#burryman

[mudwerks]

(via The Burryman – Edinburgh, Scotland - Atlas Obscura)

FOR ONE DAY IN AUGUST, the residents and visitors of South Queensferry in Edinburgh, Scotland, are treated to a rather unusual display. A man is dressed from head to toe in burrs, a prickly part of a plant that is similar to thistles, and paraded around this port town along the Firth of Forth estuary. The exact origins of this spectacle have been lost to the mists of time, but there is speculation that is deeply rooted in folklore traditions.

It has been suggested that the Burryman is associated with pagan rituals involving the cycles of death and rebirth, often linked to harvest celebrations. The Burryman’s presence is said to ward off evil and promote good fortune to all those who pay him homage either in monies or alcohol. His appearance happens in conjunction with the town’s Ferry Fair Festival.

good morning

[thatwritererinoriordan]

The Burryman pub-crawls today.

[yewknee]

give the burryman a wee sip

[go-to-the-mirror]

BRIGADIER: What happened to your hair?

[NINTH] DOCTOR: It's practical! Anyway, like you can talk, silver fox.

BRIGADIER: I say.

DOCTOR: Strong look, though. Sarah Jane always knew you'd go distinguished. Or was that Harry?

BRIGADIER: Sarah Jane? And Harry? Lieutenant Sullivan. My, my, my, it really is you, isn't it, Doctor. Regenerated. Again.

DOCTOR: Quick as ninepence, me.

BRIGADIER: A Doctor with a buzzcut. Well, I never. We'll make a soldier out of you yet.

DOCTOR: (Hostile) Don't.

[Beat]

(Bright) What are you doing, falling off a cliff? You daft old man.

Man.

[maypoleman1]

9th August

The Queensferry Burryman

The Burryman in 2017. Sources: GettyImages and EdinburghLive website

On the second Friday in August the Queensferry Burryman walks the streets of South Queensferry in Lothian. Elected by the Ferry Fair Committee, a local man undertakes the arduous role of the Burryman which involves being covered from head to foot in burrs from the burdock plant. With arms outstretched and unbending knees, this extraordinary looking figure, flanked by two assistants and carrying two staves of flowers, walks the nine miles that form the town’s boundary, sustained only by occasional gulps of water through a straw. The entire parade takes at least nine hours, during which the Burryman collect alms for charity from the people he encounters, particularly in the town’s pubs, in exchange for good luck.

The Burryman’s origins are obscure, but the figure appears to be genuinely ancient. Some claim he represents a god of the forest, like the Green Man; others that he is a scapegoat figure, collecting the sins of the community before ultimately being sacrificed, others that he is a pagan entity, called into being to placate the local sea gods and ensure continued good catches of fish. Whatever his meaning, the Burryman remains an intriguing link to our pre-Christian, vegetation-worshipping past.

[gallifreywhere]

Why aren't there more posts about the 9th Doctor Adventures? 😢

[dwimpossblog]

Way of the Burryman

The Doctor arrives in Scotland, where he is reunited with the Brigadier, but an old enemy is lurking in Way of the Burryman! #DoctorWho #DrWho #WayOfTheBurryman #Eccleston #NinthDoctor #BigFinish #Audio #Review

I’ve met people displaced through time, that accounts for a certain type of haunting. Then there are the presences that cross other dimensions, parallel or otherwise.Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Synopsis Young Sam Bishop is at a crossroads with girlfriend Fiona: she’s staying in Scotland, he wants to travel the world. As the Burryman celebrations begin, ghosts haunt the Forth Bridge. Brigadier…

[midwestbramble]

Burdock

Arctium spp.

Ruled by ♀

⸙༄𓆤𓆩𓆪❁𓇢𓆸🏵

Contents:

Overview

Folklore

Uses in Witchcraft

Safety Notes

Conclusion

⸙༄𓆤𓆩𓆪❁𓇢𓆸🏵

Overview

Native to Europe and Asia (known as Gobo in Japan), and being introduced world wide, Burdock is a hardy biennial that does well in most environments but is most commonly found along disturbed edges of fields and waste sites.

First year burdock has large, triangular, and fuzzy basal leaves, similar to rhubarb, that grow to more than a foot long. Though don’t confuse the two as rhubarb leaves are toxic. The leaves are alternate and on petioles with the lower ones coarser than the higher ones. The second year plant is bushier and sends up a stalk two to five feet tall. Composite flowers bloom in late spring to about midsummer before turning into burs and spreading seed.

The first year root is easiest to harvest. It’s long and sturdy and best harvested in the spring or fall in an area with soft, rich, well-drained soil, being sure to avoid areas with herbicide application (as burdock is considered a weed), lead contamination, or other environmental pollutants. Dig in a wide circumference to avoid cutting the root and once procured, scrub clean. Backfill any holes. The small greens of the first year plant can also be gathered, as well as the stalk of the second year plant before it goes to flower.

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Folklore

-Thunder and Thor-

Jacob Grimm, in his Teutonic Mythology (pg. 183), notes burdock as one of the plants thought to protect a home from lightning strikes when planted on the roof. He also makes the connection to Thor (Thunar) by leaving this piece of information in the chapter on the god himself. A similar belief is noted by the Folklore Thursday blog as being found in Poland, however the plant keeps away witches, evil, and wind instead and no connection to Thor.

