The village of Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales, was built in a surreal, Italianate style between 1925 and 1975. It served as 'The Village' in the cult 1960s TV programme, The Prisoner. This show featured a man - Number 6 - being chased by a large white balloon, constantly insisting he was not a number, and clashing with authoritarian figures such as Elizabeth I and Napoleon. Portmeirion has also featured in Dr Who, Citizen Smith, and in a music video for Siouxsie and the Banshees, which featured clips from The Prisoner. #TV#Architecture #weird #gothic #history#Wales #folklore #psychogeography

The village of Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales, was built in a surreal, Italianate style between 1925 and 1975. It served as 'The Village' in the cult 1960s TV programme, The Prisoner. This show featured a man - Number 6 - being chased by a large white balloon, constantly insisting he was not a number, and clashing with authoritarian figures such as Elizabeth I and Napoleon. Portmeirion has also featured in Dr Who, Citizen Smith, and in a music video for Siouxsie and the Banshees, which featured clips from The Prisoner. #TV#Architecture #weird #gothic #history#Wales #folklore #psychogeography

Hungarian #FolktaleMoment of the day:

You know the folktales where fairy maidens are taking a bath, and the "hero" steals the dress of one of them to force her to be his wife?
(Also in Selkie stories)

Well I just read a Hungarian folktale where the guy steals the dress - at which point the fairy walks up to him, slaps him across the face, and takes the dress back.

Pop off, queen.

#folklore #folktales #storytelling

Hungarian #FolktaleMoment of the day:

You know the folktales where fairy maidens are taking a bath, and the "hero" steals the dress of one of them to force her to be his wife?
(Also in Selkie stories)

Well I just read a Hungarian folktale where the guy steals the dress - at which point the fairy walks up to him, slaps him across the face, and takes the dress back.

Pop off, queen.

#folklore #folktales #storytelling

Reynard the Fox was a prominent figure in medieval European folktales, a trickster and everyman. He would bedevil various other anthropomorphic animals, frequently satirizing the nobility and clergy. However, Reynard's main enemy was his uncle, the wolf Isengrim.
🎨 Ernest Henri Griset

#FairyTaleTuesday#Mythology#Folklore#FairyTale#Literature#Medieval#Animal#Fox

Reynard the Fox was a prominent figure in medieval European folktales, a trickster and everyman. He would bedevil various other anthropomorphic animals, frequently satirizing the nobility and clergy. However, Reynard's main enemy was his uncle, the wolf Isengrim.
🎨 Ernest Henri Griset

#FairyTaleTuesday#Mythology#Folklore#FairyTale#Literature#Medieval#Animal#Fox

Hungarian folktale opening formula:

"There was a tall poplar tree with 77 branches, on each branch it had 77 crow nests, in each nest 77 crows.
Whoever doesn't listen to my tale, may the crows blind them. Whoever does listen, may they never see Heaven.
I'm going to start the story now, and you can all consider which one you'd choose."

... Hungarian folk tellers had no chill. 😆

#folklore #folktales #storytelling#Hungary