In some European folklore, autumn meant placating household spirits like the kikimora by leaving saucers of milk or rubbing garlic on hinges to keep disruptions at bay. #Folklore

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🍁 The autumn winds are calling me away! I’m @crystalponti.bsky.social sending a huge thank you for making my #FolkloreThursday hour positively spellbinding. ✨ The storybook opens again at 6:30 BST, when @shanonsinn.bsky.social takes the lantern to host our final hour. 🍂🕯️ Art: UK Art Studio

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‘If you catch a falling leaf, you will have twelve months of continued happiness' Dip in beeswax to make a garland. The beeswax is a pain to melt, but the scent fills the house and the leaves last for ages. #FolkloreThursday

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The seven whistlers manifest on stormy nights as a shrieking, whistling noise across the English skies. It is said they are seven of the devil’s demons loose from the Wild Hunt, in search of lost souls. A portent of doom for any who hear them... 🎨Valentin Ruths #FolkloreThursday

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After the harvest Roggenwolf (Rye Wolf), a German field spirit, must be left a sheath of rye as shelter during the winter to ensure they won’t destroy future crops or attack/kidnap the locals. #FolkloreThursday Phenomenal 🎨The Midday Man by Janna Sophia jannasophia.art

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