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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
· 1d ago
Who Are The Ainu People? Inside The Rich History And Culture Of The East Asian Indigenous Group By Ella Spitz | Edited By Cara Johnson The Ainu were hunter-gatherers who lived across Japan and into southeastern Russia, but centuries of forced assimilation have virtually eliminated their language and traditions. https://allthatsinteresting.com/ainu Books about Ainus at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/15285 #books #literature #folklore #indigenous_people #history #culture
Meet The Ainu, The Forgotten Indigenous Group That Once Flourished In Japan And Southeastern Russia
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Meet The Ainu, The Forgotten Indigenous Group That Once Flourished In Japan And Southeastern Russia

The Ainu culture has nearly vanished due to centuries of forced assimilation.

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Alena Belova @alenabelova@mastodon.social
· 3d ago
Boosted by @welcome@friends.deko.cloud
Hello, Mastodon! A slightly late #introduction 👋 I'm Alena. I research and write about art, historic cities and the stories attached to objects and places, with a soft spot for the Middle East and North Africa. I lived in Istanbul for several years and now split my time between Doha, Dubai and Egypt. I co-founded Exhibo, a global art gallery and culture platform. Expect jinn, carpets, film deserts and the odd etymology. #ArtHistory #IslamicArt #Folklore #Museums
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Mythology Monday 🔮 @mythologymonday@wandering.shop
· 2mo ago
Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us Monday for the theme: FABLED PLACES. Which myths talk about a legendary land or place? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you soon! 🗺️ 🎨 Settequattro #folklore #mythology @TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social @juergen_hubert@mementomori.social @wihtlore@thefolklore.cafe @FairytalesFood@mstdn.social @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca @FinnFolklorist@mastodon.social @Godyssey@pagan.plus @GaymerGeek@mstdn.games @starrytimepod@universeodon.com @ljwrites@writeout.ink @AnnaJunePage@mstdn.ca @JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social @FolkloreFun@mastodon.social @PatFurstenberg@mastodon.social @david_castleton@universeodon.com @riffraff@mastodon.social @lankohr@mastodon.social
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Jürgen Hubert @juergen_hubert@mementomori.social
· 4w ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

I could use some book recommendations. I am looking for folk tale collections which are

  1. from cultures outside of Europe, and

  2. were written by people from that culture.

Ideally, they should also be translated into English (or German) by people from that culture as well.

It would also be a plus if they contain a lot of "local legends" which incorporate local geography and history (as opposed to "fairy tales" which take place at indeterminable places and times).

#folklore #AmReading #Bookstodon

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Mythology Monday 🔮 @mythologymonday@wandering.shop
· 1mo ago
Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for the theme: DEAFNESS! Which myths feature deafness? How is hearing loss or the ability to communicate silently used in the story? Tell us your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you soon! 🦻 #folklore #mythology @TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social @juergen_hubert@mementomori.social @wihtlore@thefolklore.cafe @FairytalesFood@mstdn.social @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca @FinnFolklorist@mastodon.social @Godyssey@pagan.plus @GaymerGeek@mstdn.games @starrytimepod@universeodon.com @ljwrites@writeout.ink @AnnaJunePage@mstdn.ca @JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social @FolkloreFun@mastodon.social @PatFurstenberg@mastodon.social @david_castleton@universeodon.com @riffraff@mastodon.social @lankohr@mastodon.social
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org
· 1mo ago
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Prairie is among the most destroyed habitats on this continent, and this is one of its markers. Everything you can see of it is built to be burned off. The taproot goes fifteen feet down into ground nobody has broken since before there was a state there. Some live close to a century. What's the one you'd put in the ground knowing you won't see it finished? #BloomScrolling #GardensOfMastodon #wildflowerhour #NativePlants #Prairie #Gardening #Herbalism #Druid #Folklore #Botany #Solarpunk 2/3
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org
· 1mo ago
Seileach. Willow bark, and it is not folklore standing next to medicine — it is where the medicine came from. Salicin in the inner bark, converted by your gut into salicylic acid, which is aspirin's own chemistry with the factory left off A teaspoon or two of dried cut bark, just-boiled water, lid on, fifteen minutes. Wet fence post with a bitter finish that arrives late #Herbalism #Herbs #WillowBark #Apothecary #Foraging #Gàidhlig #Druid #Folklore #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Nature #Cooking 1/2
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wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org
· 1mo ago
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And take the warning as seriously as the remedy: same family as aspirin, so if aspirin's off the table for you, so is this. Blood thinners, pregnancy, a child with a fever — no. Ask your pharmacist. She'd rather you asked than didn't. What do you reach for when the weather gets into your joints? #Herbalism #Herbs #WillowBark #Apothecary #Foraging #Gàidhlig #Druid #Folklore #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Nature #Cooking Today's full issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/there-is-a-blue-wave-coming-our-salvation-fuck-trump 2/2
There Is A Blue Wave Coming & Our Salvation - Fuck Trump
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There Is A Blue Wave Coming & Our Salvation - Fuck Trump

