The Fates #FolkloreThursday
No matter the name or how you spell it, the Fates are everywhere and in every culture. The Fates from …
Category Archives: The Adventures of Saphira the Faery Dog
Brownies: The Invisible Servants #FolkloreThursday
Who wouldn’t want a Faery-creature to work for them? I’m sure a Grogoch out in the garden would prove useful …
Magic and Glamour #FolkloreThursday
Everyone has an opinion about magic. Though, for the most part, no-one really has anything to back up the knee-jerk …
Impossible Choices in Folklore #FolkloreThursday
In a lot of movies and TV shows I always hear the actors say “it’s Sophie’s Choice” whenever they have …
Selkies #FolkloreThursday
Selkies are such marvellous Fae. Not only are they able to take two forms, they are also able to grant …
Xenophobia in Folklore and Fairy Tales #AtoZChallenge #FolkloreThursday
X is for xenophobia. Xenophobia has always been a big deal here in South Africa. Especially since we’ve always been …
Cù Sìth #AtoZChallenge
C is for Cù Sìth. The Cù Sìth or Faery Dogs play important roles in most of my stories. Most …
Half-Mortal: Demigods in Folklore #FolkloreThursday
We all know that Helen of Troy was supposedly so beautiful that her face was the one to launch a …
Death in Folklore #FolkloreThursday
Who didn’t swoon when Brad Pitt played the role of Death in Meet Joe Black? The personification of Death has …
Magical Dogs #FolkloreThursday
Dogs have always been man’s (woman’s!) BFFs. Yet stories about them being vicious creatures abound in myth and folklore. Wikipedia …
