By the broads

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By the broads is a gallery in North Walsham. Near Here currently lists 12 upcoming events, including Folklore Workshop - The Devil's Brambles, Folklore Workshop - Crows - The Morríghan and Folklore Workshop - Owls.

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Folklore Workshop - The Devil's Brambles

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. According to old legends found in the British Isles, when the Devil was flung from Heaven, the Dark Lord fell to earth and landed, somewhat painfully in a blackberry bush. His Satanic Majesty was obviously not best pleased and spat and trampled upon the errant bushes. As an old Irish proverb sums it up – “On Michaelmas Day the devil puts his foot on blackberries”! However Old Nick was so enraged he also laid an everlasting curse upon them, and hence it was said that after Michaelmas Day, any blackberries on the bushes now belonged to the Devil Himself and it was most unwise to pick them.

Tue 1 Sept14:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshop - Crows - The Morríghan

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. In Celtic mythology, the crow is heavily associated with the Morríghan, a warrior goddess who shapeshifts into a crow to oversee battles and predict doom. Historically across Europe, these birds were frequently associated with witches, dark magic, and omens of death because they are scavengers often found lingering near battlefields. The Morrígan is frequently depicted as part of a trio of goddesses, where her most combative aspect, Badb, literally translates to “Battle Crow”. In this form, she would fly over conflict, her caws stirring warriors into a frenzy and her presence foretelling the outcome of the fight. She used her avian form to observe battlefields, determining which warriors were fated to die and acting as a guide for the souls of the fallen into the afterlife. Legend tells that she occasionally appears at rivers as a washerwoman, washing the bloodstained clothes of men fated to die in battle.

Tue 8 Sept14:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshop - Owls

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. In ancient Greece, owls symbolized wisdom, protection, and military victory as the sacred companions of Athena, and were famously stamped on the “Athenian tetradrachm” coin. Conversely, Romans viewed the nocturnal bird as a harbinger of doom, bad luck, and death. The Owl of Athens was synonymous with Athena. Because of the bird’s large, serious eyes and ability to see in the dark, the Greeks believed owls possessed a magical inner light that allowed them to see into the unseen, making them the perfect companion for the Goddess of Wisdom. In some myths, the screech owl was associated with the god Hades and the underworld, specifically tied to the tale of Ascalaphus, who was transformed into an owl for betraying Persephone. While the Romans adopted Athena as their goddess Minerva, they largely reversed the owl’s positive folklore, viewing it as a creature of ill omen.

Tue 15 Sept14:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshop - Fingers of Velnias

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. In Lithuanian folklore, mushrooms are intimately tied to the earth, the underworld, and the Devil (Velnias). Because they emerge from beneath the soil, a realm historically associated with the underworld, they feature prominently in traditional beliefs as creations, or even body parts, of the Devil himself. The most striking legend suggests that mushrooms are the long fingers of Velnias. According to myth, the Devil pushes his fingers up from the underworld to pierce the surface and reach out to the world of the living. Despite his trickster and malevolent nature in some tales, these fungal “fingers” were often believed to be a resource meant to feed the poor and hungry, acting as an unexpected gift of sustenance from the underworld. Everything hiding beneath the earth’s surface belonged to Velnias. Therefore, the act of picking them from the forest floor could be seen as a transaction or interaction with the Devil’s domain.

Tue 22 Sept14:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshop - The Wendigo

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. A Wendigo is a malevolent, cannibalistic monster from the folklore of Indigenous Algonquian-speaking tribes in North America. It is traditionally described as a skeletal, emaciated figure with an insatiable hunger for human flesh, representing the ultimate dangers of starvation, greed, and the loss of humanity. The traditional stories of the Ojibwe, Cree, and other Algonquian peoples, a wendigo can originate in two main ways: Possession: A human is possessed by a malevolent wendigo spirit. Transformation: A human becomes a wendigo as punishment for greed or after being driven by starvation to commit the taboo act of cannibalism. Far from just being a horror monster, the wendigo served as a cultural cautionary tale. It embodied the community’s condemnation of selfishness, excess, and social isolation.

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Folklore Workshop - Baba Yaga

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. Baba Yaga is a prominent, paradoxical figure in Slavic folklore—often depicted as a fearsome, cannibalistic witch who flies in a mortar and lives in a dense forest in a walking hut on giant chicken legs. Her name roughly translates to “grandmother” or “old woman” combined with a name for a witch or pain. She is typically described as a gaunt old woman with a terrifying nose, iron teeth, and occasionally a literal bony leg. Her hut spins endlessly until commanded to stop. To approach it, a hero must speak a specific ritual phrase. Instead of a broom, Baba Yaga travels through the sky in an iron mortar, steering with a pestle and using a broom to sweep away her tracks. Scholars note that Baba Yaga’s character is wildly contradictory, she is an ogress who steals and roasts children in her magical oven.

