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Giant's Cave, Penrith is associated with two giants called Tarquin and Isir lived on a diet of human flesh. A practice which lost its appeal when Sir Lancelot slew Tarquin in battle

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#FairyTaleTuesday #Cumbria

A 'hob-thross' lived in Millom Castle. He slept by the fire during the day, and worked all night, doing the chores the humans didn’t want to do. One harsh winter he was offered clothes, a terrible insult to a hob-thross, so he left.
#SuperstitionSat #Cumbria
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Owain mab Urien, son of Urien King of Rheged 590. In lore, with the aid of a lion he rescued from a serpent, he completes several adventures, eventually reuniting with his wife Laudine, whom he had forsaking for knightly exploits
#WorldLionDay #cumbria

art: James Northcote 1799

Renwick 1733, a Cockatrice took up residence in the ruined church.
A local man, John Tallantine killed the creature using rowan tree branch, although some believe it can still be seen flying around the church at night
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#folklore #Cumbria

#FolkloreThursday theme of #Islands
In lore, the Faerie King Eveling holds his court at Harknott Pass. Eveling is an interesting character, perhaps connected in mythology to Avalloc, putative ruler of the Island of Avalon #Cumbria
🎨 James Archer: The Death of King Arthur

The Otherwordly Avalon, also known as the Avallach - the Isle of Apples, ruled by Faerie Queen, Morgan le Fay. This is the land of faeries and the dead, where King Arthur journeyed to be healed by his sister, Morgan. #mythologymonday

The Death of Arthur by James Archer

Renwick 1733, a Cockatrice took up residence in the ruined church. A local man, John Tallantine killed the creature using rowan tree branch, although some believe it can still be seen flying around the church at night
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#mythologymonday #Cumbria

Along Hardknott Pass, faeries have their home, and Cumbria’s Faerie King Eveling holds his court.
He is an intriguing figure because of his mythological connections, his name may be connected to Avalon of Arthurian Legend.
#fairytaletuesday

🎨The Death of Arthur by James Archer

1733 in Renwick, a Cockatrice took up residence in the ruined church. A local man, John Tallantine killed the creature using rowan tree branch, although some believe it can still be seen flying around the church at night
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#mythologymonday #Cumbria

One tale is that the Selkie or Seal Folk can only assume human form once every seven years because they are either humans who had committed a sinful act, or are fallen angels
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#folklorethursday

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