The spookiness of harvest moon
Last night was during the full moon called "Harvest Moon". It looks an eerie orange colour and happens in early Autumn, either in September or early October, depending on when it occurs in each year....
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WATCH OUT! No it's not what you think it is. This is a picture of a wolf chewing on a pinecone. It looks pretty scary though as that wolf appears to have a mouth full of extra big teeth! She Wolf...
View ArticleThe "penguin - alien" puzzle
This is going to be a post too out there for this blog, although sticking to the theme of nature, mysteries and unexplained. Penguins are often associated with winter, although I can't help bringing...
View ArticleGhosts and their ghost animals
There's a load of various stories about this subject: ghosts with their phantom pets or ghosts of humans and animals together in the same locations, whether or not they're together. I wanted to share...
View ArticleBlack cats
Honestly this is a sad topic but relevant. Most people are superstitious about black cats, in the 21st Century. Halloween is a horrific season of people killing black cats. These animals have been a...
View ArticleSouling
The Halloween tradition of Trick or Treat, usually by kids dressing up as monsters and visiting houses requesting sweets, has early origins in Medieval times, when soul cakes were given instead of...
View ArticleApple bobbing wolves!
This is a video of a wolf pack bobbing apples! They're all competing to play this Halloween themed game. It's both amusing and also lovely to watch.
View ArticlePicture of the month
This is a picture for October that says it all! A wolf has just found a prized pumpkin, and doesn't want anyone else near!!!She Wolf Night team 🐺🐺🐺🐺
View ArticleResurrection Mary
In Chicago there is a curious legend about Resurrection Mary, a strange entity that haunts Resurrection Cemetery beside Archer Avenue. Mary sounds more like a zombie than a wispy ghost. She's a...
View ArticleA Halloween message
Have a safe and happy Halloween. Best wishes and extra howls.From the She Wolf Night blog
View ArticleA mystery cat woman
In Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire, there is a strange local legend of a cat woman. It's believed that there lived a witch who shapeshifted into a cat. Edmondthorpe is a small parish village that once...
View ArticleThe Greyman
This is a creature called The Big Grey Man of the mountain Ben MacDhui. It also goes by the name of Am Fear Liath Mor. Many simply call it The Greyman. Ben Macdhui is the second highest mountain in...
View ArticleBisclavret
Bisclavret or "the Werewolf" is one of the twelve Lais of poet Marie de France. "Bsclavret" is a tale about a man named Bisclavret, a baron of Brittany. Great friends with the king, Bisclavret would...
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A wolf being very nosey. Proudly gazing into the lens and thinks the camera is a good find. "Try not to tell anyone that I found a camera! It's mine now!" whispered wolf."I heard you!" shouted the...
View ArticleHouse dragons
While famous for being powerful, vast creatures of the sky, land or the mountains and sea. There is few well known smaller domestic dragons that guarded the home in folklore and other old customs....
View ArticleMistletoe bride
A ghost story for Yuletide. There is a curious urban legend linked to Bramshill House in Hampshire. Within that house are more than a dozen resident ghosts. Among them is a White lady that is...
View ArticleRevontulet
The aurora borealis is made by foxes, which is the story in Finnish and Lapland folklore. Arctic foxes running across snow leaves sparkles, their bushy tails whipping up snow towards the sky, and...
View ArticleThe goose that laid black eggs
There is the folk story of the goose that laid golden eggs but what about black eggs? Black eggs are something dragons would lay. It's rare for birds to lay eggs with black shells and emus lay very...
View ArticleThe Yule Lads
These characters are Yule spirits from Icelandic folklore. While Santa is the beloved man who rides in a sleigh bringing gifts, the Yule Lads are thirteen men who appear bringing gifts and other...
View ArticlePicture of the month
There isn't much to say here as the picture says it all! A real seasonal one at that! Wolf taking off with a present from Santa! Seasonal and Yule blessings from She Wolf Night. 🌲🌲🌲🌲
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