The Carterhaugh School | Folklore, Fairy Tales, Everyday Magic
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Ching Shih commanded a fleet of hundreds of ships and negotiated her own retirement with the Chinese government. Grace O'Malley met Queen Elizabeth I at her court in Greenwich Palace. #goals. Week Five of The Wine-Dark Sea is all theirs. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk... #LadyPirates
Week 5 of The Wine-Dark Sea is Lady Pirates! We'll study figures like Ching Shih and Grace O'Malley to see how their stories challenge our expectations, and what it costs (and what you might gain) when you defy the role you're handed. New this year! courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk...
Unpopular opinion: Scylla and Charybdis get a bad rap. Two women, transformed into monsters because of the actions of men, and we remember them as obstacles for Odysseus to get past instead of asking why they're there at all. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk... #TheOdyssey
Week Four of The Wine-Dark Sea is Becoming Monstrous. Here there be monsters: the Kraken, Leviathan, Scylla, Charybdis. We'll ask how these monsters are made, why we need them, and what it means for the parts of us the world has called “too much.” courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk...
Week Three of The Wine-Dark Sea is Ghosts & Guilt. Swashbuckling adventure casts long shadows. We'll ask what happens when adventure leads to disaster, and what kinds of ghosts haunt the high seas (and the stories we tell about valor and justice). courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk...
Week 2 of The Wine-Dark Sea is Getting Lost & Found. There's a tension between being lost at sea and finding a home among the waves. We'll dig into how tales of underwater cities and islands of paradise and ruin help us understand the need for belonging. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk...
In my “lure men to their deaths” era. Historically, sirens and mermaids get lumped together, but the distinction is worth knowing before you start blaming the wrong monster. We untangle this and so much more in The Wine-Dark Sea: Folklore of the Ocean. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk...
Week One of The Wine-Dark Sea is Love, Lust, and Longing. Mermaids balance on the knife-edge of beauty and monstrosity. Selkie tales infuse romance with melancholy and loss. We'll dig into why sea folklore seethes with forbidden love and evanescence. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk...
What's your ocean folklore fan origin story? What book, movie, or weird fact got you hooked? A childhood obsession with “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid? Hans Christian Andersen’s version scarring you for life? A ghost ship documentary at 2 AM? Tell us! #OceanFolklore #Folklorist
Ready to find your brilliant, magical, and deeply weird besties? Carterhaugh courses come with an actual community: people who will happily discuss Scylla's backstory with you at 9 PM on a Tuesday. The Wine-Dark Sea: Folklore of the Ocean starts 7/21. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk...
What you think mermaids are vs. what they actually are: a public service announcement. Folklore's mermaids have always been stranger and more likely to drown you out of spite. We get into the real legends in The Wine-Dark Sea: Folklore of the Ocean. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk...
Early bird pricing closes at midnight ET TONIGHT! Our 6-week LIVE course starts 7/21. Our course includes a bonus lecture from Terri Windling on selkies and access to an exclusive Circle community! courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk... #OceanFolklore #EarlyBirdPrice #Selkie #TheOdyssey
Six weeks of live lectures on mermaids, selkies, ghost ships, sea monsters, and lady pirates, taught by two folklorists with PhDs and zero interest in giving you exams. Join us for The Wine-Dark Sea: Folklore of the Ocean! courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk... #OceanFolklore
You've been her - standing at some edge, wondering if the parts of yourself that feel too much are the very things worth diving after. We spend six weeks with liminal women like her: shapeshifters, mermaids, lady pirates, Penelope, and Circe. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk... #Selkie
Two days left for early bird pricing on The Wine-Dark Sea: Folklore of the Ocean, and then the sea monsters go back to charging full price. $50 off through 7/10 at midnight ET. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk... #EarlyBirdPricing #TheWineDarkSea #OceanFolklore #TheCarterhaughSchool
The Wine-Dark Sea: Folklore of the Ocean starts with love, lust, and longing and ends with Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey. Also: getting lost and found, ghosts and guilt, becoming monstrous, and lady pirates. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk... #OceanFolklore #Selkie #TheOdyssey
Early bird pricing is here, and it's the best $50 you'll ever save on a summer with sea monsters in it. The Wine-Dark Sea is $50 off through 7/10 at midnight ET. Payment plans available! courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk... #EarlyBird #EnrollNow #TheWineDarkSea #OceanFolklore #Folklorist
The Wine-Dark Sea: Folklore of the Ocean is open for enrollment! Selkies and mermaids, ghost ships, underwater cities, sea monsters, lady pirates, and Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey to close it all out! courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/ocean-folk... #TheCarterhaughSchool #OceanFolklore
Join us 7/8 at 6:45 PM ET for an online talk on American Fairy Tale Traditions, including Jack Tales of Appalachia, Black folk and fairy tales from the South, and the Disney fairy-tale empire. https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-american-tradition #fairytales #folklore
Wishing you a magical Sunday! #carterhaughschool #dailyenchantment
Today's fairy tale illustration is from "Kip the Enchanted Cat." -Art by Adrienne Segur. #fairytales #carterhaughschool #fairyart
Join us on July 15 at 7PM ET to discuss Angela Carter’s brilliant short story collection, The Bloody Chamber. To join us, make sure you’re on the $7+ tier on our Patreon for July! carterhaughschool.com/event/the-ju... #bookclub #fairytales #carterhaughschool
Here's a lovely antique fairy tale book! Do you have any favorite antique or vintage books in your collection? #carterhaughschool #fairytales #vintagebooks
Folkloric Felines, tonight, July 1st at 7PM ET (plus replay, available for 1 month). The minimum door charge is only $5. All proceeds go straight to Jasper’s care. We'll be wearing our finest cat paraphernalia. We encourage you to do the same! carterhaughschool.lpages.co/folkloric-fe... #folklore
You can still donate to our Jasper fund and attend our Folkloric Felines lecture TOMORROW NIGHT (July 1) at 7PM ET! Minimum donation is $5, you get a lecture on cat folklore, AND we're encouraging everyone to dress up in their finest cat gear. carterhaughschool.lpages.co/folkloric-fe... #folklore
Join us July 1 at 7PM ET, for a special lecture on the folklore of cats! The lecture is pay what you wish (min $5) and all proceeds will be donated to Brittany's cat Jasper, who was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. https://carterhaughschool.lpages.co/folkloric-felines-fundraiser #folklore
We hope you have lots of time to read today! #carterhaughschool #dailyenchantment #catsandbooks
Our book club discussed Terry Pratchett's novel Witches Abroad, so we're sharing this AMAZING WITCH HAT we made for one of our favorite professors. Inspired by the fabulous and formidable Granny Weatherwax, it's covered in fruit, flowers, medieval guys, a spell book, a dragon, and a trebuchet!
Join our Summer Reading Challenge! All are welcome, but if you want to win a PRIZE and support our work: 1. Join our Patreon at any paying level & 2. Comment on each weekly challenge w/what you’re reading. One winner who comments on all 15 will win THE PRIZE! carterhaughschool.com/announcing-t...