Folklore Enthusiasts and "Practitioners"
A starter pack for folklore enthusiasts and "practitioners," bringing together accounts that explore beliefs, customs, stories, and traditions from around the globe. From ancient superstitions to modern interpretations, this pack celebrates the rich tapestry of storytelling and cultural lore.
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@crystalponti.bsky.social
@xingwu.bsky.social
@x1ngwu on X. I collect, translate and write about ancient Chinese folklore, mythology, and history. Love books and cats. Mythology | Yaoguai(妖怪) | Ghost(鬼) | Art | Myth | Fantasy | History
@signemaene.com
Belgian writer of stories inspired by Flemish folklore. Loves spooky woods, fairies, selkies, poetry and pretty shoes :-) BookWormSat with Rachel Deering.🖤 OUT NOW: Flemish Folktales Retold. signemaene.com/links/
@abeaumontbooks.bsky.social
🦉Folkloric books, folk music, gothic meanders 📚Indie Press 2025 Distinguished Favourite 🦌 Folk horror obsessed 🐉British Fantasy Soc London Event Org 🌊Books @brigidsgatepress
@pjrobichaud.bsky.social
Literature, myth, folklore • Stories of the Stones: Imagining Prehistory in Britain, Ireland, & Brittany (2026) • Pan: the Great God’s Modern Return (2021) • Poems in The South Shore Review & The Ekphrastic Review • Professor of English • CDN in CT 🇨🇦 • /|\
@minastillwater.bsky.social
Author, Artist, Musician. Avid researcher of the strange & unusual & otherwise hidden; ever-evolving; human engaged in being.
@mabinogiongame.bsky.social
Stevan Anastasoff, former White Dwarf writer, and video game designer: Warhammer Online, For Honor, Assassin's Creed, and many more. Now working on Tales from the Mabinogion, a game about Welsh mythology using Welsh as its principal language.
@danff.bsky.social
Artist, dog-lover, and writer (also avid reader) Art 🔹 Mythology 🔹 Folklore 🔹 Witchy stuff Download free ebooks, wallpapers, and support my content creation: https://ko-fi.com/danff Visit my 3D exhibition "Inspiration": https://bit.ly/3Cgpy8g
@curiousordinary.bsky.social
▪️Folklore▪️Myth▪️Magic▪️Art▪️ Sharing Japanese and supernatural folklore, mythology, yokai, culture and art. Also love books, cats, crows and trees. http://linktr.ee/curiousordinary
@lissasloan.bsky.social
Author of Cinderella continuation Glass and Feathers, I love fairy tales and tea. Find me at lissasloan.com.
@lilithepunk.bsky.social
Have-a-go folklorist and writer. My new book Household Lore publishes in November! Pre-order your copy https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore and learn the secrets of your dark corners...
@valbold.bsky.social
Scotland: Literature Song Culture Valentinabold.org FSA Scot, Hon Fellow Edinburgh Uni, Heritage at Scottish Women's Institutes. Convenor Scots Language Centre, Editor journals.ed.ac.uk/index.php/rosc and www.peterlang.com/series/shcs
@terrielizabethr.bsky.social
Speaker, performer, FRSA & member Folklore Society, Historical Association, Dickens Fellowship, Museum Volunteer. History, Folklore, Gothic, Uncanny Landscapes Terrielizabethreid.com
@chriswoodyard.bsky.social
Author A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, The Victorian Book of the Dead, 10 books on ghosts in Ohio and elsewhere. Death, mourning, costume, ghosts, Forteana. Podcast: Boggart and Banshee https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com: Blog
@barbdrummond.bsky.social
Self publishing historian mostly on 18th century Britain. Books on wife selling, machines of the Enlightenment, and much more. New book The Great Flood of 1607 published on 2 September. Love photography, churchcrawling, curiosity
@mythologymonday.thefolklore.cafe.ap.brid.gy
Stories from world mythology, every Monday. Founded 2019 by Elisabeth M @independentpen, @AimeeMaroux and @ClassicalMyths@twitter.com. JOIN US! Every […] [bridged from https://thefolklore.cafe/@mythologymonday on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
@essaeem.bsky.social
Connoisseur of the weird and wondrous, especially animation, theme parks, folklore and puppets. I also run @gifs-of-puppets.bsky.social.
@weirdireland.bsky.social
Your Unofficial Guide to Ireland 👇 Book, Podcast, Buy me a coffee :) linktr.ee/weirdireland
@magicnotwitches.bsky.social
Postdoc at Exeter Uni on the Seven County Witch Hunt Project 🧙♀️ Author of Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic ✨ First Gen 👩🎓 Cats 🐈⬛ Trees 🌳 Books 📚She/her https://linktr.ee/tabithastanmore
@clayfjohnson.bsky.social
Writer | Pianist | Romanticist | Votary of Gothic literature | Devoted animal lover | Author of A Ride Through Faerie & Other Poems (Gothic Keats Press, 2021).
@franciscawrites.bsky.social
Author of MG & Picture Books • https://franciscastaines.com/ 🇲🇽 All around book nerd with a weakness for mystery, fantasy, dogs & tacos. Rep'd by @michelle4laughs.bsky.social @StormLiterary
@tatiana1979.bsky.social
PhD candidate at the University of the Basque Country, Spain. I am researching Patrick McGrath's Gothic Fiction. MLitt in the Gothic Imagination at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Published by Luna Press Publishing. Posts in English and in Spanish.
@godysseypodcast.com
Mythology, History, Storytelling: the Godyssey podcast is a deep dive into our shared humanity through gods.
@kerria.bsky.social
Founder & Host: #BookChatWeekly & #BookologyThursday @bookcat.bsky.social IMDB: bit.ly/3ZXjiu1 KerriaSeabrooke.com
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
Host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast/blog. Researcher & writer for hire. Dark fantasy & Gothic author. Crafter. PhD in haunted house films.
