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Foxes are magical across Asia, a trend that historically begins well over three thousand years ago in China. Today the most famous foxes are kitsune, thr shapeshifters of Japan, but their trickster powers and magic tails can be found in Vietnam and Korea as well #FairytaleTuesday

The night sky is full of symbols in East Asia, four guardians of the directions and sky. In the north is the black Tortoise-Snake; in the south the Vermilion Bird; in east is the Azure Dragon, and the west the White Tiger. Each direction represents a virtue. #FairytaleTuesday

If a stranger in Japan asks if you can spare a moment, especially at night while you've been out drinking, have a care: the stranger may drop their kimono and reveal a massive eye where their anus should be. The shirime loves scaring people. #FairytaleTuesday

🖼: S. Mizuki

Oya is many things, but orisha of storms is the utmost of her attributes. With storms come destruction yes, but those storms are necessary: for new things can grow in the wake of that destruction. Oya is the orisha of rebirth and storms. #MythologyMonday

🖼: F. Santos

While we mosr commonly know Coyote from the folk tales that come to us via indigenous Southwestern groups, this version is part of a larger trickster continuum. Coyote existed among the Aztecs as Huehuecóyotl, Old Coyote of the song and mischief himself. #FolkloreThursday

Enbarr of the Flowing Mane was the horse of Manannan mac Lir, King of Tir na nOg. Capable of running on water and faster than the wind, Lugh rode his foster-father's horse as he saved Ireland from the tyranny of Balor and the Fomorians. #FairytaleTuesday

🖼: K. Soutar

To call him to action, to do the right thing and reach what will be Rome one day, the spirits of not just Aeneas' ancestors but also his descendants appear to him in invocation, calling him to action so the glory of Rome be done. #MythologyMonday

Inugami spirits are often called by their owners through invocation to act, the loyal dog spirits either helping or harming those they are sent to depending on the intent. Once they possess a person, their behavior often becomes erratic and occasionally dog-like. #MythologyMonday

One of the most commonly called upon ghosts in Greek myth is the transitive Tiresias, the great intersex seer whose insights even Zeus and Hera sought. Called to offer advice and counsel the living, many trips to the Underworld are just to visit them #WyrdWednesday

🖼: H. Fuseli

Tsubaki blooms are associated with death and oddities in Japan, and are forbidden from hospitals. When a tsubaki tree is a century old, it manifests a spirit, often a seductive young woman, whose breath alone can shapeshift a human. #SuperstitionSat

🖼: M. Meyer