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Don't pass through

Usapfuure

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

Kana waifamba mukati mechikomo uye ukasangana nechinhu chaunofunga kuti chiri chivharo kuFae Realm, ungafamba kupfuura here?

Portal kuFaerie

mythology

#cryptids #horror #folklore #monsters #stories

My cryptid maps

Mamepu angu ecryptid

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?

Mune yangu nyaya, inozivikanwa zvishoma. Ndakakurira padhuze nemapine barrens uye ndaiwanzonzwa nyaya nezve Jersey devil pamoto wecampfire. Izvi zvichireva, ndinoziva kuti nyika ine akasiyana-siyana e folklore uye nyaya dzechinyakare. Chii chako kana waive nayo?

Waive neye nyaya yechinyakare yemumaguta pauri kukura here? Kana zvakadaro, chii chairo?

What is your favorite local folklore horror story?

Horror stories!

Ndeipi nyaya yako yaunofarira yechivanhu inotyisa?

Nyaya dzehorror!

Parada folklórica Montería Córdoba Colombia

Fiestas de la ganadería

Parada yechivanhu Montería Córdoba Colombia

Mhemberero dzehuku

I just wanted to share something 😭♥️

Ecuadorian folk <3

Ndaingoda kungogovera chimwe chinhu 😭♥️

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

Tumira mufananidzo wechikamu chako chidiki, uyu ndiye wangu.

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

Mumwe munhu anofanira kugadzira mutambo wechinyakare sePokemon, kungotenderera uye kuunganidza ese.

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

Saka, ndinoda kutanga nekutaura kuti Old Irish neOld Welsh ndizvo zvinyorwa zvekare zvemutauro (hapana hukama neVulgar Latin) mumitauro yechivanhu muEurope mushure meRoma. Old Irish (Goidelc) yakanyorwa isati yasvika kuAnglo-Saxon English neOld High German: izvi zvakagadzira kusawirirana kwakawanda pakati pevanhu vandichadaidza kuti Anglo-British. Vanhu vanogona kuongorora izvi, asi masimba aOliver Cromwell akaparadza ma manuscript mazhinji eIreland, izvo ndizvo zvinoita kuti zvinyorwa zvedu zvekare mumutauro wedu wechivanhu zvionekwe sezvisina kuwirirana: kunyange panguva iyoyo tichiri nepfuma yehunyanzvi hwekugadzira inotangira kumashure kwemakore anopfuura 1000.

"Táin Bó Cuailnge/Cattle Raid of Cooley" parizvino inozivikanwa seepiki yenyika yeIreland, Cú Chulainn ari munhu mukuru, akamira pamberi pemasimba mazhinji kuti dzivirire dunhu rake reUlster mune zvinganzi hondo yemukati. Vanhu vanozvikudza vanoseka muThe Táin izvo zvavanokudza muThe Iliad, tbh tsananguro dzemakomo dzinoratidza kuti Tolkien akakanganiswa nezvinyorwa zveIreland kunyange akavadzisa sevasina kunaka uye vakakanganisa (kushungurudzika kwake kweChirungu, uko kwakabva kwavepo munyika sezvo tsika yeAnglo yakawana kutonga.) Kana isingasekwe seisingakoshi, inosekwa sechiito chisina pfungwa. Kana isingasekwe, maScottish neBritish Unionists vanoedza kudoma kuti Cú Chulainn aive Pict, kwete Irish Gael, Pict achibatanidzwa neScotland. Izvi zvakandipa pfungwa yokunyora kana kutanga basa pane epiki yenyika ini, panguva ino tichitarisa paFionn Mac Cumhaill ane nyaya dzakawanda dzakaitika kumabvazuva, Midlands neSouth yeIreland.

Fionn ndiye mwanakomana (mac) waCumall, Cumall akakuvadzwa muhondo naGoll (macho chimwe) Mac Morna. Akakurira mumisasa yeIreland nevatambi vatatu vechikomba, vakadzi vaviri nemurume mumwe. Akaberekwa pasi pezita Demne, asi paakakunda akakuvadzwa vakomana vakawanda paakanga achiri mwana, akapihwa zita rekuti Finn/Fionn, rinoreva blonde/light (zvakafanana neWelsh Gwyn.) Aizokura kuti ave nemwana akawanda, anonyanya kuzivikanwa ari mwanakomana wake Oisín.

Mumakore, Fionn, mwanakomana wake Oisín nemukoma wake Oscar vakaratidzwa vachirwisa mabhuku mazhinji kusanganisira Hondo yeVentry vachidzivirira Ireland kubva kune vanopinda vekunze. Mukufungidzira kwechinyakare, akaratidzwa segiant anokanganisa, asi izvo hazvisi izvo zvandichasanganisira uye ndinoona giant inosekesa seimwe munhu ane zita rimwe chete.

Chinangwa changu ndechekubatanidza nyaya dzaFinn nemhuri yake nevapambi kuita epiki imwechete inowirirana, nenzira yakakodzera yeversi (nhetembo) kuti ikurudzire kwete chete veIreland asiwo maScottish neManx vanozviona seGaels vane tariro yeKudzorera kweGaelic. Pasati paThe Iliad neThe Odyssey kuva epiki, aive kuunganidzwa kwenyaya dzaida kugadziridzwa nemaitiro uye kuderedzwa nemaitiro kuti uwane basa rakapfava, rakapedzwa rezvinyorwa. Kunyangwe ndisingakwanisi kubudirira, pfungwa yangu inogona kuiswa sembeu mumisoro yevanhu vane talente kubva kuIreland neBritain vanoona kukosha muepiki yangu itsva inotaurwa kubva kumaitiro ekutaura akangobva kuvepo.

Oíche Mhaith/Goodnight.

Epiki itsva yenyika yeIreland

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

Goverai zvishoma nezve tsika kana ngano yemuguta mako iyo inongozivikanwa nevanhu vekumusha! Mipiro yebhonasi kana isiri chinhu chiri kuzivikanwa.

Nhoroondo yeKumusha

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

Books, Friends and Podcasts

Pane munhu ipapo anoda kutaura zvakanyanya nezve nyaya dzechinyakare? Chero nyika yaunobva.

Mabhuku, Shamwari uye Mapodcasts

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

Ndiri ini chete here kana kuti zvinongonzwa zvakasiyana chaizvo kuti ndirare kana kufamba musango ndichiteerera tsika dzevanhu?
"Dypt Inne I skogen" inonzwika zvakanaka

Tsika dzevanhu muNature dziri kuita zvakasiyana

A Boo community for meeting other Folklore enthusiasts.

Folklore Community

Usapfuure

Portal kuFaerie

Mamepu angu ecryptid

Waive neye nyaya yechinyakare yemumaguta pauri kukura here? Kana zvakadaro, chii chairo?

Nyaya dzehorror!

Mhemberero dzehuku

Mufaro we6th folklore anniversary kune wese ari kupemberera 🩶

Parizvino kuverenga kwave kunonoka

Iyo itsva

Hazvina kuvana. Hazvina kumbobvira. 🖤📖

Krampus 🎄♥️

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