Double Proficiency 🐦⬛🚀
Natural history & folklore, astronomy, TTRPG.
Authors of #AphelionRPG, Herbalist's Primer, and more!
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Posts by Anna
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🌐 Tampere, Finland
- As someone who occasionally writes about legends of not-mine cultures, I proactively keep myself in check by reading writings about my culture from the perspective of well-meaning outsiders. Witnessing the scale of confabulation in Western "Polish folklore" books keeps me sharp.
- I'm currently reading a book on Polish customs written by a Polish-American woman who obviously cares deeply about her family's heritage. But I can tell no Polish person has read this ahead of publishing.
- We have this old-time greeting, traditionally said around Christmas and New Year's Eve: "Do siego roku!" - "To this/next/coming year!" as in: we wish you to survive the next couple of days, until the new year comes. Don't question it, we have a weird sense of humor. Alas.
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View full threadAll that to say: for the love of all that's printed, get a cultural consultant or a specialized editor if you want to talk about somebody else's stories ex cathedra.
- Although the sun is currently only a decoration, we celebrate the return of the light. With 🐦 birds, of course! www.patreon.com/posts/return...