Tue 27 Oct13:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshop - Día de los Muertos

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. The meaning of Día de los Muertos lies in the belief that death is not the end, but a natural, beautiful continuation of the circle of life. The holiday traces its roots back over 3,000 years to the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica, such as the Aztecs and Nahua, who believed souls could return to the earthly realm to feast, drink, and celebrate with their families. Families create elaborate, decorative altars (ofrendas) in their homes or at gravesites. These are adorned with photographs of the departed, candles, papel picado (intricate cut-paper banners), and the favourite foods and drinks of their loved ones. Bright orange marigolds with their vibrant colour and strong scent are believed to act as a physical path, guiding spirits back to the world of the living. Brightly decorated sugar skulls are frequently placed on altars as symbolic, playful representations of departed souls and a reminder to mock, rather than fear, mortality.

Tue 3 Nov13:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshop - Ded Moroz

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. Ded Moroz (literally translated as “Grandfather Frost” or “Father Frost”) is the Slavic equivalent of Santa Claus, prominently featured in Russian and East Slavic cultures. Instead of Christmas, he delivers gifts on New Year’s Eve, typically traveling in a sleigh pulled by a troika of white horses. Unlike Santa Claus, Ded Moroz travels with his granddaughter and helper, the Snow Maiden (Snegurochka), who wears an ice-blue robe. He dresses in a heel-length fur coat (in shades of red, blue, or white), carries a magical staff, and is known to deliver presents directly at the door rather than sliding down chimneys. While his roots are in Slavic mythology as a personification of frost, his current, cheerful gift-bringer persona was heavily promoted in the Soviet Union during the 1930s as a secular holiday icon. His official legendary residence is located in the town of Veliky Ustyug, Russia

Tue 10 Nov13:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshop - Yuki-onna

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. A Yuki-onna, which translates to “snow woman,” is a famous spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore. She is typically depicted as an ethereally beautiful woman with long black hair, ageless pale skin, and icy eyes who appears during winter blizzards to haunt travelers or drain their life force. She often preys on lost wanderers, using her icy breath or a kiss to freeze them to death. Depending on the regional tale, she can be seen as the vengeful ghost of a woman who died in the snow, or as a spirit of nature itself—indifferent and deadly. In the most famous version of the story popularized by writer Lafcadio Hearn, she spares a young woodcutter’s life on the condition that he never speaks of her. He later marries a mortal woman—unaware she is the Yuki-onna in disguise—but eventually breaks his promise, causing her to vanish into the night.

Tue 17 Nov13:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshop - Frau Perchta

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. Frau Perchta is an ancient, dual-natured Alpine winter goddess and folklore figure from southern Germany and Austria. Her name likely derives from the Old High German word perat (meaning “the bright one”), and she serves as a powerful symbol of the dark, unforgiving winter. Perchta embodies a dramatic duality, often appearing as a beautiful, glowing woman in white in some tales, and as a terrifying, ragged crone with an iron nose and a limp in others. Legends say she travels from house to house inspecting homes to see if chores are completed and if children are well-behaved. The Good leave her an offering of traditional porridge, and she will reward you with a small silver coin. If she finds unfinished chores or disobedient children, she is infamously known as the “Belly-Slitter” (or Bauchaufschneiderin).

Tue 24 Nov13:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshops - Hans Trapp

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. Hans Trapp is a legendary figure in Alsatian and Lorraine folklore, depicted as a Christmas “boogeyman” who accompanies St. Nicholas to punish misbehaving children. He is based on a real 15th-century German knight named Hans von Trotha (c. 1450–1503), known for a ruthless land dispute with a local abbey. During the holiday season, particularly on Saint Nicholas’ Day (December 6), Trapp accompanies St. Nicholas in local parades (such as in Wissembourg). Over time, von Trotha’s fearsome reputation transformed into folklore. In the traditional Christmas stories of Alsace and Lorraine, Hans Trapp is characterized as a wicked, greedy man who made a deal with the Devil and turned to cannibalism. Banished to the mountains, he returns around Christmas as a terrifying scarecrow to terrify misbehaving children into behaving. While St.

Tue 1 Dec13:00By the broads

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Folklore Workshop - Grýla & The Yule Cat

Each Tuesday afternoon workshop will centre around the myth or folklore topic of that week. The aim will be to discuss ideas surrounding that belief or narrative and to come up with a finished piece using any of the methods and materials that are available. You will have access to paper/card, printing materials (linocut, block, mono or collagraph), paints, drawing materials, 3D resources (clay, paper mache, wire, wool), paints and other bits and pieces. You will have an experienced artist to help you develop your ideas and produce your artwork. In Icelandic folklore, Grýla is a terrifying, child-eating ogress and mother to the 13 Yule Lads. Her pet, the Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn), is a giant, vicious feline. Legend dictates that on Christmas Eve, the Yule Cat prowls and devours anyone—child or adult—who hasn’t received a new piece of clothing before the holidays. Grýla has been a part of Icelandic folklore for centuries, dating as far back as the 13th-century Sturlunga Saga. Far from being a cute holiday pet, the Yule Cat is a massive and hungry beast. The legend likely originated as a way to encourage farmhands and children to finish the grueling autumn wool harvests before winter set in. Those who worked hard were rewarded with new clothes, while those who slacked off were left with nothing and were eaten.

Tue 8 Dec13:00By the broads

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