Myth-weaver, Countess of Curls from Tír fo Thuinn, sharing enchanting and spooky tales with a sprinkle of magic. http://buymeacoffee.com/niftybuckles https://x.com/NiftyBuckles Follow me on Mastodon @NiftyBuckles
8 Apr 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Nifty Buckles
Legend has it that a unicorn's horn could purify poisons with a mere touch, a power celebrated in the 14th century text, Physiologus. When a snake 🐍 tainted a vast lake, leaving many animals thirsty, a noble unicorn graced the scene. With a mighty...
28 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Morrigan (also known as Morrigu), revered as a formidable deity in #Irishfolklore, embodies the Irish war goddess archetype and is one of the Triple Goddesses. She is intricately associated with fate, particularly foretelling doom and death in the ch...
28 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
This FairyTale Tuesday Discover the enigmatic Rhiannon, Welsh goddess of horses and song, whose tale weaves through love, loss, and redemption according to the Mabinogion. Her birds sing the dead back to life and lull the living to sleep.
1 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Austrian Alpine folklore, December 5th marks the arrival of #Krampus This horned figure from Austrian Alpine folklore punishes the naughty while St. Nick rewards the nice. 🎁🎄
21 Aug 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
📸 of Scotland's Haunted Castle Glamis in public domain. The Monster of Glamis, a mysterious creature hidden in the depths of Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland 🏰 Legend describes it as ‘hairy as a doormat’ 🦎 or 'a human toad’ 🐸who dwells behind th...
13 Oct 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
The link to my new podcast https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/pn454VhP5tb October has now arrived ushering, in long shadows, chillier nights, dazzling, colored leaves, and a parade of flame-orange Cinderella pumpkins. Flame-orange Cinderella Pumpk...
2 Sep 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Join Nifty Buckles as we delve into the Weird and Wild Folklore of the Werewolf. https://niftybuckles.buzz/2022/09/02/werewolf-in-folklore
19 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Join me, Nifty Buckles on my blog & podcast as I tell the Brothers Grimm creepy tale of Rumpelstiltskin a cheeky imp who understands Alchemy and can change straw into gold. Link: https://niftybuckles.buzz/2022/08/18/rumpelstiltskin/
10 Aug 2022 5 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-atewn-128f775 Top of the evening to yah folks, wherever you may be.Welcome to Nifty Buckles Folklore Podcast.I am your host Nifty Buckles. Move over Crop circles! Hello Fairy Rings! On today’s podcast we journey into an...
31 Jul 2022 3 minute read 1 comment Nifty Buckles
Listen to my Nifty Buckles Folklore Podcast please click on the link. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/niftybuckles/lammas-lughnasdah-ancient-celtic-harvest-festival Lughnasadh pronounced Loo-NAS-ah is an ancient Celtic, early pagan, harvest festival...
