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Scylla is a sea monster from Greek mythology featured most famously in the Odyssey, where she kills 6 of Odysseus's men. The witch Circe transformed her out of jealousy into a sea monster with 12 feet & 6 heads on long necks with 3 rows of shark-like teeth each. #FaustianFriday

This story's illustration is by Walter Crane, and can be viewed below

The wind, the wind, the wind blows high,
The rain comes scattering down the sky.
She is handsome, she is pretty,
She is the girl of the golden city.
She goes a-courting, one, two, three,
Please and tell me who is she.
#FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: Rosemary Wells

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye;
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Wasn't that a dainty dish
To set before the king?
#FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: Margaret Tarrant

The world of death mythology and folklore is incredibly vast and this thread has barely scratched the surface, but I hope you were able to learn something interesting from this! And hopefully death seems less scary knowing about all of these cool psychopomps :) 18/

In Yoruba mythology, Oya is the goddess of fire, destruction, the underworld, the Niger River, and more. She is known as a mother goddess & a fierce warrior. She guards the gates of death and helps recently deceased souls on their journey to the afterlife. 12/

According to Christian belief, the archangel St. Michael guides souls to Heaven and guards them on their journey. It is said that when the soul reaches the Pearly Gates, St. Michael weighes the soul on scales to determine if the person is virtuous enough to enter Heaven. 11/

This tale's illustrations are by Walter Crane and Arthur Rackham. You can view them below in further detail

Illustrations featured are from Walter Crane and Arthur Rackham, presented below for easier viewing.

First, what is a fable? A fable is a distinct type of folk tale that features anthromorphized animals, plants, objects, or natural phenomenon and features a moral lesson. This moral may be written explicitly at the end as a concise saying, as is the case with Aesop's Fables. 2/