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Finehair and the Jøtun Dovri", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/09/harald-finehair-and-jtun-dovri.html", "published_at": "2021-09-17T08:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d277-ef34-7371-8e74-8d3b49c39f63", "title": "Folklore Snippets: The Drac", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/09/folklore-snippets-drac.html", "published_at": "2021-09-10T09:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d277-ef34-7371-8e74-8d3b4a8f0e82", "title": "Jane Eyre and the Beast", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/09/jane-eyre-and-beast.html", "published_at": "2021-09-01T12:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d277-ef34-7371-8e74-8d3b4b1e9ab4", "title": "Lesbia's Sparrow", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/08/lesbias-sparrow.html", "published_at": "2021-08-13T11:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d277-ef34-7371-8e74-8d3b4b678abd", "title": "The Fairy Flag and the Paths of the Dead", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-fairy-flag-and-paths-of-dead.html", "published_at": 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"https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/05/dwarfs-pixies-and-little-dark-people.html", "published_at": "2021-05-25T13:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-63825d615d50", "title": "On schoolyard rhymes and natural storytelling", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/05/on-schoolyard-rhymes-and-natural.html", "published_at": "2021-05-13T09:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-63825db4c1cb", "title": "May Morning in Oxford", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-morning-in-oxford.html", "published_at": "2021-05-02T12:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-63825e9ef98f", "title": "Fairy Tales and Realism", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/04/fairy-tales-and-realism.html", "published_at": "2021-04-28T09:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-63825f9edf27", "title": "'From Spare Oom to War Drobe: Travels in Narnia with my nine year-old self'", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/04/from-spare-oom-to-war-drobe-travels-in.html", "published_at": "2021-04-14T10:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638260468da7", "title": "Banquets, Stews and Picnics: Food in Fantasy", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/04/banquets-stews-and-picnics-food-in.html", "published_at": "2021-04-08T10:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638261327fa0", "title": "Personal names in historical fiction", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/04/personal-names-in-historical-fiction.html", "published_at": "2021-04-02T10:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638261fe2219", "title": "\"The sweet of the year\": Shakespeare’s spring flowers", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-sweet-of-year-shakespeares-spring.html", "published_at": "2021-03-23T10:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-6382625650fb", "title": "From the Wild Hunt to the Fairy Rade", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/03/from-wild-hunt-to-fairy-rade.html", "published_at": "2021-03-04T08:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-6382633f0613", "title": "Arthur's Voyage to the Otherworld", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/02/arthurs-voyage-to-underworld.html", "published_at": "2021-02-16T13:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638263e76fee", "title": "How Do Portals Really Work?", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-do-portals-really-work.html", "published_at": "2021-02-04T11:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638264a9ca22", "title": "Portals in 'His Dark Materials'", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/01/portals-in-his-dark-materials.html", "published_at": "2021-01-21T10:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638264e5769b", "title": "Portals: entrances to other worlds", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2021/01/portals-entrances-to-other-worlds-1.html", "published_at": "2021-01-07T14:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638265ce4277", "title": "Flying Reindeer, Little Gerda, and the different histories of Father Christmas and Santa Claus", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/12/flying-reindeer-little-gerda-and.html", "published_at": "2020-12-21T12:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638266685160", "title": "Tales from the Elf-mounds of Ireland (3)", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/12/tales-from-elf-mounds-of-ireland-3.html", "published_at": "2020-12-17T12:34:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638266ec655a", "title": "Tales from the Elf-Mounds of Ireland (2)", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/12/tales-from-elf-mounds-of-ireland-2.html", "published_at": "2020-12-10T10:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-63826793e7d8", "title": "Tales from the Elf-Mounds of Ireland (1)", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/12/tales-from-elf-mounds-of-ireland-1.html", "published_at": "2020-12-04T10:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638267c87b2b", "title": "'GENDER SWAPPED FAIRY TALES': a review", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/11/gender-swapped-fairy-tales-review.html", "published_at": "2020-11-26T13:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638268c1e4ca", "title": "Searching for Janet, Queen of the Fairies", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/11/searching-for-janet-queen-of-fairies.html", "published_at": "2020-11-19T10:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-6382690d8703", "title": "Lord Dunsany and the magical power of poetry", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/11/lord-dunsany-and-magical-power-of-poetry.html", "published_at": "2020-11-10T11:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-63826961caed", "title": "Wicked Witches in Children's Fiction", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/08/wicked-witches-in-childrens-fiction.html", "published_at": "2020-10-27T10:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638269a5f949", "title": "Witch Queens and Women's Power", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/08/witch-queens-and-womens-power.html", "published_at": "2020-10-20T10:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638269a73a0c", "title": "Goddesses, Queens and Witch-Queens", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/09/goddesses-queens-and-witches.html", "published_at": "2020-10-13T12:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d278-2ea8-71ff-b96d-638269c68f6c", "title": "Envoi to Strong Heroines: MAID MALEEN, a study of endurance through trauma", "url": "https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/09/envoi-to-strong-heroines-maid-maleen.html", "published_at": "2020-10-06T11:34:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

