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Brigid is associated with blacksmiths, spring, and cattle, among other things, and stories like blinding herself to repel men's unwanted attention. The three-armed cross here represents both the triple goddess and the trinity. Lá Fhéile Bríde shona daoibh 🌸

Prints: https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/brigid-a4-fine-art-print

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What to do when a cat's thoughts turn to murder?

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Historical_Anecdote_of_a_Cat_Which_Has_Killed_a_Lot_of_People

#WritersCoffeeClub 1/20. Figuratively speaking, do you travel with the caravan or solo over the hills?

I have a few fellow folklorists I talk with. But ultimately, "translating old German folk tales into English" is an _extreme_ niche. In fact, I don't think anyone else is doing that right now.

Though I'd love to connect with other #folklore translators from other countries and cultures, if they are out there.

Summary of Iya the Camp-Eater, #Sioux #folklore retold by Zitkala-Ša (Yankton Dakota) in Old Indian Legends (1901):

Hunters found a baby in the woods and brought him back to their chieftain. He gave the baby to his daughter to raise despite voices of caution that the baby might be an evil spirit: The chieftain found it cowardly to leave a child to die in the wilds out of excessive caution. He ordered a feast and dance to name his new grandson Chaske.

In the night the chief's daughter, sitting with her sleeping child, heard the sound of a camp from his open mouth. The chieftain realized the baby was Iya the Camp-Eater, only powerful in the night, and had the village flee with their teepees so quietly that Iya never woke.

In the morning Iya, enraged at finding the village gone, threw off his baby shape to show his true form as a giant with spindling legs. He crossed a river to the village's new encampment only to be slain by knife-wielding warriors. Lo! An entire village Iya had eaten rose out of the fallen giant, rejoicing in their newfound freedom. With Iya's killing there was no more danger of camp grounds being swallowed overnight. #mythology #MythologyMonday #Indigenous

In Arabian folklore, Sinbad the Sailor found his way to the City of Apes. The city's inhabitants must sleep in boats on the water since at night savage apes come down from the mountains and enter the city to steal its fruit and attack any humans they find.

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Not all the Knights of the Round Table were British or even European. The Middle Eastern knight Sir Palamedes was a rival of Sir Tristan for Iseult in the Arthurian romances, and he was featured in "Le Morte d'Arthur" as one of King Arthur's noblest champions.
🎨 Christopher Cant

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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: What's a no-longer popular trend in writing you'd like to see make a comeback?

#Folklore books collecting new tales from current oral storytellers.

The oral folk storytelling tradition in Germany is pretty dead, and has been for several generations - and we were lucky that there so many folklorists collecting them while they were still circulating.

But there are many countries and cultures that _still_ have a living storytelling tradition, and I hope that there are people collecting these tales before they are gone!