Did you know that bee's originated in the Garden of Eden, that they can't stand blaspheming and can detect how "pure" you are? They can predict good fortune, visitors, and even WAR! Find out more as we look into the wonderful world of BEE LORE.

In the Tate Britain there is a magical painting set deep in the forest, with tiny, supernatural beings frozen in anticipation as the "Fairy Feller" prepares to split a nut with his axe. It's by Richard Dadd, and he wrote a poem to go alongside it.

Follow the faeries, follow the faeries, Let them lead you astray Pull yourself from well-trodden paths, and whistle your time away...

This is the Polish story of how pussy willow got its name. It's a very cute folktale involving adorable kittens.

This week in #creatureoftheweek we are looking at a the Water Leaper, a Welsh legless frog monster with bat wings and a long scorpion tail.

Why you should not pick #blackberries after today (11th October!) to avoid catastrophic misfortune! And other folklore around blackberries.

We live in Wales and have a river running through our land, this week in #creatureoftheweek we are looking at a dangerous creature that might be lurking in it's depth - the #CeffylDŵr. The Ceffyl Dŵr is a mythical creature from #Welshfolklore . Stories of the Ceffyl Dŵr are first documented in the ancient welsh tales of the #Mabinogion . The "Ceffyl Dŵr" translates to "water horse" and it's a bit like other #waterhorses such as the Scottish #Kelpie or the Irish #Pooka / #Púc

Today I am going to tell you a story about why the seasons change, according to #GreekMythology The story starts with #Hades, the God of...

This week in #creatureoftheweek we are looking at the #Manananggal, a type of Aswang that's a terrifying "feotus-eater" from #Filipinofolklore. Manananggal by Kyzosart on Deviant Art First up, whats an "Aswang"? If you haven’t heard of #Aswang, let’s start there. Aswang are from Filipino folklore, it is an umbrella term for evil shape-shifting creatures such as #vampires, #werewolves, #witches, and other human-beast hybrids. What is so particularly terrifying about the Manana

I was in the #Algarve recently and I chose to stop in #Olhão for a few days to check out the Caminho das Lendas. This roughly translates...

Wales is full of folklore with lots of stories about dragons. One of the most famous stories is the tale of the fighting red & white dragons

This week in #CreatureoftheWeek we are looking at two sea spirits; the #SeaMither and her evil nemesis #Teran from #Scottishfolklore. Twice every year they battle it out off the coasts of #Scotland in #spring and #autumn in this perpetual fight to control the seas. The Sea Mither and the Teran fight two battles every year which mark the turning of the seasons. These epic fights are called #VoreTullye which means "Spring Struggle" and #GoreVellye meaning "Autumn Tumult". But w