Mark Tompkins

Author of The Last Days of Magic, published by Penguin. Today we call it myth and legend – but once, the stories were true.

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Penguin Books is releasing the paperback edition of The Last Days of Magic on March 7th! https://t.co/Hw62cowReO

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@jalexmorrissey Thanks Alex!!!

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🌊🌅🌊At dawn on Easter Sunday a mermaid is said to swim through a hidden channel from the River Mersey to Rostherne Mere in Cheshire, to ring a church bell - lost under the waters long ago - and then settle upon it to sing to the sunrise.
#FolkloreSunday #Superstitiology

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The goddess Juno, queen of the Roman gods and sister-consort of Zeus, rides her chariot pulled through the skies by her sacred bird, the peacock.

as shown here by Sebastiano del Piombo at Villa Farnesina

#FairyTaleTuesday #myths #birds

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Behind Argentina’s World Cup Magic, an Army of Witches https://t.co/lEms74UwVe

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Behind Argentina’s World Cup magic, an army of witches - https://t.co/nlTqz0TTHk https://t.co/pbde63Gg0U

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14 works of fiction comprise the 2023 @AspenWords Literary Prize longlist! 9 novels, 5 short story collections, 7 debut voices, and a number of small and large presses are in the running for the $35,000 prize. #AspenLitPrize
https://t.co/ya1CazmO4f

[Folklore Thursday @FolkloreThurs]

Suffragette #MarydeMorgan: England's First Feminist #FairyTale Writer? By @KateForsyth https://t.co/7Ehpz7g4Bb

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@arboles_magicos Moitas gracias

[Los Árboles Mágicos ®️, (by Oscar Gaitan) @arboles_magicos]

Los robles de Albion son un par de robles antiguos, Gog y Magog, que se encuentran en Glastonbury, Somerset. Son los árboles supervivientes solitarios de una avenida de robles antiguos que conducía a Glastonbury Tor (el lugar de descanso del Rey Arturo)
⛲ @MLTompkins

[Folklore Thursday @FolkloreThurs]

Have you heard of the strangest #maps of #Britain ever made? Find out more with @AnneLouiseAvery for #FolkloreThursday! https://t.co/PbX4ts7AZn

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The Glasgow Vampire, the Baobhan Sith and other Scottish monster tales
https://t.co/uqtIWk5aHf

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Putting Their #Faith in the #Fairies: BBC #NorthernIreland’s Fascination with the ‘Wee Folk' by @PortiaWoods https://t.co/n2cNaHUC3o

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The #Witch Files: Going to #Sea in an Eggshell by @WillowWinsham for #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/FndDoWf2aJ #eggs

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Happy Halloween from the #FolkloreThursday team!

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Sad…

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@AodhBC You mean like this???

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Archaeological drone surveys in the Yorkshire Dales uncover previously unknown henges, prehistoric villages and medieval farms https://t.co/4XOdPT2QgA

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This past week was a bubble of creativity and joyful work. Thank you @AspenWords.