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Robin Hood in British Folk Tales

12 Mar 2020 3 minute read 2 comments Nifty Buckles

Most folks have heard of the tale of Robin Hood that dates all the way back to the 13th century. There seems to be a debate between scholars of modern times if dear old Robin Hood ever existed eventhough there are hundreds of ballads that beg to diff...

Icelandic Folk Art And Currency

20 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles

Famous Icelandic artist Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885-1972). He is well known for his landscape paintings with an abstract or cubist touch with symbolist elements mixing myths and elves into the landscape.   Below 2,000 kr. banknote with Kjarval’s...

The Tiny Norwegian Nisse of Yule

19 Dec 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles

Yule Folklore Nisse  of (Norway) Tonttu-Ukko of (Finland) also known as Tomte in Sweden is a tiny elf or wight identified with the winter solstice & Yule season. Nisse have four fingers, has pointed ears with eyes reflecting light in the dark, like t...

Folklore Thursday: Krampus Night in European Folklore

5 Dec 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles

Today is December the 5th 2019. #KrampusKnacht or #KrampusNight. I'm sure most folks by now have pulled out their Bitcoin and crypto currency and shopped for Yule and Christmas gifts on Black Friday to catch the great sales. I would like to share th...

Halloween Countdown:Goddess Hel of Norse Mythology

3 Oct 2019 2 minute read 1 comment Nifty Buckles

Halloween/Samhain is close at hand and many of you may have heard of Hell the underworld in the Bible but have you heard of the Norse goddess Hel? According to Norse mythology the trickster god Loki and the giantess Angrboða birthed a daughter and na...

The Plantlore of Nettles

8 Aug 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles

I always found an ever abundance of nettles during the summer months when I was a wee child. The ones that really stuck with me, (pun intended,) was the stinging nettle Urtica diotica that I would eventually run into while playing hide and seek, or t...