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Sir Galahad was the noblest, and most mystical of all the knights in King Arthur's court.

"My good blade carves the casques of men,
My tough lance thrusteth sure,
My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure."
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson

#FairyTaleTuesday

Say "White Rabbit" 3 times for good luck on the first day of every month. Today. also being #Imbolc and a #NewMoon, will make it particularly potent!

#FairyTaleTuesday #AliceInWonderland #february1st

The ceasg (keesk), a mermaid of Scottish #Folklore, can be made to grant three wishes to anyone who captures her, in exchange for her freedom.

#FairyTaleTuesday #Mermaid #Scotland

"The longest night, return of light,
crisp moon, a thousand stars
bewitched and wished, silver and wise
a symphony of silence."

#Solstice #GothicAdvent

Victorian Christmas cards were a bit creepy...

#GothicAdvent #YuleFolklore #Christmas

The pricolici are Romanian #werewolves of ancient lore, the reanimated corpses of evil men who've committed violent crimes. After a pricolici dies, it comes back as a #vampire! They are said to be particularly active during the Christmas season.

#GothicAdvent #YuleFolklore

"There appeared unto her a Blacke Dogge: speaking unto her, and desiring her to give him her Soule, and he would give her power to doe any thing shee would..."
- The Confession of Alison Device, hung for #witchcraft, 1612

#FairyTaleTuesday #31DaysOfHalloween #witch

In Lithuanian #mythology Giltinė is the #goddess of #death. Her main function is to observe when it is time for a person to die, and then kill that person. She is said to sleep in a coffin and has a long, forked tongue full of poison.

#MythologyMonday #31DaysOfHalloween

Pirates practiced gay marriage through a practice called "matelotage". In 17th & 18th c. #pirate society, two men could join into matelotage, share all their plunder, and even receive death benefits! Pirate mates exchanged gold rings & lived together.

#folklorethursday #pride

"So Alice set the little creature down, and felt relieved to see it trot away quietly into the wood. “If it had grown up,” she said to herself, “it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.”

#FairyTaleTuesday #AliceInWonderland