The Silver Apples of the Moon, the Golden Apples of the Sunoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2025
The Princess as Role Modeloriginal ↗
17 Jul 2025
Time and the Houroriginal ↗
28 Jun 2025
Alice, Creator and Destroyeroriginal ↗
17 Jun 2025
The Woman in the Kitchenoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2025
River Voicesoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2025
The Ghost that spoke Gaelicoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2025
Samuel Pepys & FOMOoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2025

2024

More about the Billy Blin'original ↗
23 Aug 2024
The Billy Blin': the Scottish Brownieoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2024
The Scottish fairy tale 'Rashie Coat' illustrated by Joan Hassalloriginal ↗
18 Jul 2024
‘Childe Rowland’ & ‘The Gyir Carline’: Lost Fairy Tales of 16th & 17th century England & Scotlandoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2024
Portals and Paintingsoriginal ↗
2 May 2024
Seal songs and legendsoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2024
The 'Little Dark People'original ↗
26 Jan 2024
Perilous Voyagesoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2024

2023

The Poem of Finn mac Cumhailloriginal ↗
1 Dec 2023
'The Tale of the Three Weird Sisters: Lost Fairy Tales' for the Folklore Podcastoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2023
Spells of Sleep, Enchanted Apple Boughsoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2023
THE SEAL-MAN by John Masefieldoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2023
'Nagas and Garudas, Dreams and Stars', a guest post by Shveta Thakraroriginal ↗
5 Oct 2023
Enchanted Sleep and Sleepers #3original ↗
21 Sept 2023
Enchanted Sleep and Sleepers #2original ↗
7 Sept 2023
Enchanted Sleep and Sleepers #1original ↗
24 Aug 2023
'The Homestead Westward in the Blue Mountains' by Jonas Lieoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2023
The Pilot’s Ghost Storyoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2023
Jorinda and Joringel: Owls and Flowersoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2023
The Unhappy Love Affair Of Giant Bolsteroriginal ↗
13 Jul 2023
Descriptive Formulae in Scottish and Irish Wonder Talesoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2023
A Folktale from Formosaoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2023
The Woman Warrior Who Taught Cuchulainoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2023
Children's Rhymesoriginal ↗
23 May 2023
"The Enchanted People": a poem by Lord Dunsanyoriginal ↗
12 May 2023
Naming and Identity in Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales & Fantasyoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2023
In Praise of Wise Fools and Jestersoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2023
Fenrir's Fetter and the Power of Storiesoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2023
The Water-Horse of Varkasaigoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2023
Half-Hours in Hades, and The Screwtape Lettersoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2023
Janet Speaksoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2023

