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@EnchantedEzine Free spirit Peter Pan combines fairies and the nature God Pan. Does he represent the innocence and purity of childhood? Or the self-centred stage of childhood? The novel hints that he banishes the Lost Boys when they grow up. #FairyTaleTuesday

Selkies are among our favourite shapeshifters- beautiful seals in water and beautiful people on land but there are dark, abusive undertones to their sealskins being stolen by fishermen. #mythologyMonday @mythologyMonday

Princess Aine was fought over by her lover Fergus of the Fianna (warriors with supernatural skills) and Curoi of Tuatha de Danann (the fairy race). They settled it with a game of hurling where Fergus scored the winning goal. #FairyTaleTuesday @EnchantedEzine #Irish mythology

In early 19th Century USA, German communities still celebrated Belsnickel as the main #Christmas gift bringer, whereas the Dutch developed Santa Claus. Santa won world-wide fame but for a twist of history we could be celebrating the wilder Belsnickel #folklore #WyrdWednesday

Today's Christmas and Yule obsession is Holly King imagery - kind of like a druid woodland Father Christmas. Said to battle the Oak King for control of the seasons and be most powerful at the #WinterSolstice. I love this figure.

One of the oldest, wildest and scariest winter festivals must be the legendary Wild Hunt of European folklore - ghostly flying animal figures often led by the god Odin. Some speculate it may have been the inspiration for Santa Claus @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday

A lovely dark Christmas episode of the podcast with 'Bad Santas' author @PaulHawkins about winter festivals (including the scary Krampus run) and the creepy winter folklore characters in them #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/v7EyxQySgh

Conkers always seemed magical and foraging for them was an adventure (trespassing through some woods and being warned that 'The Jellyman' gamekeeper would shoot us with a stun gun) A magical childhood game. Art by Cicely Mary Barker. @fairytaletuesday #FairyTaleTuesday #Autumn

Overthrow of the Old Order - #mythologymonday - Prometheus the titan steals fire from the Gods and gives it to mankind - sparking them into civilisation, technology and creativity (gets punished by being tied to a rock getting pecked at by an eagle). Art by Jan Cossiers (1630s)

The Woodwose (Old English), or 'Wild Man'. He lives in the woods. He's basically an unkept, messy, hairy and crazy recluse - which I guess we all are in these times! Art by Jonathan Burton #folklorethursday #FolkloreOfForests