Folklore and folklorists
Bringing together folklore scholars, folklorists, collectors.
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@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
@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
@threeravenspod.bsky.social
An English Myth and Folklore Podcast. New episodes on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Gather round the campfire and listen in! https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast We also run the old Twitter hashtag #FolkyFriday - new themes each week, so do join in!
@sustopodcast.bsky.social
The podcast of paranormal folklore from Latin American and Hispanic cultures 👻 www.SustoPodcast.com
@jefftoddtiton.bsky.social
Professor of Music Emeritus, Brown University. Ecomusicology, ethnomusicology, folklore. New book: Sounds, Ecologies, Musics (Oxford U Press 2023). Old book: Toward a Sound Ecology (Indiana U Press 2020). Essays at https://brown.academia.edu/JeffToddTiton
@bronteschiltz.bsky.social
Writer & journalist. PhD on Britain’s Televisual Gothic 👻 Big on The Divine Comedy and fun
@considerjeoffry.bsky.social
Folklorist and writer specializing in the cultural heritage of the American South. Collector of 78 rpm records and old photos. Fiddler and banjo player. Researching folk gravestone art, Southern pottery history, ghost stories. Catscatscatscatscatscats
@academictessa.dftba.social
Academic. Educator. Fiber Artist. Studying our oldest stories and how they make us human Part California Sunshine, Part English Rain
@colleensocialwork.bsky.social
Medical social worker also folklorist. Small holder. Associate researcher: personal sanctuary, meaning making +material culture, esp North Atlantic domestic arts and spiritualities. Textiles. Medical misinfo and medievalisms. Romancelandia bc:hope
@doubleproficiency.com
Natural history & folklore, astronomy, TTRPG. Authors of #AphelionRPG, Herbalist's Primer, and more! By @annaurbanek.bsky.social and @jakubwisz.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/2xproficiency https://www.doubleproficiency.com 🌐 Tampere, Finland
@helleborezine.bsky.social
Small press devoted to #FolkHorror, #folklore, #magic and the #occult in Britain. World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist. Founder/editor: @mjpcuervo.bsky.social. 🌍 Now shipping worldwide from www.helleborezine.com
@rblemberg.bsky.social
RB (they/them). Immigrant, SFF writer + academic. Neurodivergent. Le Guin Prize Shortlist 2023. Nebula, Ignyte, World Fantasy, Locus and Crawford finalist. Views always my own. <3 דאָיִקייט http://rblemberg.net/ https://patreon.com/rblemberg
@wickedtizzy.bsky.social
Folklore Graduate Student | Diasporic Sámi | Queer and Still Here 🏳️🌈 Researching Digital Folklore, Contemporary Legends, Indigenous Artists
@chendirl.bsky.social
Qualitative Health | Stillbirth & Perinatal #Death | Grief & Bereavement | Interdisciplinary | www.ciarahenderson.com/ | eurohealthhist.bsky.social #CA22159 Science Officer | #SocialScience #MedHum #Maternity #Research #HistMed #History #Cillíní #Folklore
@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...
@afwilson.bsky.social
Undisciplined academic. Currently writing about inland mermaids, wetlands, politics, nationalism, and the environment. Sociology|Criminology|Folklore. Regular human, too. In spite of the current profile pic not much of a beer drinker.
@braciatrix.bsky.social
Beer Historian/Archaeologist| Author: FILTHY QUEENS: A HISTORY OF BEER IN IRELAND, and THE DEVIL'S IN THE DRAUGHT LINES | Cohost @beerladiespod| Pres. @beerladiesIRE | BJCP certified Beer Judge Preorder Filthy Queens: https://tinyurl.com/Ninebeanrowsbooks
@g0blinegg.bsky.social
Amy - Part-time Goblin 🐸 Folklorist researching the Folklore and Ghostlore of Shropshire 👻 Teacher of Religious Studies Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇 - Currently working on a book about The Devil in Shropshire Folklore
@drfloraposte.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology at RGU; Visiting Lecturer at Newcastle Sociology. I write and research on hauntings, ghosts, graveyards, the wilderness, and other sundry death things. Book forthcoming with MUP.
