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@theAliceRoberts Sharing a different 'Green Man' named so by a rabbit who gets revenge on a hunter, (a la Bugs Bunny).
One of my Mum's from childhood.
Your factual tweet made me think of it after all these years. Thanks!
The Struwwelpeter painting book, by Heinrich Hoffmann, ca 1900

Here lies Tom Thumb,
King Arthur’s knight,
Who died by a spider’s cruel bite.
He was well known in Arthur’s court,
Where he afforded gallant sport;
He rode at tilt & tournament,
Alive he fill’d the court with mirth
His death to sorrow soon gave birth.
#LegendaryWednesday

Hermes is depicted as both protector & trickster. In Homer's Iliad he is a bringer of good luck, guide & guardian, & "excellent in all the tricks". As a psychopomp & messenger to the gods, he moved freely between the worlds of mortals & the divine. #WyrdWednesday #mythology

Apparently, three children remained behind: one could not follow quickly enough, the second was deaf & could not hear the music, & the last was blind, unable to see where he was going.
They informed the villagers of of this when they came home from church. #mythologymonday

Hamelin suffered from a rat infestation. A piper & rat-catcher, hired to play his pipe, lured them to a river where they all drowned. 🐀 The mayor refused to pay him so the angry piper took revenge by piping their children out of town, never to be seen again. #mythologymonday

The Lady of the Lake, a title used by a few fairy-like human enchantresses, played an important role in Arthurian #myth. She provided Arthur with Excalibur, raised Lancelot after his father died, entrapped Merlin, & helped take the dying Arthur to Avalon. 🪄 #FairyTaleTuesday

@SuburbanPolly @JustinTrudeau I couldn't watch the whole thing because that person's voice is so grating. What I did get out of it is that he appears to accuse Trudeau of having control of the weather! Does that mean the mini-mussolini thinks the PM is some sort of god? 🤔⚡️ #cdnpoli #NeverVoteConservative

The Wild Swans, a literary #fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, tells us of Princess Elsa who rescues her eleven brothers from a spell cast by their evil queen & step-mother. 🦢 #FairyTaleTuesday

The Princess on the Pea is a literary #fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young woman whose royal ancestry is established by a test of her sensitivity. 🛌 #FairyTaleTuesday

Be like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under 't.

Macbeth - Act I. Sc. 5.
#ShakespeareSunday
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