-Æcerbot-

An Anglo-Saxon charm from the 11th century, meant to make the land productive and fruitful for the coming growing season. In this charm, it is stated that “the Saxon use… bits from all the herbs except burdock.” It is assumed by Bruce Rosenberg in his article “The Meaning of Æcerbot” that is not because it has tenuous associations with the Devil and is simply a nuisance; the Saxons may have believed it would contaminate the other herbs if they believed the same.

-Burryman's Parade-

According to British Folk Customs by Christina Hole (no longer available on Internet Archive where I first read it), South Queensferry holds a unique parade, reminiscent of other English folk traditions, the day before the Ferry Fair. The parade consists of a man dressed head to toe in clothes covered in burrs from burdock, only able to see his eyes, and his two attendants. These three travel door to door collecting money and gifts and are thought to bring luck and possibly carry away evil afflicting the community. It is thought that if the tradition dies out, it would bring misfortune to the town.

-Burdock Necklace-

According to Ozark Superstitions, children are best protected from bewitchment by wearing a necklace of dried burdock roots. Though it was recognized to not be fool-proof as there are a couple of ways to take away a curse listed with it.

-Albanian Exorcism-

A rite to exorcise demons from plants so they produce fruit again is found in the paper “A Historical Overview of Ethnobotanical Data in Albania 1800s-1940s.” Here the burdock leaf is used as a sacrifice to the aerial demon of the other plant, wine soaked bread being spread over it with a reading from the gospel by a priest.

⸙༄𓆤𓆩𓆪❁𓇢𓆸🏵

Uses in Witchcraft

Burdock is another protective plant. There are many folk ways in which it is worked with. Everything from the roots to the burrs, appear to be used as well. Take a look at the folklore listed above and see if you get inspired by them.

⸙༄𓆤𓆩𓆪❁𓇢𓆸🏵

Safety Notes

Individuals with allergic sensitivity to Asteraceae (daisy) family plants may be sensitive to burdock.

⸙༄𓆤𓆩𓆪❁𓇢𓆸🏵

Conclusion

This time I didn't give any suggestions as to how to employ this plant. There are so many direct examples of use, I didn't see the point. If you've worked with burdock before, what suggestions do you have? Did you get any inspiration for how to work with it in the future?

References:

Midwest Medicinal Plants by Lisa M. Rose

Midwest Foraging by Lisa M. Rose

[elephantbitterhead]

It turns out that the BBC style guide is actually readily available and explains absolutely nothing about their love of random quotation marks around things that are not quotations in headlines and text (see under Q here). The closest thing to an insight emerges in the discussion of when to use single and double quotation marks:

[quotation marks] should be double:

outside the categories listed above - on the ticker, in regular text, summaries and picture captions. Also, at first use of phrases such as “mad cow disease” or “road rage”. (But quotation marks will be single if the phrase comes inside a direct quotation (eg: The minister said: “The spread of ‘mad cow disease’ has ruined thousands of lives.”) Either way, no punctuation is required after the first reference.

So I guess in the Burryman article, 'age old' is being treated as the first use of a phrase. But WHICH phrases get this treatment? 'Mad cow disease' and 'road rage' appear to have little in common apart from being sort of rough colloquialisms, but I guess you could say that about 'age old' . . . maybe? If we're going to put all colloquialisms in quotation marks this will get unwieldly very quickly, so that can't be the plan. Does it have to be a phrase (ie, at least two words)? Is there a limit to the length of phrase that is styled this way? A style guide should surely give more specific & comprehensive guidance about the type of phrases being singled out for this treatment, and it would ideally explain WHY. It also seems strange to A) introduce a phrase treated this way in a headline/subhead instead of in the actual text, and B) for the writer (vs. a person interviewed in the article) to introduce a phrase that requires this treatment instead of using something that can be presented in unmodified running text. The BBC is regularly slapping (generally single) quotation marks on individual words that are surely not this kind of colloquialism and are usually not quotations. Take three examples from today (and I'm sure there are more if you care to look) -- one that's something in the vicinity of a quotation, one in which the whiff of a quotation drifts faintly in from the side, and one that has no business using quotation marks:

Here, I suppose it's possible the king actually used the word 'aggression' (although that quote does not appear in the article). But if that's the point of these quotation marks, then they're at odds w/the BBC style guide, which says: In headlines where the attribution is clear, do not include unnecessary quote marks (eg Britain won’t hold referendum, says PM rather than Britain 'won’t hold referendum', says PM).

This example is more typical of what I consider their wanton use of quotation marks. Britton is definitely a horrible person, but no one in this article calls him a monster in direct or indirect speech. There's a passing reference to the unattributed phrase 'Monster of McGinnis Lagoon' (which I assume is something trawled from the depths of the Australian press -- and also a proper noun phrase that can't logically be chopped into parts, at least keep the capital M). So what's going on here? Does this somehow let the BBC off the hook in some obscure way in case someone claims they're being libeled? The style guide mentions nothing about legal responsibility in the context of quotation marks. As a reader, I don't even know how to interpret this presentation: do they think he's a monster? do they disagree with those who do? do they think the term is an overreaction & are presenting it in scare quotes? These quotation marks introduce an element of uncertainty that seems very unhelpful.