@zackdavisson.com
2 x Eisner-winning Writer/Translator/Lecturer. Faculty at NYU. Sabre fencer. Extra fancy. ULTIMATE X-MEN, CONAN, STAR WARS: VISIONS, MtG, ULTIMATE GUIDE TO JAPANESE YOKAI Shigeru Mizuki, Matsumoto Leiji, Satoshi Kon. Go Nagai. Gou Tanabe. He/Him
@nilsvisser.bsky.social
Author, care worker, somewhen poet, somewhen archer. D&D. Gen X, ('e, 'im & oi). Writes about the Flying Dutchman, Smugglepunk, Brighton & Sussex folklore, and occasional non-fiction for magazines. Perpetually broke, no quick buck to be made here.
@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
@amylouioc.bsky.social
Irish illustrator & film programmer making pretty drawings and working for film festivals 🎨🎬 🎬 Kerry International Film Festival, Animation Dingle 📚 Picturebook A CORK FAIRYTALE out now! 💌 amylouioc@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/amylouioc
@kilravockrose.bsky.social
Acquisitions editor at the University of Wisconsin Press. Acquires in classics, folklore, Nordic studies, and Slavic studies. Cat person and animal lover. Scholar of legends and Nordic witchcraft. Views here my own, etc.
@csmaccath.com
Folklore PhD, author, poet, musician. Presently writing THE STORYTELLER'S GUIDE TO FOLKLORE, a handbook at the intersections of folkloristics and creative writing. Codex and SFWA member. Nordic Animist. Ⓥ 🇨🇦 https://linktr.ee/csmaccath
@weird-wiltshire.bsky.social
🌲🧚👻 Writer of strange & unusual tales. Ghosts, folklore & history from Wiltshire and beyond. Earth & nature lover. 👻🧚🌲 ☕ www.weird-wiltshire.co.uk
@nonfictioness.bsky.social
Writer (Lore of the Wild, Hyphens & Hashtags &c). Big fan of books, libraries, folklore, history. Also studying for part-time PhD on the folklore of death and dying in 19th century England
@drpaullee.bsky.social
Dilletante wannabe. Doctorate in physics. Currently involved in ghost research, the Titanic and a myriad of other interests like tinkering with computers. My website is http://www.paullee.com
@adapturg.bsky.social
Theatre prof (dramaturgy, history, theory, & performance studies), feminist director, writer. Cat & cosmetics enthusiast. 🌻
@prairiebones.bsky.social
🌻 Designer and Illustrator🌻 Dark folklore from the woods Co-host for #WyrdWednesday https://linktr.ee/prairiebones
@theswampwytch.bsky.social
Witch of the SwampLands. Folk Witch, Cunning Woman, Pellor. Folklore, Magic, Herbs & Trees, Raptors, Stones & Bones. Diviner. Olorisha. Monankisi in Quimbanda de Angola. https://linktr.ee/theswampwytch
@buddhasinthewest.bsky.social
Buddhist material culture in media for Western audiences, including prints, photos, ephemera, &c. Digital public scholarship project curated by Peter Romaskiewicz, PhD (@peterromaskiewicz.bsky.social) 🗺 buddhasinthewest.com 🌟 New Posts: Mon, Wed, & Fri
@stuartdunn.bsky.social
Digital Humanist and Professor of Spatial Humanities, King's College London (@kingsdh.bsky.social). Also: Head of Humanities, @kingsartshums.bsky.social. Various other things too, e.g. @folkloresociety.bsky.social Council Member. https://stuartdunn.blog
@hstblues.bsky.social
Literature Correspondent for The Folklore Podcast. HWA Member. Writer. Book reviewer. DM if you'd like me to review your book or be on the show.
@elizadearnley.bsky.social
Folklorist, writer, Lecturer in Creative Writing at Edinburgh Napier University. Editor of DEADLY DOLLS and FEARSOME FAIRIES (British Library). Fairy tales / horror / interactive stories / weird and eerie 🦇 Rep’d https://www.philippasitters.co.uk. She/her
@dianearodgers.bsky.social
Doctor of Folk Horror & Wyrd 70s TV | Centre for Contemporary Legend | President-elect of International Society for Contemporary Legend Research | National Folklore Survey | Dracula Returns to Derby | The Sleazoids | All views my own (she/her)
@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
@mossgoblingrrl.bsky.social
Claire. Feral folklorist, museums worker & DHeritage researcher at the University of Hertfordshire exploring Pagan interactions with historic sacred sites. She/they. All views my own.
