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However, one day the Hunter was visited by a stranger who commended his seal hunting and invited him to his Lord's hall. The Hunter excitedly followed the man but panicked when they rode over a cliff and plunged into the water.
🖼️ Song of the Sea by Tomm Moore #SwampSunday
Most Selkie stories are about the 'Selkie Wife' but one of my favourites is "The Selkie Hunter." A hunter manages to stab a large seal that escapes with his best knife lodged in its side. Besides mourning his knife, the hunter forgets the incident.
🖼️ Zirasharia #swampsunday
It does bear the question of what counts as "love" when potions and magic are involved. In Aphrodite's case, is her interference a curse (Medea, Psyche, Helen of Troy) or a gift? Queen Isolde's gift to her daughter, Princess Isolde begs the same question.
🖼️ Rogelio de Egusquiza
Later, when he was wounded in battle, he called for his former lover & asked that the ship set white sails if she came and black if she didn’t. When the ship returned bearing white sails, his wife told him they were black in a fit of jealously.
🖼️August Spiess #FairytaleTuesday
I know #FairytaleTuesday is hosting Arthurian legends today, and I can't help but bust out my collection of medieval art that makes no sense.
I present: "Back in my day, having a headache MEANT something." #arthistory #medievaltwitter
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill--several thrills?”
🖼️Valentina Jaskina
#BookwormSat #Canada #annewithane #booktwt
3. Can't have a list featuring mythos-based games without @OkamiOfficial which just celebrated its 16th year! Play as the Japanese Sun Goddess Amaterasu in the form of a white fox as she travels through a stunning watercolour and ink-washed Japan! #gaming #Saturday
2. The Tale of Bistun by @BlackCubeGames is an action-adventure game that follows the tragic Persian hero, Farhad, on the mountain of Bistun. We have raved about this game before, but it is still just as stunning as it was during the initial play-through! 🧵
Everyone is excited about fall and spooky season, but mentally, I am here.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep...
Robert Frost / @vivianmineker
#BookChatWeekly #dontgointothewoods #winteriscoming
Scáthach was a legendary warrior queen of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Brave youth would travel to her fortress of Dún Scáith, which translates to Castle of Shadows, in hopes that she would train them.
#FairyTaleTuesday #CelticMyth #womanwarrior
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