This is truly a WTF BBC example, from an article about finding a single representative from a bunch of Lego sharks that fell off a cargo ship in 1997. Why is 'lost' in quotation marks? The sharks fell off the ship in a storm. They were indisputably lost & I suspect there was an insurance payout that proves it. This isn't a colloquialism (unless maybe everyone else is a lot more familiar with these missing sharks than I am?) and surely no one is going to deny or debate that the sharks were lost. Neither Lego nor the sharks themselves are likely to sue for libel in this situation. While I can make some vague guesses about the treatment of 'monster' in the example above, I ultimately have NO idea what is being communicated by the quotation marks here.

Let's end this on a positive note! We can surely understand & embrace at least one aspect of the style guide's stance on quotation -- this considerate, sensible guidance: Ensure the quotation is comprehensible and makes sense. Do not expose a speaker to ridicule by bringing his/her grammatical/linguistic incompetence to a wider audience. Again, a combination of indirect speech and omission should solve the problem. I hate when something that's clearly an innocent mistake is enclosed in quotation marks solely to make the speaker look stupid or malicious (eg 'alternative facts').

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 8.14

Holidays

Air Force Day (Taiwan)

Até Asteroid Day

Balochistan Solidarity Day

Black Day (Parts of Pakistan)

Color Book Day

Commemoration of Wadi al-Dahab (Morocco)

Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland (Abkhazia)

814 Day

Energy Industry Employee’s Day (Poland)

Engineer’s Day (Dominican Republic)

Falklands Discovery Day (UK)

Faradda di li candareri (Descent of the Candlesticks; Sardinia)

Feast of the Tiger (Elder Scrolls)

Green Day (South Korea)

Husbands in Love Day

International Memorial Day for Comfort Women

International Nagging Day

Kaj Munk (Lutheranism)

Language Day (Orania)

La Torta dei Fieschi (Italy)

Liberty Tree Day (Massachusetts)

Love Donegal Day (UK)

Love Your Bookshop Day

Military Marriage Day

National Financial Awareness Day

National Mortgage E-Close Day

National Navajo Code Talkers Day

National Slap Someone in the Back of the Head Day (Garfield)

National Spirit of ’45 Day

National Tattoo Removal Day

National Women’s Empowerment Day

Navajo Code Talkers Day

Oued Ed-Dahab Day (Morocco, Western Sahara)

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (India)

Pramuka Day (Scouting Day; Indonesia)

Rapeseed Day (French Republic)

Romance Awareness Day

St. Arnold of Soissons' Day (patron saint of brewers and hop-pickers)

Social Security Day

Sports Day (Russia)

Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena)

V-J Day

Wiffle Ball Day

World Calligraphy Day

World Lizard Day

World Prediabetes Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Altbier Day

Chock Full O’ Nuts Day

International Rosé Wine Day

National Creamsicle Day

Independence & Related Days

Anniversary Day (Tristan da Cunha; Saint Helena)

Anniversary of the Return to Power (Afghanistan)

Larsonia (a.k.a. Kingdom of Larsonia; Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Pakistan (from UK, 1947)

2nd Wednesday in August

Crayfish Premiere (Sweden) [2nd Wednesday]

Hump Day [Every Wednesday]

National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day [Wednesday of 2nd Full Week]

World Calligraphy Day [Wednesday of 2nd Full Week]

Weekly Holidays beginning August 14 (2nd Full Week of August)

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Weeks (thru 9.2)

Festivals Beginning August 14, 2024

Arkansas Valley Fair (Rocky Ford, Colorado) [thru 8.17]

Delcambre Shrimp Festival (Delcambre, Louisiana) [thru 8.18]

EAST (Suhl, Germany) [thru 8.18]

Gathering of the Juggalos (Thornville, Ohio) [thru 8.18]

Little League World Series (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) [thru 8.25]

Lyon County Fair (Marshall, Minnesota) [thru 8.18]

Middletown Grange Fair (Wrightstown, Pennsylvania) [thru 8.18]

Red Valley Festival (Olbia, Italy) [thru 8.17]

Sweet Corn Festival (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin) [thru 8.18]

Telluride Mushroom Festival (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 8.18]

Washington County Fair (Richmond, Rhode Island) [thru 8.18]

Feast Days

Alice Adams (Writerism)

Anniversary of Snick-Snacker’s Derek Foot (Shamanism)

Arnold of Soissons (Christian; Saint) [brewers, hop-pickers]

Assumption Eve (France, Holy See)

Assumption Vigil (Vatican City)

Athanasia (Christian; Saint & Matron)

Buck Dharma Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Burryman Day (Scotland; Everyday Wicca)

Carle Vernet (Artology)

Claude Joseph Vernet (Artology)

Day of Peace Between Horus and Set (Ancient Egypt)

Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia (Christian; Saint)

Eachanan (Christian; Saint)

