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The Princess of Ys kept an enchanted key around her neck, which controlled the entirety of Ys' aqueducts and water ways. Satan infiltrated the city off the coast of Bretagne, and stole the enchanted key, sinking the sea into the Atlantic. #FairyTaleTuesday

His fish hook is legendary, bringing up islands across the Pacific so humanity can find new homes. Māui got these islands from the bottom of the sea, or in some cases like the North Island of New Zealand, from a fish baited with his own blood. #FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: T.C. Wolfe

Thesmophoria is the ancient festival of Demeter and Persephone, marking the return of Persephone to the Underworld, and held ag the end of the harvest. Celebrated exclusively by women, the festival was one of the few celebrated by all Greeks. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: F.D. Millett

Mists are often a portal to otherworlds. In Gaelic regions of the Celtic world, mists not only act as a portal to Tir na nOg (and places in folklore like Hy-Brasil), but also protect places like Ireland and the Isle of Man from attack. #FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: S. Reid

Iris is the messenger of the gods, moving between Olympus, Earth, and even Hades. Bringer of rainbows, she can ferry people as well as bring messages, making her an otherworldly courier service in Greek myth. #FairyTaleTuesday

Psychopomps are often a specific type of Otherworldly messenger, as they guide the dead to their destination. Almost all cosmologies have them: famously, Hermes, Baron Samedi and Maman Brigitte, the Norse Valkyries, ravens across the world, and countless more. #FairyTaleTuesday

History's most successful female pirate is Ching Shih, who at her height commanded between 40k and 60k pirates and had a fleet of 400 junks. She defied Qing China, the East India Company, and the Portuguese, and died peacefully of old age. #TalkLikeAPirateDay

🖼: T. Wicinas

Jenny Greenteeth is an iconic hag of Northern England, though folklorists don't always agree on where. While most agree she is a river hag who lies in wait for those who get get close, some say at night she hides in the trees. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: L. Hunt

The French Caribbean's wilds are defended by a couple, each defend different areas. The waterways are guarded by Mama D'Leau, like a mermaid with serpents in her hair. Her husband Papa Bois defends the woods and wild places on land, satyr-esquely #FolkloreThursday

🖼: KongQueror

One must sacrifice to the gods before a voyage, to Poseidon in particular. Not doing so could lead to disaster, as Odysseus and his crew would spend the better part of ten years finding out. #MythologyMonday

🖼: A. Jean