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@itsallfolklore Jul 22, 2018, 12:28 AM UTC

Mark Twain and the Myth of the Wild West

Mark Twain did not invent the Myth of the Wild West, but he certainly exploited and advanced it. Roughing It, one of his earliest books (1872), described his Western sojourn beginning in 1861 during…

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@itsallfolklore Jul 15, 2018, 4:07 PM UTC

Bagpipes!

This example of a set of Croatian bagpipes reveals something that is often not widely known, namely that there are dozens of species of this instrument spread from the Celtic fringe of Britain and Ir…

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@itsallfolklore Mar 20, 2018, 2:48 PM UTC

Folklore, Trump, and the Screwup Fairy

Today on Facebook, this image appeared. It is an expression of folklore as it appears within the context of the internet. This image is a descendent of what Alan Dundes (1934-2005) once called Xerox…

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@itsallfolklore Mar 17, 2018, 11:11 PM UTC

Did elves emigrate with people in the crossing of the Atlantic?

There are really two questions here: did elves survive the crossing of the Atlantic? (occasionally they did) and why didn't they usually thrive? (the degree of survival generally can't be called thri…

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@itsallfolklore Mar 11, 2018, 11:55 AM UTC

When and why did fairies "shrink"?

Volumes could be written on this and it's not easy to finesse a concise answer. First, let's restrict ourselves to the Northern European supernatural beings with the peculiar characteristic of living…

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@itsallfolklore Mar 7, 2018, 5:11 PM UTC

Tolkien and his elves

The origin of J. R. R. Tolkien’s elves are as varied as the sources he knew and as unfathomable as imagination itself. Tolkien was a well-read medievalist; not surprisingly, he drew heavily from peri…

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@itsallfolklore Mar 3, 2018, 10:11 PM UTC

Indoeuropeans and gods that come in threes

A first-century sculpture from Homesteads on Hadrian’s Wall is a Roman-era image that refers to the local Celtic religion. These are three manifestations of the same god, Genii Cucullati, the hooded…

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@itsallfolklore Mar 1, 2018, 3:24 PM UTC

Magic Metal Smiths

The Anglo-Saxon Franks Casket dates to roughly 700 CE. The front panel depicts the Adoration of the Magi on the right. Runes above the three men spell the word “Magi.” The star of Bethlehem is above…

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@itsallfolklore Feb 27, 2018, 12:19 PM UTC

A Corpse for a Bridegroom?

A widely-distributed story, common in Europe and represented in the folklore collections from Cornwall, draws on an array of popular beliefs and motifs. In most of Europe, the tale involved a devoted…

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@itsallfolklore Feb 25, 2018, 1:54 PM UTC

Mermaids!

The idea that the sea is home to half-human, half-animal creatures is widespread, with examples from the ancient world and from nineteenth-century folklore collections. All the examples are not neces…

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