Eusebius of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Torches, Day 2 (In Honor of Diana; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Gary Larson (Artology)

Jacques Coeur (Positivist; Saint)

John Galsworthy (Writerism)

Jonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church)

Marcellus of Apamea (Christian; Martyr)

Maximilian Kolbe (Christian; Saint)

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (Artology)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Artology)

Ready Eddie (Muppetism)

René Goscinny (Artology)

Rice and Millet Day (Pagan)

Think About Infinity Day (Pastafarian)

Werenfrid (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [45 of 71]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 37 of 60)

Premieres

Alice in Wonderland Ride, at Disneyland (Theme Park Attraction; 1958)

Baby Butch (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

The Book of Psalms, published by Faust (Book; 1457)

Born To Do It, by Craig David (Album; 2000)

Busman’s Holiday (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

Caligula (Adult Film; 1979)

Can’t Buy Me Love (Film; 1987)

Can’t Stand Losing You, by the Police (Song; 1978)

District 9 (Film; 2009)

Dora the Explorer (Animated TV Series; 2000)

The Commitments (Film; 1991)

Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (Anime Film; 2017)

Hang On Sloopy, by The McCoys (Song; 1965)

High School Musical 2 (Soundtrack Album; 2007)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (Film; 1998)

The Kill Order, by James Dashner (Novel; 2012) [Maze Runner #4]

Lemonade, by Internet Money (Song; 2020)

Les Miserables (Film; 1952)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Film; 2015)

Ma Perkins (Radio Series; 1933)

¡Mucha Lucha! (Animated TV Series; 2002)

No Way Out (Film; 1987)

One Ham’s Family (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1943)

Ponyo (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 2009)

A Private Affair (Film; 1959)

The Quiet Man (Film; 1952)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Film; 1975)

The Saint Intervenes (a.k.a. Boodle), by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories; 1934) [Saint #14]

Saturday the 14th (Film; 1981)

Slums of Beverly Hills (Film; 1998)

So It Goes, by Nick Lowe (Song; 1976)

The Spirit Room, by Michelle Branch (Album; 2001)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (Animated Film; 2020)

Stop! Look! And Hasten! (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

Straight Outta Compton (Film; 2015)

Student of Prague (BBC TV Film; 1938) [1st BBC Feature Film]

Tangled Television (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1940)

Ted Lasso (TV Series; 2020)

The Time Traveler’s Wife (Film; 2009)

Il Turco in Italia (Turk in Italy), by Gioachino Rossini (Opera; 1814)

The Way of the Dragon (Film; 1972)

Who’s Next, by The Who (Album; 1971)

Today’s Name Days

Maximilian (Austria)

Alfred, Euzebije, Maksimilijan (Croatia)

Alan (Czech Republic)

Eusebius (Denmark)

Gisella, Svea (Estonia)

Kanerva, Onerva (Finland)

Évrard (France)

Maximilian, Meinhard (Germany)

Marcell (Hungary)

Alfredo (Italy)

Virma, Zelma, Zemgus (Latvia)

Euzebijus, Grintautas, Guostė (Lithuania)

Hallgeir, Hallgjerd (Norway)

Alfred, Atanazja, Dobrowój, Euzebiusz, Kalikst, Kaliksta, Machabeusz (Poland)

Mojmír (Slovakia)

Maximiliano (Spain)

Uno (Sweden)

Anahi, Athena, Tamara, Tamia, Tammie, Tammy, Tara, Taryn, Terra (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 227 of 2024; 139 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of Week 33 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Ren-Shen), Day 11 (Geng-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 10 Av 5784

Islamic: 8 Safar 1446

J Cal: 17 Purple; Threesday [17 of 30]

Julian: 1 August 2024

Moon: 70%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 2 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Jacques Coeur]

Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 56 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of August

Zodiac: Leo (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

August (a.k.a. Sextilis or Augustus; Julian Calendar) [Month 8 of 12]

[alchemisland]

sexandmurder

Bury you and cover over the area with slurry No more envying you, bad ending Away in a hurry, in the fields with the Burryman Tunnel arch tall as London Tower underground Make a sound hear an echo, turn to see the Bunnymen Almost broke a leg then but now I sense it was funny Probably some fuckery played on poor me, number 23 Another drink you need to pour me to lure out that lurid…

[brookston]

Holidays 8.14

Holidays

Air Force Day (Taiwan)

Até Asteroid Day

Balochistan Solidarity Day

Black Day (Parts of Pakistan)

Color Book Day

Commemoration of Wadi al-Dahab (Morocco)

Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland (Abkhazia)

814 Day

Energy Industry Employee’s Day (Poland)

Engineer’s Day (Dominican Republic)

Falklands Discovery Day (UK)

Faradda di li candareri (Descent of the Candlesticks; Sardinia)

Feast of the Tiger (Elder Scrolls)

Green Day (South Korea)

Husbands in Love Day

International Memorial Day for Comfort Women

International Nagging Day

Kaj Munk (Lutheranism)

Language Day (Orania)

La Torta dei Fieschi (Italy)

Liberty Tree Day (Massachusetts)

