30+ Folklore Against Fascism

One of the highlights of my week is the folklore thursday hashtag on twitter.

Folklore against fascism. Fascism definition is a political philosophy movement or regime such as that of the fascisti that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader severe economic and social regimentation and forcible suppression of opposition. Though there was a taboo against the idea at least in theory after world war ii. The wild hunt is a very widespread motif in indo european folklore and mythology appearing in indian greek czech polish slovenian swedish dutch danish german italian spanish english and welsh legends. How to use fascism in a sentence. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2010 cd release of folk against fascism volume 1 on discogs. The word fascism is a favorite insult for many especially in light of the current political climate. That folklore can often have fascist undertones is not a new observation michael moorcock was scathing at the implicit fascism of the folkiness of aa milne and jrr tolkien in his splendidly titled essay epic pooh in 1989 but it is unfortunately a timely one.

Fascism political ideology and mass movement that dominated many parts of central southern and eastern europe between 1919 and 1945 and that also had adherents in western europe the united states south africa japan latin america and the middle east. The deity who leads it varies from one culture to another and it has different names in different places but enough shared characteristics to be. April 24 2020 yvonne aburrow. Europe s first fascist leader benito mussolini took the name of his party from the latin word fasces which referred to a bundle of. A historian of fascism answers questions about the early history of one of the 20th century s cruelest ideas. I ve not had time to look at it for a few weeks though so it seems i missed the occasion when some völkisch fascists tried to hijack it much to the horror of the regular participants. In european folklore mermaids sometimes called sirens and mermen were natural beings who like fairies had magical and prophetic powers.

With the development and spread of italian fascism i e. Mermaid masculine merman a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a human being and the tail of a fish similar divine or semidivine beings appear in ancient mythologies e g the chaldean sea god ea or oannes.