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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

Si ou t ap mache nan yon forè epi ou te tonbe sou sa ou te panse se yon antre nan Rèlm Fae a, èske ou ta pase ladan l?

Pòtab pou Faerie

mythology

#cryptids #horror #folklore #monsters #stories

My cryptid maps

Kat kriptid mwen yo

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?

Nan ka mwen, li relativman byen konnen. Mwen te grandi yon ti kras lwen forè pye pwa yo e mwen te konn tande istwa sou dyab Jersey a nan chak dife kan. Sa di, mwen konnen mond lan gen yon varyete enteresan de tradisyon popilè ak lejand iben. Ki sa ki te pa ou si ou te gen youn?

Eske ou te gen yon lejand iben rejyonal pandan ou t ap grandi? Si se konsa, ki sa li te ye?

What is your favorite local folklore horror story?

Horror stories!

Ki istwa laterè folklor lokal ou pi renmen?

Istwa laterè!

Parada folklórica Montería Córdoba Colombia

Fiestas de la ganadería

Parade folklorik Montería Córdoba Kolonbi

Fèt bèt

I just wanted to share something 😭♥️

Ecuadorian folk <3

Mwen jis te vle pataje yon bagay 😭♥️

Folk Ekwadryen <3

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

Pataje yon foto ti zanmi ou, sa a se pa mwen.

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

Yon moun ta dwe fè yon jwèt tradisyonèl tankou Pokemon, jis kouri al kolekte yo tout.

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

Donk, mwen vle kòmanse pa fè remake ke Ansyen Irlandè ak Ansyen Welsh se pi ansyen literati vèna (pa gen okenn relasyon ak Latin Vulgè) lang nan Ewòp apre Wom. Ansyen Irlandè (Goidelc) te ekri anvan Anglè Anglo-Saxon ak Ansyen Alman wo: sa a te kreye anpil disonans kognitif pami sa mwen pral rele Anglo-Britanik. Moun ka verifye sa, men fòs Oliver Cromwell te detwi anpil maniskri Irlandè, ki se yon pati nan rezon ki fè literati ansyen nou an nan pwòp lang ansyen nou an sanble disjointe: menm lè sa a nou toujou gen yon richès ekriti ki dat tounen plis pase 1000 ane.

"Táin Bó Cuailnge/Raid Bèt Cooley" se kounye a konnen kòm epik nasyonal Iland, Cú Chulainn se yon karaktè santral, ki te leve kont fòs anpil pou defann pwovens li nan Ulster nan sa ki ta ka rele yon lagè sivil. Moun pretansye ap moque nan The Táin sa yo ap fè lwanj nan The Iliad, pou di verite deskripsyon peyizaj yo montre Tolkien te enfliyanse pa istwa Irlandè menm si li te ensilte yo kòm lèd ak chao (prejije li an Anglè, ki te pran nan mond lan malerezman pandan kilti Anglo a te jwenn hegemonie.) Lè yo pa moque kòm raz, li moque kòm aksyon san lespri. Lè yo pa moque, Inyonis Scottish ak Britanik yo ap eseye reklame Cú Chulainn te an reyalite yon Pict, e pa yon Irlandè Gael, yon Pict ki asosye ak Scotland. Sa a te ban mwen lide pou senpleman ekri oswa kòmanse travay sou yon epik nasyonal mwen menm, fwa sa a ak konsantre sou Fionn Mac Cumhaill ki gen anpil istwa ki fèt nan Lès, Midlands ak Sid Iland.

Fionn se pitit (mac) Cumall, Cumall ki te touye nan batay pa Goll (yon je) Mac Morna. Li te leve nan forè Iland pa 3 vanyan sòlda bandi, 2 fanm ak 1 gason. Li te fèt anba non Demne, men lè li te batay ak touye plizyè ti gason lè li te yon timoun li menm, yo te rele li Finn/Fionn, ki vle di blon/blond (ekivalan Welsh la se Gwyn.) Li ta grandi pou li gen anpil pitit, pi popilè a se pitit li Oisín.

Sou syèk yo, Fionn, pitit li Oisín ak pitit gason li Oscar te dekri ap batay anpil batay ki gen ladan Batay Ventry ki defann Iland kont envazè etranje. Nan folklò popilè pita, yo te dekri li kòm yon jeyan ki pa gen sans, men sa a se pa sa mwen ta enkli e mwen wè jeyan komik la kòm yon karaktè diferan ak menm non an.

Objektif mwen se konekte istwa Finn ak fanmi li ak sòlda li yo nan yon epik ki koze, nan yon metòd apwopriye vès (pwezi) pou enspire pa sèlman Irlandè yo men tou Scottish ak Manx ki idantifye plis pase tout kòm Gaels ak yon espwa pou yon Revivay Gaelic. Anvan The Iliad ak The Odyssey te epik, yo te koleksyon istwa ki te dwe edite ak adisyon ak redwi ak soustraksyon pou jwenn travay literè ki poli, fini. Menm si mwen pa ka reyisi, lide mwen ka plante kòm yon grenn nan lespri moun talan ki soti nan Iland ak Britanik ki wè merite nan nouvo epik mwen pwopoze a soti nan yon tradisyon rakonte istwa ki te viv dènyèman.

Oíche Mhaith/Bòn nuit.

Yon nouvo epik nasyonal pou Iland

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

Pataje yon ti kras de folklò oswa yon lejand iben soti nan vil ou ki sèlman moun lokal yo ta konnen! Pwen bonis si se pa yon bagay ki byen konnen.

Lwa Peyi

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

Books, Friends and Podcasts

Eske gen moun la ki vle pale plis eksklizivman sou istwa folklor tradisyonèl? Kèlkeswa peyi ou soti.

Liv, Zanmi ak Podcast

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

Eske se sèlman mwen oswa li jis santi l konplètman diferan pou dòmi oswa mache nan nati ap tande folklore?
"Dypt Inne I skogen" sonnen bèl anpil

Folklore nan Nati a ap frape diferan

A Boo community for meeting other Folklore enthusiasts.

Folklore Community

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Eske ou te gen yon lejand iben rejyonal pandan ou t ap grandi? Si se konsa, ki sa li te ye?

Istwa laterè!

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