Love Donegal Day (UK)

Love Your Bookshop Day

Military Marriage Day

National Financial Awareness Day

National Mortgage E-Close Day

National Navajo Code Talkers Day

National Slap Someone in the Back of the Head Day (Garfield)

National Spirit of ’45 Day

National Tattoo Removal Day

National Women’s Empowerment Day

Navajo Code Talkers Day

Oued Ed-Dahab Day (Morocco, Western Sahara)

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (India)

Pramuka Day (Scouting Day; Indonesia)

Rapeseed Day (French Republic)

Romance Awareness Day

St. Arnold of Soissons' Day (patron saint of brewers and hop-pickers)

Social Security Day

Sports Day (Russia)

Tristan da Cunha (Saint Helena)

V-J Day

Wiffle Ball Day

World Calligraphy Day

World Lizard Day

World Prediabetes Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Altbier Day

Chock Full O’ Nuts Day

International Rosé Wine Day

National Creamsicle Day

Independence & Related Days

Anniversary Day (Tristan da Cunha; Saint Helena)

Anniversary of the Return to Power (Afghanistan)

Larsonia (a.k.a. Kingdom of Larsonia; Declared; 2012) [unrecognized]

Pakistan (from UK, 1947)

2nd Wednesday in August

Crayfish Premiere (Sweden) [2nd Wednesday]

Hump Day [Every Wednesday]

National Psychiatric Technician Appreciation Day [Wednesday of 2nd Full Week]

World Calligraphy Day [Wednesday of 2nd Full Week]

Weekly Holidays beginning August 14 (2nd Full Week of August)

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Weeks (thru 9.2)

Festivals Beginning August 14, 2024

Arkansas Valley Fair (Rocky Ford, Colorado) [thru 8.17]

Delcambre Shrimp Festival (Delcambre, Louisiana) [thru 8.18]

EAST (Suhl, Germany) [thru 8.18]

Gathering of the Juggalos (Thornville, Ohio) [thru 8.18]

Little League World Series (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) [thru 8.25]

Lyon County Fair (Marshall, Minnesota) [thru 8.18]

Middletown Grange Fair (Wrightstown, Pennsylvania) [thru 8.18]

Red Valley Festival (Olbia, Italy) [thru 8.17]

Sweet Corn Festival (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin) [thru 8.18]

Telluride Mushroom Festival (Telluride, Colorado) [thru 8.18]

Washington County Fair (Richmond, Rhode Island) [thru 8.18]

Feast Days

Alice Adams (Writerism)

Anniversary of Snick-Snacker’s Derek Foot (Shamanism)

Arnold of Soissons (Christian; Saint) [brewers, hop-pickers]

Assumption Eve (France, Holy See)

Assumption Vigil (Vatican City)

Athanasia (Christian; Saint & Matron)

Buck Dharma Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Burryman Day (Scotland; Everyday Wicca)

Carle Vernet (Artology)

Claude Joseph Vernet (Artology)

Day of Peace Between Horus and Set (Ancient Egypt)

Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia (Christian; Saint)

Eachanan (Christian; Saint)

Eusebius of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Festival of Torches, Day 2 (In Honor of Diana; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Gary Larson (Artology)

Jacques Coeur (Positivist; Saint)

John Galsworthy (Writerism)

Jonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church)

Marcellus of Apamea (Christian; Martyr)

Maximilian Kolbe (Christian; Saint)

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (Artology)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Artology)

Ready Eddie (Muppetism)

René Goscinny (Artology)

Rice and Millet Day (Pagan)

Think About Infinity Day (Pastafarian)

Werenfrid (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [45 of 71]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 37 of 60)

Premieres

Alice in Wonderland Ride, at Disneyland (Theme Park Attraction; 1958)

Baby Butch (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

The Book of Psalms, published by Faust (Book; 1457)

Born To Do It, by Craig David (Album; 2000)

Busman’s Holiday (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

Caligula (Adult Film; 1979)

Can’t Buy Me Love (Film; 1987)

Can’t Stand Losing You, by the Police (Song; 1978)

District 9 (Film; 2009)

Dora the Explorer (Animated TV Series; 2000)

The Commitments (Film; 1991)

Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (Anime Film; 2017)

Hang On Sloopy, by The McCoys (Song; 1965)

High School Musical 2 (Soundtrack Album; 2007)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (Film; 1998)

The Kill Order, by James Dashner (Novel; 2012) [Maze Runner #4]

Lemonade, by Internet Money (Song; 2020)

Les Miserables (Film; 1952)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Film; 2015)

Ma Perkins (Radio Series; 1933)

¡Mucha Lucha! (Animated TV Series; 2002)

No Way Out (Film; 1987)

One Ham’s Family (Tex Avery MGM Cartoon; 1943)

Ponyo (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 2009)

A Private Affair (Film; 1959)

The Quiet Man (Film; 1952)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Film; 1975)

The Saint Intervenes (a.k.a. Boodle), by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories; 1934) [Saint #14]

Saturday the 14th (Film; 1981)

Slums of Beverly Hills (Film; 1998)

So It Goes, by Nick Lowe (Song; 1976)