@stephengrae.bsky.social
Druid and poet as the Bard of Cumberland; filmmaker at Land of Lore Films; writer at The FolkLore Press; monthly tales in Cumbria Lakeland Walker magazine; contemporary artist. Fellow of the RSA
@venetiajane.bsky.social
Sharing the wonders of flowers and nature, gardening, plant history, folklore, art, and poetry. Bedfordshire photographer for the National Garden Scheme charity. #SolaceInNature #DailyBotanicalBeauty https://www.venetiajane.co.uk
@coffinboffin.bsky.social
Exploring what this platform has to offer. Stay tuned for updates!
@heathertweed.bsky.social
Artist, writer, researcher. Veiled & forgotten 19th Century characters, Circus, Music Hall. SoA, British Music Hall Soc, Circus250 Book Ahoy! www.heathertweed.net www.heathertweed.co.uk
@pj-richards.bsky.social
🪶Artist & Author🦄occasional Unicorn 🏹novels: folkloric-fantasy DEEPER OLDER DARKER🌿& 🌿official Robin of Sherwood adventure WOLVES OF WINTER🌿🌗On a mission to bring magick into the mundane world 💚Love Yews🌿#ReEnchantmentIsResistance
@beefolklore.bsky.social
www.beefolklore.ie Sharing folklore on bees, honey & other things. Lover of nature, beekeeping, animals & the wonderful world of folklore, myths & legends across Irish & international folk traditions #booksky💙📚
@bwthornton.bsky.social
Publisher of the A Midsummer Mouse books, contemporary Moorcroft Pottery and lamps, Dennis Chinaworks, Isle of Wight Studio Glass. https://www.bwthornton.co.uk
@niftybuckles.bsky.social
Folklore weaver & poet, spinning tales with my Welsh dragon, a Cultural Anthro dag. Art Deco fan with pixie flair. Support my work on KO-Fi: https:/
@finnfolklorist.bsky.social
I am interested in myths, legends and folklore. I don't' like nazis, tankies or Russia. I am mostly active on here on WyrdWednesdays.
@horriblesanity.bsky.social
Poe/history blogger. Poster of damn fool nonsense. Enlightened on the subject of Goatology. Crazy Cat Lady. Grouch. Abandon hope, all ye who follow here.
@bevanthomas.bsky.social
Author, editor, and teacher of creative writing, speculative fiction, and comics. Thinker of strange thoughts. Member of Cloudscape Comics. MFA in Creative Writing from UBC.
@yokaiparade.bsky.social
we're artist @lilichin.bsky.social twitter refugee @wombatarama.bsky.social and monster scholar @zackdavisson.com Get our yokai stuff on Etsy and Threadless! https://YokaiParadeShop.etsy.com
@0liviafranc3s.bsky.social
MP staff. Stockton North CLP Women’s Officer. Trade Unionist.
@1steviekilner.bsky.social
I do think I have a prophetic vision about the earth but who’s going to listen to a clown…..
@aedmiston1984.bsky.social
Footy and Music lover, Essendon FC member and player sponsor ❤️🖤
@fleurishfolk.bsky.social
Comparative #myth, classics, researching women in #fairytales & #folklore 🌸 🇨🇦 #amwriting. #factsmatter #INFJ * No DM's thx.
@thefolkarchive.bsky.social
Folk from the past, folk from the present, folk for the future
@folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
Arts, Film, Talks, Crafts, Library, Archive, Museum, Research, Education, Workshops, Exhibitions, Storytelling, Conferences, Local Folk History. Generally warm, welcoming and inclusive space to hang out in. With tea room too. Open Wed-Sat. Events Sat.
@mythcrafts.bsky.social
We are Mythologists who also love folklore, history, pop culture and anything weird and unusual. Mythcrafts.com
@shanonsinn.bsky.social
Author and comic illustrator. Folklore journalism. Publisher of Black Cat Books.
@bengazur.bsky.social
Writer and author. Love Classics, folklore, food, and philosophy. A Feast of Folklore is out now! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklore-Bizarre-Stories-British/dp/180018316X
@willowwinsham.bsky.social
Author and historian, specialising in witchcraft, folklore and cats. Co-founder of #FolkloreThursday The Story of Witches - Out 13th March 2025 https://bit.ly/3PNy8yC willowwinsham.com
@deedeechainey.bsky.social
Storyteller. Heritage botherer. @culturalfutureshub.bsky.social & @folklorethursday.bsky.social founder; #TreasuryOfFolklore author. #XR and #UX enthusiast. https://linktr.ee/deedeechainey
@reviewwales.bsky.social
Journalist. Author. Cultural adventurer. Writes about the arts, art history, opera and the uncanny. PhD researcher in the Gothic. Ghosts and Folklore of Wales podcast. Happiest at Halloween.
@folklorethursday.bsky.social
#FolkloreThursday is a hashtag day for sharing folklore facts, and a website filled with articles! Founded by @deedeechainey.bsky.social & @willowwinsham.bsky.social.
@folkloresociety.bsky.social
Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
@folkloretwitcher.bsky.social
Random views myne owne. Canadian. Seeker of #Hiraeth. Mother of a resting Cello-wing Daughter. Part-time MA Folklore student. A latter-day OOwl fancier (with a good dose of Wren-fancying too). #KDrama Addict. Learning 中文. Spins woolly yarns & story threads
@crystalponti.bsky.social
A freelance writer exploring the intersection of history and folklore. Bylines: The History Channel, The New York Times, BBC, etc. Also @HistoriumU (Historium Unearthia); Grieving mom of Adam. muckrack.com/crystal-ponti