2022

"Jack of Sjöholm and the Gan-Finn" by Jonas Lieoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2022
The Song of the Winter Kingoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2022
Falling Trees and Invisible Forestersoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2022
The Dead in Fairy Talesoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2022
The Little Children of Dyring: or The Buried Motheroriginal ↗
25 Oct 2022
Uncanny Whistlersoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2022
The Two Sisters and the Curseoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2022
Defending VILLETTEoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2022
Dunsany on the Commaoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2022
Dunsany on Proseoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2022
Lord Dunsany on the magic of poetry (2)original ↗
2 Aug 2022
Lord Dunsany on the magic of poetry (1)original ↗
26 Jul 2022
The Green Lady, Jane, Orual and other adult women in the novels of C S Lewisoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2022
The Katharine Briggs Lectureoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2022
Exchanging Certainty for Uncertainty: Mervyn Peake Explores the Realms of Children’s Fictionoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2022
Strong Fairy Tale Heroines #31: THE GIRL AND THE ROBBERSoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2022
Mi’kmaq Star Lore about the Great Bearoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2022
Folklore Snippets: Thorsten and the Dwarforiginal ↗
16 Feb 2022
On Fairy Tales: an introductionoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2022
Tan-tan-tara - for 'Seven Miles of Steel Thistles'!original ↗
18 Jan 2022

2021

Father Frost: a winter fairy taleoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2021
Always Winter and Never Christmas?original ↗
2 Dec 2021
LOVING MAD TOMoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2021
Folklore Snippets: The Ship Beneath the Wavesoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2021
DANSE MACABRE: a ghost storyoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2021
True Ghost Storiesoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2021
Old Women (and some old men) in Fairy Talesoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2021
Misogyny in Fairy Tales?original ↗
21 Sept 2021
Harald Finehair and the Jøtun Dovrioriginal ↗
17 Sept 2021
Folklore Snippets: The Dracoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2021
Jane Eyre and the Beastoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2021
Lesbia's Sparroworiginal ↗
13 Aug 2021
The Fairy Flag and the Paths of the Deadoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2021
Concerning a Narnian fishoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2021
Orphans in Narniaoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2021
A Fine Song of Loveoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2021
Thresholdsoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2021
Dwarfs, Pixies and the “Little Dark People”original ↗
25 May 2021
On schoolyard rhymes and natural storytellingoriginal ↗
13 May 2021
May Morning in Oxfordoriginal ↗
2 May 2021
Fairy Tales and Realismoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2021
'From Spare Oom to War Drobe: Travels in Narnia with my nine year-old self'original ↗
14 Apr 2021
Banquets, Stews and Picnics: Food in Fantasyoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2021
Personal names in historical fictionoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2021
"The sweet of the year": Shakespeare’s spring flowersoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2021
From the Wild Hunt to the Fairy Radeoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2021
Arthur's Voyage to the Otherworldoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2021
How Do Portals Really Work?original ↗
4 Feb 2021
Portals in 'His Dark Materials'original ↗
21 Jan 2021
Portals: entrances to other worldsoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2021

2020

Flying Reindeer, Little Gerda, and the different histories of Father Christmas and Santa Clausoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2020
Tales from the Elf-mounds of Ireland (3)original ↗
17 Dec 2020
Tales from the Elf-Mounds of Ireland (2)original ↗
10 Dec 2020
Tales from the Elf-Mounds of Ireland (1)original ↗
4 Dec 2020
'GENDER SWAPPED FAIRY TALES': a revieworiginal ↗
26 Nov 2020
Searching for Janet, Queen of the Fairiesoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2020
Lord Dunsany and the magical power of poetryoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2020
Wicked Witches in Children's Fictionoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2020
Witch Queens and Women's Poweroriginal ↗
20 Oct 2020
Goddesses, Queens and Witch-Queensoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2020
Envoi to Strong Heroines: MAID MALEEN, a study of endurance through traumaoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2020
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