The Spirit Room, by Michelle Branch (Album; 2001)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (Animated Film; 2020)

Stop! Look! And Hasten! (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

Straight Outta Compton (Film; 2015)

Student of Prague (BBC TV Film; 1938) [1st BBC Feature Film]

Tangled Television (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1940)

Ted Lasso (TV Series; 2020)

The Time Traveler’s Wife (Film; 2009)

Il Turco in Italia (Turk in Italy), by Gioachino Rossini (Opera; 1814)

The Way of the Dragon (Film; 1972)

Who’s Next, by The Who (Album; 1971)

Today’s Name Days

Maximilian (Austria)

Alfred, Euzebije, Maksimilijan (Croatia)

Alan (Czech Republic)

Eusebius (Denmark)

Gisella, Svea (Estonia)

Kanerva, Onerva (Finland)

Évrard (France)

Maximilian, Meinhard (Germany)

Marcell (Hungary)

Alfredo (Italy)

Virma, Zelma, Zemgus (Latvia)

Euzebijus, Grintautas, Guostė (Lithuania)

Hallgeir, Hallgjerd (Norway)

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Uno (Sweden)

Anahi, Athena, Tamara, Tamia, Tammie, Tammy, Tara, Taryn, Terra (USA)

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Mythic Creatures by Culture & Region

Part 3: Europe (Basque, Rome, Viking, Great Britain)

This list documents mythological and folkloric creatures of Ancient Europe, the British Isles and Scandinavia as found on Wikipedia.

European creatures from Eastern Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Greece etc. will be listed in a separate post. The same goes for Biblical creatures or creatures from Abrahamic religions and Goetia literature. The full list of creatures is here.

Basque

Basque people live in what is today northern Spain. Their language is the only surviving language in Europe that isn't part of the Indo-European family tree, likely because the Basques live in secluded mountain areas. I have listed some deities alongside creatures, but this is a full list of Wikipedia's Basque creatures, not a full list of Wikipedia's gods/goddesses/deities for Basque culture.

Aatxe; Aide air goddess; Akerbeltz; Amalur; Basajaun; Eate (Basque god); Egoi; Eki (Basque goddess); Fountain Women; Gaizkiñ; Gaueko; Herensuge; Ilargi; Inguma; Iratxo ; Iratxoak; Jentil; Lamignak; Mairu; Minairó also Catalan; Odei; Olentzero; Orko; San Martin Txiki; Tartalo

Proto-Indo-European

Proto-Indo-European (or PIE) is the reconstructed ancestor to all major European languages, excluding Basque and languages from later diasporas.

Dʰéǵʰōm; Proto-Indo-European Myth; Double-headed eagle maybe not PIE but Bronze Age

Roman

Abarimon (Pliny the Elder, whose source is supposedly a land surveyor of Alexander the Great); Aborigines_Roman myth\; Achlis (Pliny the Elder); Caligo, see Achlys; Aegipan (Pliny the Elder locates them in Libya); Albruna Germanic seeress attested by Tacitus; Amazons, Amazons (List); Anguiped also Greek and Iranian.; Antichthones; Astomi Pliny the Elder; Aura; Bonnacon Pliny the Elder; Caca; Caeneus; Caladrius; Calingae Pliny the Elder; Camilla; Catoblepas Pliny the Elder; Cimbrian seeresses mentioned by Strabo; Crocotta Strabo and Pliny the Elder; Cupid; Di Penates; Echeneis Pliny the Elder; Ethiopian pegasus Pliny the Elder; Faun, Faunus ; Faunae, Fauni; Faustulus; Forest Bull Pliny the Elder; Fraus; Genius; Genius loci; Gorgades; Hellusians Tacitus claims they live beyond the Finns; Hircocervus; Hooded Spirits; Hydrus Pliny the Elder; Ichneumon Pliny the Elder; Ichthyophagoi; Indus worm; Iphis; Kings of Alba Longa; Lampedo Amazon; Lares; Lares Familiares; Lemures; Mandi; Manes; Manticore; Monoceros Pliny the Elder; Monopod; Odontotyrannus; Orcus; Pandi; Phoenix; Phthisis; Pyrausta Pliny the Elder; Querquetulanae; Remora; Salamander; Seps; Silvanus; Strix; Syrbotae Pliny the Elder; Tarand; Theow Pliny the Elder; Unicorn; Wild Man, Wild Woman ; Wild Men, Wild Women; Yale

