'The Zemis' was written to be a story told to children around a camp fire at night. Even in the words of the poem, the poet recounts the folktale to them in such a setting.

#epicpoem #folklore #caribbeanfolklore #caribbeanfolkloremonth #trinidadandtobago🇹🇹 #indieauthor #indieauthorsofinstagram

#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Didibri Dragon (Suriname)
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Didi...
🐉
Yes, can be found in Caribbean Legends
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#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth #CreoleHeritageMonth #ChristmasFolklore
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Papa Nwèl (Creole Islands)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8...
🤶🏾
Goedoe Pa (Suriname)
www.finalrentals.sr/blog/single/...
🤶🏾
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#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
A: Oya (Haïti)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%...
🔣
Yes, can be found in Caribbean Legends
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#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
El Bacá (Dominican Republic, Haïti)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C3%...
🔣
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#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth AND #CreoleHeritageMonth
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Mary Ansent (Saint Lucia) & Belly Woman (Jamaica)
Mary Ansent: islandeffect.com/its-masquera...
&
Belly woman: nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/5...
🤰🏾
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Stay frosty.
‎
‎-Shane.
‎
‎#epicpoem #epicpoetry #folklore #caribbeanfolklore #caribbeanfolkloremonth #trinidadandtobago🇹🇹 #indieauthor #indieauthorsofinstagram #fantasywriting #canva #canvadesign #amazonkindle #amazonkindlebooks #rakutenkobo #aethelstudios

#caribbeanfolkloremonth
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Sisemite (Belize)
Female: Sisimita / Male: Sisimito
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisimito
Also found in Latin America
🐻
Yes, can be found in Caribbean Legends
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#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Saapin (Trinidad)
www.nalis.gov.tt/blog/caribbe...
🐍
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#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Duppy (Most Caribbean Nations)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duppy
🔣
Yes, is in Caribbean Legends
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#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
A: Jumbie (Barbados, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Suriname)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbee
🔣
Yes, can be found in Caribbean Legends
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📚

Books of the Day: Ierie, The Zemis: The Poetic Retelling of an old Folklore, A Touch of Trinidadian Folklore Today Books of the Day: Ierie by Christianna Sahadeo, The Zemis: The Poetic Retelling of an old Folklore by Shane Jitta and A Touch of Trinidadian Folklore Today by Phillippa J. Allard. Honoring Spirit, …

Read the full review here, along with reviews of books from two other very talented Caribbean authors.

#poetry #poem #epicpoem #bookreview #folklore #caribbeanfolklore #trinidadauthor #caribbeanauthor #myths #caribbeanfolkloremonth

#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Phantome (Saint Lucia, Trinidad)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantome
Also known as Moongazer in Guyana
🔣
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#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Gang Gang Sarah (Tobago)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_Ga...
🔣
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#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Anansi (every Caribbean Nation)
Some Caribbean content creators will tell you that Anansi is from their country only.
IJS, remember this: Teacher Percy say if you tell a lie, you going to Hell as soon as you die!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anansi
🕷

#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
A: Simbi (Haïti)
This one was particularly challenging. But when I say Caribbean Folklore - I do mean Caribbean
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbi
🧜🏾‍♀️
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A painting of a blue-coloured Black woman with fish scales on her torso, standing in side profile up to her waist in a blue river. White flowers adorn her long, shaggy, green hair which has the appearance of leaves. Behind her is dense bluish-green vegetation.

River Mumma is a water spirit who inhabits and protects the rivers in Jamaica.

The artwork: River Mumma II (Watercolour, Pen and Ink, Water from river/s in Jamaica on Canvas) by Jamaican visual artist Richard Nattoo.

#Art
#Folklore
#Jamaica
#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth

#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
This was a difficult one.
A: Atabey (Taíno)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/atabey...
🌊
In Caribbean Legends
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📚
Credit: Permission from Sylvester Clauzel, petroglyph of Atabey with child, Argyle International Airport, St Vincent and the Grenadines.

This #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth thread is a must-read!

Forgot that October is #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth but I'm here now! One of my favourite pieces of folklore is around the silk cotton tree. These trees are revered/feared as sacred trees that are both the homes for duppies/jumbies (ghosts) and portals to other dimensions.

This is one I saw in Tobago:

#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Q: WHO DAT?
A: Fairy Maids (Guyana, Tobago)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/enchan...
🧚🏿‍♀️
Yes, featured in Caribbean Legends
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📚

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#epicpoem #epicpoetry #folklore #caribbeanfolklore #caribbeanfolkloremonth #trinidadandtobago🇹🇹 #indieauthor #indieauthorsofinstagram #fantasywriting #canva #canvadesign #amazonkindle

#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Lagahoo (Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagahoo
🦊
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📚

#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Mermaids (Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haïti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Sint Maarten, St. Barts, Tobago) Did I miss anyone? 😆
www.linkedin.com/pulse/sirens...
🧜🏾‍♀️
Featured in Caribbean Legends
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BONUS for #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
World Zombie Day | October 13 - The Fact Site
www.thefactsite.com/zombie-day-i...
🧟‍♀️
More fun dates get shared at facebook.com/todayssdate
📆
Featured in Caribbean Legends
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a sun and a cloud with rain drops coming out of it ALT: a sun and a cloud with rain drops coming out of it

#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
The Weather.
The sun and the rain have been battling all day. It's a thing. It really is a thing! There's a name for it. - SUNSHOWER.
Tho we know it's the devil getting married behind the house. 😆😆😆
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshower
🌦️🌦️🌦️

#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth
Yemọja, also called Yemaya (Cuba, Haïti, Puerto Rico)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/yemaya...
🌊
Yes, can be found in Caribbean Legends
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📚

My hand holding a white plastic container filled to the brim with red Acerola cherries from the tree in the backyard garden of my family’s home. The lower portion of the cherry tree is visible in the background.

It’s common to see Jamaican houses surrounded by a variety of fruit trees, most of which have a positive effect. The exception is pawpaw, which is said to take the strength of those who live in the house.

#Folklore
#Jamaica
#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth

Have you heard a rooster crowing at night? I’ve lost count.

Old-time Jamaicans said that when a rooster crows at night, it means that he’s keeping duppies at bay.

#Folklore
#Jamaica
#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth

Here is another folklore character in observance of #caribbeanfolkloremonth!

Mama D’leau

Like her husband Papa Bois, Mama D’leau is associated with nature, specifically rivers. Just like La Diablesse, she is deceptively beautiful until exposed as a monster.