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Eastern spinebill.

(Elizabeth Gould)

In Ancient Egyptian mythology, the sun-god Ra wept, his tears fell to the desert sand and bees sprouted from them. 🐝 #MythologyMonday

(Image is of honey harvesting.)

A Polish fairytale called The Giants tells of an orphan called Little Romek who becomes a shepherd, helps a giant, attends a Giant’s wedding, steals a loaf of bread and an invisibility belt. He finds the bread is made of gold. #FairytaleTuesday 1/2

Ilmatar, Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1860.

Mermaid Polka.

Lith. of Napoleon Sarony, 1850. H. D. Hewitt.

#MythologyMonday

For Tudors, when a guest left you might give them basil to wish them safe travel. However, in France, basil was the devil’s plant which could only be sown with curses and it was once believed that if you smelled it 🦂🦂🦂🦂would grow in your brain. There are lots of links to 🦂.

Regent bowerbird.

(Elizabeth Gould)

Landscape with birds

Roelant Savery
1628

Gouldian finch.

(1849)

Anne won the argument, but was certain that the old woman had given her the evil eye. She began to go into a number of hysterical trances. In 1672, she made a formal accusation against a group of women. She said that they had turned her into a horse and ridden her. 2/3