería Córdoba Colombia

Fiestas van die veeteelt

I just wanted to share something 😭♥️

Ecuadorian folk <3

Ecuadoriaanse volks <3

Post a picture of your little familiar,  this one's mine.

Plaas 'n prentjie van jou klein bekende, hierdie een is myne.

Someone should make a folk lore game like Pokemon just run around and collect em all

Iemand moet 'n volksverhaal-speletjie soos Pokemon maak, net rondhardloop en al hulle versamel

So, I want to begin by pointing out that Old Irish and Old Welsh are the oldest vernacular literature(no relation to Vulgar Latin) languages in post-Roman Europe. Old Irish(Goidelc) was written before Anglo-Saxon English and Old High German: this created a lot of cognitive dissonance among who I will call the Anglo-British. People may fact check this, but the forces of Oliver Cromwell destroyed many Irish manuscripts, which is part of why our old literature in our own ancient language seems disjointed: even then we still have a wealth of writing dating back over 1000 years.

The "Táin Bó Cuailnge/Cattle Raid of Cooley" is currently known as the national epic of Ireland, Cú Chulainn being a central character, who stood up to the forces of many to defend his province of Ulster in what could be called a civil war. Pretentious people mock in The Táin what they praise in The Iliad, tbh the descriptions of landscapes show Tolkien was influenced by Irish stories even though he insulted them as ugly and chaotic(his English bias, which caught on in the world sadly as Anglo culture gained hegemony.) When not mocked as boring, it is mocked as mindless action. When not mocked, the Scottish and British Unionists try claiming Cú Chulainn was in fact a Pict, and not an Irish Gael, a Pict being associated with Scotland. This gave me the idea to simply write or begin work on a national epic myself, this time with the focus being Fionn Mac Cumhaill who has a lot of stories set in the East, Midlands and South of Ireland.

Fionn is the son(mac) of Cumall, Cumall who was killed in battle by Goll(one eye) Mac Morna. He was raised in the forests of Ireland by 3 bandit warriors, 2 women and 1 man. He was born under the name Demne, but when he fought and killed multiple boys when he was a child himself, he was nicknamed Finn/Fionn, which means blonde/light(the Welsh equivalent is Gwyn.) He would grow up to father many children, the most famous being his son Oisín. 

Over the centuries, Fionn, his son Oisín and grandson Oscar were depicted fighting many battles including the Battle of Ventry defending Ireland against foreign invaders. In later popular folklore, he was depicted as a bumbling giant, but that is not what I would include and I see the comical giant as a different character with the same name. 

My aim is to connect the stories of Finn and his family and warriors into one cohesive epic, in an appropriate method of verse(poetry) to inspire not just the Irish but also the Scottish and Manx who identify most of all as Gaels with a hope for a Gaelic Revival. Before The Iliad and The Odyssey were epics, they were collections of stories that had to be edited with additions and redacted with subtractions to get the polished, finished work of literature. Even if I cannot succeed, my idea may be planted as a seed in the minds of talented people from Ireland and Britain who see merit in my proposed new epic from a recently living storytelling tradition.

Oíche Mhaith/Goodnight.

A new national epic for Ireland

So, ek wil begin deur daarop te wys dat Ou Iers en Ou Wallies die oudste volksliteratuur (geen verband met Vulgar Latyn) tale in post-Romeinse Europa is. Ou Iers (Goidelc) is geskryf voor Anglo-Saksiese Engels en Ou Hoof Duits: dit het 'n groot kognitiewe dissonans geskep onder diegene wat ek die Anglo-Brits sal noem. Mense kan dit feitlik nagaan, maar die magte van Oliver Cromwell het baie Ierse manuskripte vernietig, wat deel is van hoekom ons ou literatuur in ons eie antieke taal disjointed lyk: selfs dan het ons steeds 'n rykdom van skrywe wat meer as 1000 jaar terugdateer.

