I bought some new brushes to test. I was meant to paint a simple "rock study", which will aid me with 2 illustrations on which I am working, but I got carried away and painted a faerie home/garden instead. Approx: 15 hours

Holle is the caretaker of infant souls. She tends them when they die in infancy and also sends them out via her Storks when they are ready to be born. She will sometimes appear to an older sibling and offer to take the newborn sibling back. Portals to her realm are present in sacred wells and often contain the souls of infants yet to be born. In the Netherlands Holle is said to grow infant souls like apples upon a tree, and harvest them for life when ripe. This ties into other lore where babies would be found in the branches of trees.-TLK

The burry man custom that takes place annually in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, Scotland, is believed to be an ancient tradition as it is thought to be thousands of years old.
It is a custom which is said to symbolize rebirth, regeneration, and fertility, upon which the burry man holds similarities to the widely known green man.

For the event, a volunteer is suited up in a suit made up of burrs that give good luck to the town, which belief is held that bad luck sticks to his burrs. Giving money or whisky, is essentially paying him to take the bad luck onto his own head. When he is chased out, or ceremonially de-burred, the collective misery is removed from the town.

Our friends over at Bastard of Loran are having a release of their latest piece on Bandcamp on the 30th. Check them out.-TLK

While The 12th century Icelandic deity Odin is often called the god of Poetry this role actually belongs to Bragi, a Scandinavian Bardic God. While many will point to the Havamal and the story of the Mead of Kvasir as signs Odin is the Poet God, this is simply not the case and is a result of stretching and scholastic silliness. The Havamal like any bit of Skaldic poetry is well... poetry, and this is not some unique aspect of the Havamal. While in the story of the Mead, Odin is actually directly credited with giving Midgard "Bad" poetry when he shat out of his bird form, this fell to Midgard and gave the world bad Poetry.-TLK

The Cider Mill by John George Brown 1880

I am a proud American and along with my German heritage the other part of folklore I often study and at times hits me in the soul in a way other lore does not is that of America. Her children and the mythic lore we brought and built here in this land. Bunyan, Appleseed, Magarac, Old Stormy, and so much more. With Paul Bunyan Day coming up and July 4th closing in now felt like a good time to post this love letter to my American Heritage a reminder of the lore and mythic landscape of this Land of Liberty and what it could've been. -TLK https://wylderhomesproject.life/2021/06/27/tall-tales-american-demigods/

To all those on the Wastelands of Modernity. On the heels of a Historic World's Strongest Man, we discuss the gods, heroes, and ancestral traditions involved in the modern form of an ancient competition. The point of strength, misconceptions, surprising connections, and much more. Heracles, Dinnie, Finn, Atlas, and more. It is in the show of strength that one may find clarity and soul before The Iron Gods. We are Hyperborean Radio, thanks for tuning in. Make sure to tune in to the follow up show Sacrifice and Strength on Anchor out there on wastelands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc40Tp90eHU

The Vote is Cast, with an overwhelming victory Thomas Jefferson, 3rd POTUS will be my special July 4th, Independence Day Post!-TLK

Hello to all those out there in the Wastelands of Modernity. Tune in to https://anchor.fm/hyperborean-radio/episodes/Strength-and-Sacrifice-e13ibee to hear us discuss the virtue and importance of strength of both body and character. The concept of true sacrifice and devotion. As well as the importance of overcoming adversity and striving to be stronger, better, the best you can be. Check us out on Anchor where we drop our F-Bomb's instead of H-Bombs, and to all those out there in the Wasteland, in the Immortal Words of Robert Oberst Stay Strong and Pretty.

Today is National Paul Bunyan Day (June 28th). Paul Bunyan, The Legendary Lumberjack of the Northwoods is one of the most well known mythic figures of American Folklore. Functioning as a Thor or Herculean Demi-god like figure, while even being known in some areas as "The God of the Northwoods". He has fought sentient rivers, caught blizzards, romanced the Lady of the Lake, built weapons made of the sun, brought the dead back to life, taken on swarms of giant insects, dug the Mississippi and the Grand Canyon, cleared the Dakota's and much more. His lore is widespread in this land of our forefathers and I encourage you to look into him. -TLK