Lost colony of boywives in an enchanted forest who simply spend all of their days cooking and cleaning for each other
They got there due to the Great Boywife Exodus where an ancient force beckoned them to the forest and so they left their boyhusbands and set off into the woods
They have little to no wilderness survival skills but they have survived because all of the woodland creatures and the fae in the forest are adore them and care for them
The boywives also tend a small garden and keep some chickens. They have storytelling nights
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The "princess and dragon" trope is a common one in fairytales & folklore. In this trope we see a brave hero who rescues a princess (or noblewoman) from either a real dragon or similar danger. This trope is commonly a feature of folktale type 300, the dragon slayer #FaustianFriday
Some folktales with this trope include the Two Brothers, the Dragon of the North, and Saint George and the Dragon. Descriptions and links below 👇🏼
In "The Two Brothers" a younger brother saves a princess from a dragon. Upon doing so, the king's marshall cut off his head & took credit for slaying the dragon. However, with the help of his animal companions, the younger brother went back & married the princess. #FaustianFriday
Time for a thread on murder ballads! What are murder ballads? Where do they come from? How have they evolved? What are some of the most well known murder ballads? All of these questions and more will be answered below. There is of course a general content warning for murder. 1/20
First: what is a ballad? Simply put, a ballad is a song (or poem) that tells a story. We are going to be focusing primarily on traditional folksongs, where the ballad originated. Murder ballads are narrative folksongs dealing with murders or similar grisly events. 2/20
Murder ballads as we are familiar with them are found throughout Europe but especially in the British Isles, particularly England. Later on they developed in the Appalachians also. Many murder ballads are based on true events. Kinda like a precursor to the true crime genre. 3/20