Category: Folklore

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Flash Fiction Folklore Urban Legends

Straw Eyes

Don't look too long. Straw Eyes remember.

(Flash Fiction) The wind moved through the barley like a whisper, low and urgent. Mila tightened her shawl and glanced toward the edge of the field, where the Straw Eyes stood. There were seven of them this year. Seven straw effigies, tall and silent, their twig arms reaching slightly outward, as if in invitation—or warning. […]

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Folklore Urban Legends

Icelandic Changelings

Television streaming services now offer several series involving the folklore of changelings. After recently finishing the first season of the Icelandic drama-mystery Katla, I investigated. Huldufólk and Changelings: Iceland’s Hidden People and Their Mystical Influence Iceland is a land of fire and ice, where volcanoes erupt beside glaciers and rugged lava fields dot the landscape. […]

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