Magical Red Yarn and Greek Folk Storytelling

Everything is true, nothing is real: opening and closing the liminal circle

Welcome back to Thyrathen and Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends and readers!

Today’s scheduled article was to have been Part 5 of my Greek Women’s Magic series.

However, I am reshuffling the order of publication, because I have been working on a sequence to cover the festive season. To get the dates right, I needed to use this week to provide some context and get everyone in the mood!

I will slip in the missing article sometime in the next few weeks as I’m trying to keep a consistent posting schedule.

In the meantime, I’ve been bounding down the rabbit holes of Greek magical folk culture and bring for your delectation a spinning wheel with magical yarn…

Rabbit holes and red threads

I’m very excited about the upcoming festive series as the research has led me along some wondrous paths that I can’t wait to share with you! Next week’s instalment features some extra special wondertales, and a number of surprises.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning.

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