Etruscan

Charun; Orcus; Tuchulcha; Vanth; Vegoia

Britain

Apple Tree Man; Ascapart giant from chivalric romance dating to 1300s; Asrai Cheshire and Shropshire; Barghest north England; Beast of Dean; Beithir; Billy Blind England and Scottish Lowlands; Black Annis; Black Dog; Black Shuck; Bluecap; Blunderbore; Bogeyman; Boggart; Bogle Northumbrian; Brag Northumbrian; British Wild Cats; Brown Man of the Muirs anglo-scottish border; Brownie ; Brownies; Bucca Cornish; Bugbear; Burryman; Butter Sprite; Calygreyhound; Cat-sìth; Cauld Lad of Hylton; Inspiration/Directories/Bestiary (Myth and Legend)/A-Z/Changeling|Changeling; Christchurch Dragon; Cirein-cròin; Cock Lane Ghost; Cockatrice (explicitly British); Cofgod; Colbrand (giant); Colt pixie; Cormoran (giant); Dando's Dogs; Drummer of Tedworth; Dun Cow; Dunnie Northumbrian; Elder Mother; English Fairies; Ettin; Fairy story (Northumbria); Fetch; Finfolk Orkney; Girt Dog of Ennerdale; Goram and Vincent (giants); Grendel; Grendel's Mother; Grimalkin; Grindylow; Gytrash; Habetrot (Northumbrian?? border counties between England and Scottish Lowlands); Hob; Hobbididance; Hobgoblin ; Hobgoblins; Imp; Jack and the Beanstalk; Jack Frost; Jack in the Green; Jack o' Legs; Jack o' the bowl; Jack the Giant Killer; Jack-In-Irons; Joan-in-the-Wad; Kilmoulis Anglo-Scottish border; Knocker; Knucker; Korred; Krabat; Lambton Worm; Lantern Man; Lazy Laurence; Lubberfiend; Martlet; Mary Lakeland (accused witch); Mermaid of Zennor; Morgan le Fay; Morgawr; Nanny Rutt; Nelly Longarms; Nuckelavee Orkney; Nuggle Shetland; Pantheon_the_creature; Peg Powler; Penhill Giant; Pictish Beast Picts; Pillywiggin; Pixie; Portunes; Púca; Puck; Puck_Shakespeare; Queen of Elphame (Northumbrian?? border counties between England and Scottish Lowlands); Redcap English-Scottish border; Screaming skull; Sea Mither Orkney; Sebile; Sheela na Gig; Shug Monkey; Simonside Dwarfs; Sockburn Worm; Spriggan ; Spriggans; Sprite ; Sprites; Stoor worm; Sweet William's Ghost; Tangie Orkney and Shetland; The Black Dog of Newgate; The Elder Mother also Scandinavian; The Hedley Kow Northumberland; The King of the Cats; The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh Northumbrian; The Queen of Elfan's Nourice; Thunderdell Cornish; Tiddalik; Tom Hickathrift; Tooth Fairy; Tree Elves; Trow; Unicorn; Wight; Wild Man, Wild Woman ; Wild Men, Wild Women; William of Lindholme; Worm of Linton; Wyvern; Yallery Brown

Isle of Man

Adene, elves?; Arkan sonney "lucky piggy"; Ben-Varrey see "Mermaid"; Buggane; Cailleach; Fenodyree; Glashan; Glashtyn; Jimmy Squarefoot; Moddey Dhoo; Mooinjer Veggey; Sleigh Beggey; Tree Elves; Water Bull

Irish

Abarta either Tuatha or Fomorian (depends on account); Abcán the poet and musician of the Tuatha, a dwarf (in stature?); Abhartach; Aes Sidhe; Aibell, an elf queen (banshee, ruler of a fairy mound); Aillen, the "burner" a monstrous Tuatha; Aos Sí; Badb; Balor; Bánánach; Banshee; Baobhan Sith; Biróg a lheannan sidhe; Bodach also Scottish; Bran and Sceólang; Brendan the Navigator; Cailleach; Carman; Cas Corach; Cat-sìth also Scottish; Cathbad; Cethlenn; Cichol Gricenchos; Clíodhna; Clurican; Conand; Crom Cruach; Cù-sìth; Dobhar-chú; Donn Cúailnge; Dullahan; Each-uisge; Echtra; Elatha; Ellén Trechend; Enbarr; Ethniu; Failinis; Fear Doirich; Fear gorta; Finvarra; Fionn mac Cumhaill; Fionnuala; Fir Bolg; Fir Darrig; Fomorian; Gancanagh; Garb mac Stairn; Glas Gaibhnenn; Immram; Irish Mythic Creatures; Iubdan; Joint-eater; Kelpie; Leprechaun; Les Lavandières; Lhiannan-Sidhe; Liban; Inspiration/Directories/Bestiary (Myth and Legend)/A-Z/Manannán mac Lir|Manannán mac Lir; Medb (Queen Maeve); Merrow ; Merrows; Mongfind; Muckie; Mug Ruith; Nel; Niamh; Oilliphéist; Onchú; Pillywiggin; Púca; Sadhbh; Salmon of Knowledge; Scáthach; Selkie; Sengann; Seonaidh; Sheela na Gig; Sidhe; Sìth also Scottish; Sluagh also Scottish; Sovereignty goddess; Sreng; Swan Maiden; Tethra; The Morrígan; The Voyage of Bran; The Voyage of Máel Dúin; The Voyage of the Uí Chorra; Tlachtga; Tuatha dé Danaan; Werewolf; Werewolves of Ossory; Wild Man, Wild Woman ; Wild Men, Wild Women; Wyvern allegedly Irish; Cymidei Cymeinfoll

