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Walpurgisnacht 2022

The last frost date marks the final battle between the frost spirits and the goose women. The latter fly through the air on their wild hunt, chasing the frost spirits underground.

Published April 16, 2022
Categorized as holidays, visions Tagged folklore, frost spirits, goose women, holidays, new traditions, pagan celebrations, rusalki, summer, valkyries, walpurgisnacht

Homes Within the Earth: Death, the Afterlife, and the Soul

Gravesites deserve to be cared for, frequented, and enjoyed. They should be places that inspire warmth, love, and feelings of interconnection, while also allowing for the very natural feelings of grief that come with all transitions.

Published November 7, 2021
Categorized as ancestors, folklore Tagged ancestors, body, death, death work, folklore, soul, spirit, the dead, underworld

Bad Ancestors: Folklore, Ritual, and Responsibility

Our ancestors — regardless of their characters and actions — can teach us and help us make the world better than it has been.

Published October 16, 2021
Categorized as ancestors, folklore Tagged ancestor work, ancestors, animism, folklore, germanic, norse, the dead

The Light in the Underworld: “The Moon” by the Brothers Grimm

Perhaps the spirit of the moon still passes between the worlds, waking the dead from their dark sleep for brief periods. Perhaps we can more easily speak to the dead on new moon nights, when they rise under its pale silver light.

Published September 26, 2021
Categorized as folklore Tagged ancestors, folklore, folktales, moon, the brothers grimm, the dead

Magical Animals in European Folk Tales and Lore: Chickens

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' by William Shakespeare, 1909

When we look closely at European folk tales and medieval lore, we see that chickens very much had a significant place in European folk magic.

Published September 26, 2021
Categorized as animals, folklore Tagged animals, chickens, folklore, henwife, rooster, sacrifice, the brothers grimm

River Magic: Interview with Druid and Author M.A. Phillips

Author M.A. Phillips is a practicing druid in upstate New York, and I was eager to learn how her own practices and beliefs, as well as the stories and traditions of Ireland, inspired River Magic.

Published September 22, 2021
Categorized as books, folklore Tagged druidry, folklore, irish, myth, paganism
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