Die "Táin Bó Cuailnge/Cattle Raid of Cooley" is tans bekend as die nasionale epiek van Ierland, Cú Chulainn is 'n sentrale karakter, wat teen die magte van baie opgestaan het om sy provinsie Ulster te verdedig in wat 'n burgeroorlog genoem kan word. Pretensieuse mense spot in Die Táin met wat hulle in Die Iliad prys, eerlik gesê, die beskrywings van landskappe wys dat Tolkien deur Ierse stories beïnvloed was, selfs al het hy hulle as lelik en chaoties beskou (sy Engelse vooroordeel, wat ongelukkig in die wêreld vasgegryp het soos Anglo-kultuur hegemonie verkry het). Wanneer dit nie as vervelig bespot word nie, word dit as gedienstige aksie bespot. Wanneer dit nie bespot word nie, probeer die Skotse en Britse Unie-ondersteuners beweer dat Cú Chulainn in werklikheid 'n Pict was, en nie 'n Ierse Gael nie, 'n Pict wat met Skotland geassosieer word. Dit het my die idee gegee om eenvoudig 'n nasionale epiek self te skryf of aan te begin, hierdie keer met die fokus op Fionn Mac Cumhaill wat baie stories het wat in die Ooste, Midlands en Suide van Ierland afspeel.

Fionn is die seun (mac) van Cumall, Cumall wat in die stryd deur Goll (een oog) Mac Morna doodgemaak is. Hy is in die woude van Ierland grootgemaak deur 3 bandiet-krygers, 2 vroue en 1 man. Hy is gebore onder die naam Demne, maar toe hy geveg het en verskeie seuns doodgemaak het toe hy self 'n kind was, is hy bynaam Finn/Fionn gegee, wat blond/licht beteken (die Walliese ekwivalent is Gwyn). Hy sou grootword om baie kinders te verwek, die bekendste is sy seun Oisín.

Oor die eeue is Fionn, sy seun Oisín en kleinseun Oscar uitgebeeld wat baie gevegte voer, insluitend die Slag van Ventry wat Ierland teen buitelandse indringers verdedig. In latere populêre volksverhaal is hy uitgebeeld as 'n klungelige reus, maar dit is nie wat ek sou insluit nie en ek sien die komiese reus as 'n ander karakter met dieselfde naam.

My doel is om die stories van Finn en sy familie en krygers in een samehangende epiek te verbind, in 'n gepaste metode van vers (poësie) om nie net die Iere nie, maar ook die Skotte en Manx wat hulself die meeste as Gaels identifiseer, te inspireer met 'n hoop vir 'n Gaeliese Herlewing. Voor Die Iliad en Die Odyssee epieke was, was dit versamelings van stories wat ge-edit moes word met toevoegings en weggeneem moes word met aftrekkings om die gepoleerde, voltooide werk van literatuur te kry. Selfs al kan ek nie slaag nie, mag my idee as 'n saad in die gedagtes van talentvolle mense van Ierland en Brittanje geplant word wat die waarde in my voorgestelde nuwe epiek uit 'n onlangs lewende verteltradisie sien.

Oíche Mhaith/Goede nag.

'n Nuwe nasionale epiek vir Ierland

Share a bit of folklore or an urban legend from your hometown that only locals would know! Bonus points if it’s not something well-known.

Hometown Lore

Deel 'n bietjie van folklore of 'n stedelike legende uit jou tuisdorp wat net plaaslike mense sou weet! Bonuspunte as dit nie iets is wat goed bekend is nie.

Tuistad Legende

Anyone there want to talk more exclusively about traditional folklore tales? Whatever country you're from.

Books, Friends and Podcasts

Iemand daar wat meer eksklusief oor tradisionele volksverhale wil praat? Watter land jy ook al van is.

Boeke, Vriende en Podcasts

Is it only me or it just feels completely different to fell asleep or walk in nature listening to folklore?
"Dypt Inne I skogen" sounds wonderful

Folklore in Nature do be hitting differently

Is dit net ek of voel dit heeltemal anders om in die natuur in te slaap of te stap terwyl ek folklore luister?
"Dypt Inne I skogen" klink wonderlik

Folklore in die Natuur voel anders

'n Boo-gemeenskap om ander Folklore entoesiaste te ontmoet.

Folklore Gemeenskap

Moet nie deurgaan nie

Portaal na die Fae

My kriptoïde kaarte

Het jy 'n plaaslike stedelike legende grootgeword? Indien wel, wat was dit?

Horror stories!

Fiestas van die veeteelt

Tans is lees stadig

Nie vir kinders nie. Nooit was nie. 🖤📖

Krampus 🎄♥️

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Egiptiese nubiese melodie

'n Spesie van klein mense, Homo Floresiensis