Scotland

Am Fear Liath Mòr; Red Cap; Bauchan; Bean-nighe; Beast of Beinn a' Bheithir; Betram de Shotts; Biasd Bheulach; Billy Blind lowlands and England; Blue Men of the Minch; Bodach also Irish; Boobrie west coast Scottish lochs; Broichan wizard of Pictland (north Scotland); Brown Man of the Muirs anglo-scottish border; Brownie ; Brownies; Cailleach; Cain bairns; Ceasg; Cù-sìth; Each-uisge; Fachan; Fuath; Ghillie Dhu; Gigelorum; Glaistig; Gormshuil Mhòr na Maighe; Kelpie also Irish; Lavellan; Les Lavandières; Ly Erg; Maggy Moulach; Morag; Muc-sheilch; Nicnevin; Pech; Red Cap; Seelie; Shellycoat; Sìth also Irish; Sithchean Hebrides; Sluagh; Spey-wife; Tam Lin; The Green Man of Knowledge; Water Bull; Water Horse; Wild Haggis; Wirry-cow; Wulver

Welsh

Adar Llwch Gwin; Adar Rhiannon birds from Mabinogi and Welsh Arthurian tales; Aderyn y corff, corpse bird, portent of death; Afanc; Arawn; Bendith y Mamau see Tylwyth Teg; Blodeuwedd; Brenin Llwyd; Bres Tuatha; Buwch Frech; Bwciod; Cath Palug; Ceffyl Dŵr; Coblynau; Cŵn Annwn; Cyhyraeth; Cymidei Cymeinfoll; Cythraul; Dormarch; Gwagged Annwn or Gwragedd Annwn; Gwrgi Garwlwyd; Gwyllgi; Gwyllion; Gwyn ap Nudd; Henwen; Idris Gawr; Jack o' Kent; Les Lavandières; Llamhigyn Y Dwr; Maelor Gawr; March Malaen; Mari Lwyd; Morgen; Sleigh Beggey also Manx; Swan Maiden; Twrch Trwyth; Tylwyth Teg; Welsh Dragon; Welsh Giant; White dragon; Wild Hunt; Wyvern; Y Ladi Wen; Ysbaddaden; Ysgithyrwyn

Scandinavian (Viking, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland)

Æsir; Æsir–Vanir War; Alberich in Thidrekssaga written in 1250 in Norway, possibly based on a Plattdeutsch original (also appears in German Nibelungenlied from 1200 in Passau, Bavaria and Ortnit from 1230s Germany, Strassburg; Álfablót sacrifice to elves; Alvaldi jotun; Askafroa German "Eschenfrau"; Bergsrå; Berserker; Bøyg; Brokkr dwarf; Brunnmigi; Bysen; Church grim; Dagr; Death; Deildegast; Di sma undar jordi; Disir; Dökkálfar; Draugr; Dvalinn; Dwarf ; Dwarfs, Dwarves; Eikþyrnir; Einherjar; Elder Mother; Elli; Endill jotun; Fenrir; Fin; Fjölvar; Fjörgyn and Fjörgynn; Fossegrim; Fylgiar; Gangr; Garmr; Gjenganger; Glenr; Gríðr; Grýla and Leppalúði; Gulon; Hábrók; Hafgufa; Half-elf; Hamingja; Hati Hróðvitnisson; Helhest; Hervör alvitr; Hildr; Hlaðguðr svanhvít; Hljod; Hlökk; Hræsvelgr; Hrímgerðr; Hrímgrímnir; Hroðr; Hrymr; Hulder; Huldufólk; Humli; Hyrrokkin; Iði; Ím (joetunn); Járnsaxa; Jörmungandr; Jötunn; Katie Woodencloak; Kraken; Lagarfljótsormur; Landdisir; Landvættir; Leikn; Ljósálfar; Lyngbakr; Marmennill; Móðguðr; Mögþrasir; Mound Folk; Myling; Nafnaþulur; Níðhöggr; Niß Puck; Nisse; Norns; Norse_Nude_Snake_Witch; Nótt; Nykken; Odin; Púca; Rå; Rådande; Ratatoskr; Sæhrímnir; Selkolla; Selma; Sjörå; Skogsrå; Sköll; Skrat; Skuld (half-elf princess); Skvader; Slattenpatte; Sleipnir; Storsjöodjuret; Sumarr and Vetr; Surtr; Svaðilfari; Svartálfar; Swan Maiden; The Elder Mother also English; The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body; Tilberi; Tooth Fairy; Tree Elves; Troll; Troll Cat; Vættir; Valkyrie; Valravn; Vanir; Vardøger; Veðrfölnir; Viðfinnr; Vittra; Vǫrðr; Vörnir (joetunn); Vosud; Werewolf; Wight; Wild Hunt; Wild Man, Wild Woman ; Wild Men, Wild Women; Worm of Linton; Wurm; Ysätters-Kajsa; Yule cat; Þorbjörg lítilvölva; Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa; Þrívaldi; Þuríðr Sundafyllir

Note: Although most European lore is easily implemented into art and fiction without causing lasting cultural damage, there may be some European cultures (from Basque to Welsh) whose cultures have been subject to cultural suppression. Notify me if there are mistakes or if I need to add disclaimers or revisions concerning these creatures.