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Tag Archives: Folklore
Why the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Could Be Genocide
An increase in tanker traffic could be the death of the Coast Salish people, not an oil spill. A review of the Coast Salish and Nuu-chah-nulth testimony presented to the National Energy Board of Canada. Please follow and like us:
Posted in First Nations, Vancouver Island, Xtra: News and Reviews
Tagged Amelia Douglas, Burnaby, Burrard Inlet, Coal Tyee, Coast Salish, Federal Court of Appeal, First Nations oral history, Folklore, genocide, Georgia Strait, Governor Douglas, Isabella Ross, Juan de Fuca Strait, Kwantlen, Lummi, Lyackson, Maanulth, Musquem, Nanaimo, NDP, Nuu-chah-nulth, oil industry, oil spill, Olympic Peninsula, oral history, pipeline, Puget Sound, Romeo Saganash, Salish Sea, seattle, Shxw'owhamel, Snuneymuxw, Squamish, Sto:lo Collective, Sto:lo Tribal Council, Stz'uminus, Suquamish, Swinomish, TMX, transmountain, Transmountain Pipeline, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tsleil-Waututh, Tudeau Government, Tulalip, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Washington State, West Coast, yellow jacket movement, yellow vest, yellow vest movement
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The Changeling
Changeling. The widespread belief that fairies or other malevolent spiritual forces might secretly substitute one infant for another is amply represented in Celtic oral tradition. Irish corpán sídhe, síodhbhradh, síofra; Scottish Gaelic tàcharan, ùmaidh; Manx lhiannoo shee; Welsh plentyn a … Continue reading
Posted in Bestiary, Ghosts
Tagged Celtic, Changeling, child, Devil, Fairies, Fairy, Folklore, infant, Ireland, Katherine Briggs, Lady Wilde, Legend, stolen, tradition
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The Bat in Celtic Folklore
In the land of the Celts – from lonely moors to haunted castles –the bat has long been associated with witches, ghosts, and other tragic beings of the night… In the 1949 Encyclopedia of Superstitions by Edwin and Mona Radford … Continue reading
The Banshee: Ghost of the Celts
The Banshee’s arguably the most famous ghost of them all, and probably the least understood. “When the Banshee calls she sings the spirit home. In some houses still a soft low music is heard at death.” – George Henderson 1911 … Continue reading
Posted in Ghosts
Tagged Apparition, Banshee, Banshee Howl, Banshee Meaning, Banshee Wail, Canada, Death, Eleanor Hull, Fairy, Fairytale, Folklore, Ghost, Ghost Servant, Haunting, Irish, James MacKillop, Katherine Briggs, Lady Wilde, Myth, Omen, Poltergeist, Scottish, spell, United States, W.Y. Evans-Wentz, Watcher at Ford
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