Folclor și istorii neobișnuite
Descoperă mituri, legende, tradiții vii și întâmplări neobișnuite din trecut. Sursele explorează folclorul, viețile uitate, locurile surprinzătoare și curiozitățile culturale, urmărind felul în care poveștile sunt transmise, păstrate și interpretate.
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Icy Sedgwick
www.icysedgwick.comIcy Sedgwick explores folklore, seasonal customs and supernatural traditions through written articles that often accompany her podcast.
Articol de exemplu: Very Very Frightening: The Folklore of Thunder and Lightning
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Folklife Today
blogs.loc.govThe Library of Congress American Folklife Center shares stories from its collections, oral histories and work documenting living traditions.
Articol de exemplu: Leather britches, short snorters, and a Sonicycle: a folklife-themed Family Day
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A Folk Song a Week
afolksongaweek.wordpress.comA long-running personal exploration of folk songs, with individual entries devoted to particular pieces. Seasonal songs, performance projects and reflections on years of involvement in folk music accompany the song archive.
Articol de exemplu: Week 329 – Cupid’s Garden
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Tales of Times Forgotten
talesoftimesforgotten.comEssays exploring ancient history, mythology and their later reinterpretation. Topics include Greek religious figures, Minoan symbols and the way modern films and cultural movements draw on the distant past.
Articol de exemplu: Is Humanity’s “Oldest Myth” Really 100,000 Years Old?
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The Public Domain Review
publicdomainreview.orgIllustrated essays uncover unusual books, images and ideas from the public domain, connecting close observation with cultural history.
Articol de exemplu: Philip Sidney and the Extreme (Dis)graces of the Parenthesis
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Futility Closet
www.futilitycloset.comA miscellany of unusual historical incidents, puzzles and curious facts, often told through compact anecdotes.
Articol de exemplu: Gunner
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Atlas Obscura
www.atlasobscura.comAtlas Obscura explores unusual places, local traditions and overlooked stories around the world. Articles connect cultural curiosities, historical sites and everyday discoveries with the people and histories behind them.
Articol de exemplu: Hunebed D27 in Borger, Netherlands
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Burials & Beyond
burialsandbeyond.comBurials & Beyond explores cemeteries, spiritualism, folklore and unusual historical lives. Kate Cherrell follows stories of death, remembrance and supernatural belief through places, records and cultural traditions.
Articol de exemplu: Bad Doctors and Worse Spiritualists: The Florendo Trial
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Modern Mythology
www.modernmythology.netEssays on how myths are created and used, including contemporary storytelling, roleplaying games and the relationship between rules and narrative.
Articol de exemplu: What Roleplaying Games Reveal About How Myths Are Made
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Once Upon a Blog
fairytalenewsblog.blogspot.comCommentary on fairy tales and their adaptations in literature, animation and popular culture, alongside news about storytellers.
Articol de exemplu: Jane Yolen, "America's Hans Christian Andersen", Passes Away at 87
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New England Folklore
newenglandfolklore.blogspot.comRegional legends, supernatural stories and folklore from New England, discussed as cultural narratives and historical traditions.
Articol de exemplu: Bigfoot Stories Told by a UFO Abductee
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Angus Folklore
angusfolklore.blogspot.comLocal history, legends and traditions from Angus in Scotland, including poets, smugglers and stories attached to particular places.
Articol de exemplu: An Honorary Son of Angus? Hugh MacDiarmid
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Cunning Folk
www.cunning-folk.comCultural essays and creative perspectives on folklore, mythology and the occult, exploring how stories shape imagination and contemporary life.
Articol de exemplu: On Leviathan, Whales and the 'Orca Uprising'
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Devdutt Pattanaik
devdutt.comDevdutt Pattanaik interprets Indian myths, religious traditions and storytelling, drawing connections between older narratives and contemporary cultural questions.
Articol de exemplu: When Women Told the Story Backwards
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Sententiae Antiquae
sententiaeantiquae.comTranslations, commentary and essays about ancient Greek and Latin literature, including Homer and the relationship between texts and performance.
Articol de exemplu: When Two Come Home Together: Twenty Years of Collaborating on Homer
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The History Blog
www.thehistoryblog.comReports on archaeological discoveries, historic objects and museum acquisitions, with attention to the details that make an object significant.