A fearless breakdown of Hegseth's slur at Iowa, Trump-endorsed candidates losing big, Route 66's centennial, willow bark's healing legacy, and survival tactics for resisting what threatens us—rooted in finding light.

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Wendy @wendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org
· 1mo ago
Two handfuls of lemon balm, bruised between your palms until the room smells like lemon and cut grass. Just-off-boil water, ten minutes, lid on. The lid is not a suggestion — the whole medicine is volatile and it will walk out through an open cup while you check your phone. In Gaelic the melissas fall under lus an eòin in some regions, though the naming wanders by glen. Drink it warm in the late afternoon, when the day's adrenaline starts eating its own tail. This is the plant for the nerve that keeps firing after the danger has passed — the one that has you rehearsing an argument at four in the morning with somebody who is asleep and doesn't know you're fighting. What do you reach for when your body won't stand down? Today's issue: https://thistleandmoss.com/p/rot-at-the-top-ice-at-the-bottom-and-kids-left-holding-the-fucking-bag?utm_source=PixelFed&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica #Herbalism #HerbalMedicine #LemonBalm #MelissaOfficinalis #Herbs #FoodAsMedicine #Apothecary #Tea #PlantsOfMastodon #BloomScrolling #Botany #Gàidhlig #Druid #Folklore #Photography
Rot at the Top, Ice at the Bottom, and Kids Left Holding the Fucking Bag
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Rot at the Top, Ice at the Bottom, and Kids Left Holding the Fucking Bag

Rot at the Top, Ice at the Bottom: Federal protections for queer foster kids stripped, climate crisis accelerates, and survival tactics for when the world gets loud—what sustains us when systems fail.

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Jürgen Hubert @juergen_hubert@mementomori.social
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
Important information on the "Knight in Shining Armor Saves the Girl" trope: This is actually pretty rare in actual folk tales - usually it is later addition when those tales were turned into literature in order to make them a better fit for bourgeois narrative tastes and preferences of gender roles. In actual folk tales, whenever a girl marries a prince, she usually has to save _him_ first. Typically he has been cursed into an animal form, and she needs to throw him against the wall or bite his head off or things like that so that he is saved and they can Live Happily Ever After. #folklore #GenderRoles
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Zalka Csenge Virág, PhD @TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social
· 2mo ago
I just realized that I have the perfect anti-AI story: King Cormac and the Silver Branch It's an Irish legend about a wise king who is visited by a mysterious otherworldly stranger bearing a silver branch with golden apples. Shaking the branch produces such a wonderful music that people immediately forget their pain and sorrows and daily worries. King Cormac covets the branch, and is willing to pay whatever price the stranger sets for it. 1/3 #AI #folklore #legends #mythology
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Zalka Csenge Virág, PhD @TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social
· 2mo ago
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In the second half of the legend, Cormac sets out on a quest to find his family. He travels to the otherworld and is tested by Manannan Mac Lir, admitting his mistake, and regaining his family. It is a long and hard quest, and he returns to his kingom wiser for it. It just strikes me that masking everything with an easy solution and paying for it with people's lives is... a very timely metaphor. And the way back is gonna be difficult. 3/3 #AI #folklore #mythology
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