tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post4010854540601188020..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Folklore snippets: The wild white cattle of the Hidden Folk Katherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-18613931544299878442015-03-05T06:25:21.994-08:002015-03-05T06:25:21.994-08:00You're welcome! Glad you found it!You're welcome! Glad you found it!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-7214720554561826402015-01-31T07:11:07.852-08:002015-01-31T07:11:07.852-08:00Thankyou very much for this, searched for +garter ...Thankyou very much for this, searched for +garter +dance +folklore +tail in Google as I'd forgotten the name of the Huldre but knew that story, it's always stayed in my mind for some reason. Love reading anything about them. <br /><br />Reading about white cattle made me remember something from a visit to Spain- I attended a bullfight, and at one point a bull was spared (I didn't understand why, the intricacies of bullfighting escaped me then & the appeal escapes me now). This was signified by a number of white calves with bells round their necks being let into the ring before the bull was led out. No idea why, but wouldn't be surprised if that too could be traced back to some deeper symbolic aspect in European folklore. Anyway, thanks again for the read. :)Guida Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881861444442344243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-85916320270925436392013-03-26T02:40:27.115-07:002013-03-26T02:40:27.115-07:00Thanks for this interesting post, Katherine. I rea...Thanks for this interesting post, Katherine. I read Phantastes just last summer and had thought that he was referencing Greek mythology - the dryads - but the Scandinavian myth would fit his world much better. I love hearing about folklore and mythology, and all the ancient tales that tie us back to the earth. Thank-you so much for sharing this with us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-91603314138208593322013-03-25T01:38:16.294-07:002013-03-25T01:38:16.294-07:00Yes, white is definitely one of the fairy colours....Yes, white is definitely one of the fairy colours. I almost had a hollow elderwoman in one of my books, but in the end there' wasn't quite room for her. One day maybe. Do you know the hollow-backed Ash Woman in George Macdonald's Phantastes? Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-26226703823694262912013-03-23T07:27:04.830-07:002013-03-23T07:27:04.830-07:00I love the huldre, I don't know why. Their ho...I love the huldre, I don't know why. Their hollowness shows something vital about the nature of faeries, I think.<br /><br />The white cattle are a prominent and common folklore element among the Welsh as well.Christie @ Spinning Straw into Goldhttp://spinstrawintogold.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com