@idatolgensbakk.bsky.social
Folklorist at Norsk Folkemuseum. Migration history, folklore, childlore, netlore. ida.tolgensbakk@norskfolkemuseum.no
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
Author of 'Winter's Wishfall'. Folklorist. Mum. Northerner. Lecturer in Folklore & History. Eater of cake.
@andreakitta.bsky.social
Folklorist, professor, author, horror enthusiast. I study the intersections of legend, conspiracy theory, and medicine and the supernatural.
@paulcowdell.bsky.social
I research, write on, & talk about folklore. Happy to have been variously described as an 'expert in morbid eschatology' and a 'cannibalism celebrity'.
@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
@mjpcuervo.bsky.social
Writer, editor, comms manager • Founder/ editor @helleborezine.bsky.social (World Fantasy Awards and British Fantasy Awards finalist) • History, art, myth, mystery. 👩🏻 mjpcuervo.com/portfolio-page 📖 helleborezine.com
@appfolklorepod.bsky.social
@folklorepod.bsky.social
Official account of The Folklore Podcast. 2 million downloads worldwide. Created by folklorist and author Mark Norman. Find us online at http://www.thefolklorepodcast.com Film/TV rep: Past Preservers Author for various publishers
@billbloodyhughes.bsky.social
Cat lover. 18C scholar on the dialogue and novel. Gothic fairies, vampires and paranormal romance; co-organiser Open Graves, Open Minds Project @ogomproject.bsky.social https://hcommons.org/members/billhughes/ www.opengravesopenminds.com
@michellefranklin.bsky.social
Author. Linguist. Scholar of interdisciplinary subjects. ✒ Understands about semicolons 🐺 Myndil's mum 🕹️ Games and Narrative @spaceboat.bsky.social 🎵 Metal enthusiast and vocalist 📖 33 books published https://www.patreon.com/newshortstories
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | professional indexer | Lay Canon @stedscath.bsky.social | Tutor for Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education
@hellohistoria.bsky.social
BBC award-winning Social Historian ✍️ Death, Wales & Psychiatry 💀 Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠 🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚 📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her 🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
@atarbuck.bsky.social
Poet & academic. Author of ‘A Spell in the Wild'& 'Modern Craft'. Queer as a bent penny, likes the sea, silk stockings, an excess of green. 🏳️🌈 she/they.
@cathbannister1.bsky.social
Visiting researcher TUOS School of Education | uniformed youth orgs | children's digital / non-digital custom + ritual | archives | @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social co-org | fic scribbler l Book: Scouting and Guiding in Britain (2022) I views all mine
@meredithpraed.bsky.social
Comfort cat. Rarely seen on social media. Author of The Future King series.
@wihtlore.uk
Tales and Folklore based around the ancient magics and cunning of the Wihtlore. Welcome new followers, thank you for joining me. I tell tales, I speak lies, this is like breathing for me. Don’t come to me for truth today, for it maybe a lie tomorrow.
@selinesigil.bsky.social
Arts, spiritual, folklore, occult...the weird, the wonderful, the web of life
@liviagt.bsky.social
Early Modern historian. Witchcraft, Demonology, Folklore 🐐📚 French Teacher Historiadora e pesquiso umas bruxarias aí 📚🐐👹 Profa de francês
@icysedgwick.bsky.social
Host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast/blog. Researcher & writer for hire. Dark fantasy & Gothic author. Crafter. PhD in haunted house films.
@andrewscreenbskys.bsky.social
Author of The Book of Beasts: Folklore, Popular Culture & Nigel Kneale's ATV Horror Series (Headpress 2023). SEN work by day. Words for Fortean Times, We Are Cult among others.
@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/
@folklorewales.com
Welsh folklorist • Author • Honorary Research Fellow, Amgueddfa Cymru • Antiquarian book collector • Rheibio'n Gymraeg • The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts (2023) • Represented by jonathanclowes.co.uk folklorewales.com
@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.
@willpooley.bsky.social
historian of witchcrafts, folklore, France 18-20th c ass. ed. French History ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic also #CreativeHistories not *literally* a birb
@odavies9.bsky.social
Historian and Folklorist. Writes books on witches, magic, ghosts, religion, and popular medicine.
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | EXORCISM (2025) | PERFORMING ANIMAL MAGNETISM (2026)