Articol de exemplu: Roman shipwreck full of intact luxury ceramics found
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Amusing Planet
www.amusingplanet.comUnusual episodes in history, overlooked inventions and remarkable places, presented as illustrated stories.
Articol de exemplu: Project Stargazer: Astronomy From Balloons
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Messy Nessy Chic
www.messynessychic.comAn eclectic collection of unusual places, vintage objects, architecture and cultural discoveries, including illustrated link roundups.
Articol de exemplu: 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 779)
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Open Culture
www.openculture.comCultural history, architecture, books and educational material, combining written introductions with links to recordings and other resources.
Articol de exemplu: When Buckminster Fuller Proposed Putting a Dome Over Manhattan (1960)
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The Marginalian
www.themarginalian.orgMaria Popova connects literature, philosophy, art and science in essays about meaning and human experience, drawing relationships between writers’ lives, ideas and creative work.
Articol de exemplu: How to Say “YES” to Life
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JSTOR Daily
daily.jstor.orgArticles connect current questions and cultural subjects with academic scholarship, covering topics from overlooked historical figures and urban development to literature and popular entertainment.
Articol de exemplu: Disgust, Desire, and Durian
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Spitalfields Life
spitalfieldslife.comThe Gentle Author records East London’s people, buildings, craft traditions and everyday history through portraits, walks and personal essays.
Articol de exemplu: Solidarity On The Streets
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A London Inheritance
alondoninheritance.comA personal exploration of London's streets and changing landscape. Historical walks and essays connect neighbourhoods, lost buildings and public events, including Bermondsey's development and the people behind the Festival of Britain.
Articol de exemplu: Walking the Rocque Ring Part 3 – Buckingham Gate, House and Palace to Constitution Hill
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Living London History
livinglondonhistory.comExplorations of London's history through buildings, walks and visits. Articles trace events through modern streets and investigate churches, hotels and institutions, connecting architectural details with the people who used those spaces.
Articol de exemplu: A Visit To Paddington’s Jewel: St Mary Magdalene Church
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Ian Visits
www.ianvisits.co.ukLondon history, places to visit and transport reporting, including railway updates and discoveries in the city’s buildings and streets.
Articol de exemplu: London’s weekly railway news
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Ghosts of DC
ghostsofdc.orgGhosts of DC reconstructs Washington-area history through old photographs and stories of specific places. Articles examine cinemas, apartment buildings and neighbourhood addresses, connecting architecture with events in the lives of their occupants.
Articol de exemplu: Cottonwood Street, McLean: The 26 Acres a Black Farmer Bought in 1865
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All Things Georgian
georgianera.wordpress.comHistorian and genealogist Sarah Murden explores people and events from the Georgian era. Archival investigations and guest essays bring together eighteenth-century lives, family connections, burial grounds and overlooked historical stories.
Articol de exemplu: Guest post by Morgan Blake – ‘Regency Letter Writing: An Art and History of Jane Austen’s England’
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Manuscript Road Trip
manuscriptroadtrip.wordpress.comA blog about medieval manuscripts in American collections and the research they make possible. Posts discuss manuscript fragments, codicology, multispectral imaging and the physical evidence preserved in the Voynich manuscript.
Articol de exemplu: Ege in Oregon
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Fake History Hunter
fakehistoryhunter.netHistorical commentary and book reviews examining how the past is described. Recent articles explore medieval pets and bridges, writing about the Black Death and the evidence behind accounts of Viking hygiene.
Articol de exemplu: Women and their favourite weapons anno 1900
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Historical Ragbag
historicalragbag.comA collection of historical curiosities, place-based essays and writing about books. Subjects range from lighthouses and buried settlements to Australian horse troughs and the continuing influence of Victorian ideas.
Articol de exemplu: Lighthouses…
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Ottawa Rewind
ottawarewind.comOttawa Rewind investigates the history of Ottawa and its surrounding region through searches for earlier places and stories. Articles follow exploration routes, vanished villages and the evidence for the city's earliest houses.
Articol de exemplu: TRACKING CHAMPLAIN ON THE OTTAWA RIVER IN 1613
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Airminded
airminded.orgHistorical investigations into aviation, air defence and civilian experiences of war. Detailed posts examine disasters, contemporary reports and public fears, using individual incidents to explore how people understood danger from the air.
Articol de exemplu: The Bishopsgate Goods Yard disaster — III