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March (to me) means #spring is almost here. 🐰💚

As winter god, Uller, (Ollr) associated with skiing, (those skis said to be made of bone or yew), & a major early Germanic pagan figure, was considered second only to Odin whose place he usurped during his absence in the winter months of the year. ⛷️ #mythologymonday #snow

In biblical times, ashes were used to express grief. Tamar, David's daughter, raped by her half-brother, sprinkled ashes on her head & tore her robe. The gesture was also used to express sorrow for sins & was symbolic of the sinful self dying & returning to dust. #MythologyMonday

'The Little Witch' 🧙‍♀️ #HappyHalloween 🎃

🪄🎨 Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, ca 1916
(Public domain)

Arthur receives Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake.
🎨 Edmund Dulac #ArtWednesday #Arthurian

King Arthur Pendragon & his Queen Guinevere.

- The Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1899)
🎨Dorothy Carleton Smyth (Public domain)
#BookTwitter #art

Tom Thumb, a character of English #folklore, was no bigger than his father's thumb. Published in 1621, it was the first #fairytale printed in English. Tom's adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, & being a favourite of King Arthur.
#FairyTaleTuesday

Long-eared owl baby bird
Illustration by E.J. Demtold, 1900
#OwlishMonday

Sunlight, moonlight,Twilight, starlight,
Gloaming at the close of day,
An owl calling, Cool dew falling,
In a wood of oak and may.

🎨 Dorothy P. Lathrop, ca 1922
#fairytale #night 🕯️

In Sumerian #myth, the Descent of Inanna (c. 1900 BCE) chronicles (Queen of Heavean) Inanna's journey from her sky realm, to earth, & down into the underworld to visit her widowed sister Ereshkigal, (Queen of the Dead), & then back again. 🔥 #FairyTaleTuesday