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Articles and publications tagged Folklore across the Atmosphere.

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Wandering Memories
Wandering MemoriesNov 1, 2026
Fighting Tootache with Hammer and Nails
Years ago, when there was no television or radio, people on the Scottish Isle of Islay, as elsewhere, spent their evenings in an entirely different way. The older people would tell tales, while the younger ones listened, often breathless and sometimes scared to death. Those were the days when superstition and folktales played an important role in people's daily lives. Many of these old stories have survived into the present day, thanks to those who made the effort to write them down. And being s...
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IslayTales
OIᴅ On Earth Surface
OIᴅ On Earth SurfaceSep 17, 2026
🌍 Can We See Love Coming? — 7 Superstitions and Traditions from Around the World – 03
Love is invisible. And yet humans have rarely been content simply to wait for it to arrive. In one place, for instance, there is a road couples are warned not to walk together. In another, a button is handed over on graduation day. And elsewhere still, flowers are tucked under a pillow, in the hope...
EnglishFolklore
Media Archive
Media ArchiveSep 9, 2026
Night Things & Monster Compendiums
Graphic Novels I Almost Forgot About #1
graphic-novelsfolklore
Little Green Footballs
Little Green FootballsAug 23, 2026
A Short Horror Film From The Noctuary: "MIMIC"
Before I watched this I thought I was pretty immune to jump scares. Mimic Part 2 is a short horror film about two sisters home alone at night. One counts. One hides. When the seeker follows the game down to the open basement door, something at the bottom of the stairs answers in her sister's voice, and it already knows every rule of ...
folkloreHorror
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Aug 11, 2026
Our Skies Contain Sprites, Elves, Trolls, Pixies, Ghosts, and Gnomes
Yes, really. Exploring the magical world of transient luminous events in the upper atmosphere: sprites, elves, blue jets, trolls, pixies, ghosts, and gnomes. How scientists named these barely-witnessed electrical phenomena after folklore, and why scientific wonder and awe are not opposed to rational inquiry but essential to it.
scienceatmospheric science
Fruity Birds
Fruity BirdsJul 22, 2026
Cyberdeck Week: What I Love About Them
cyberdeckfolklore
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetOct 5, 2022
Machine Heads
The story of brazen heads, the odd fates of those who embrace them, and what they tell us about modern robotics.
brazen headreligion

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