Godysseyさんのイラストまとめ

The triquetra is a beloved symbol, representing three in one and one in three. While many associate it with the Celts and particularly the Irish, it was used across not just the entirety of Britain but also by pre-Christian Germanic peoples, and by Buddhists. #FolkloreThursday

The salamander was called by the physician Nikander the "soeceress' lizard," and while Pliny gives an accurate description says they can extinguish fire. The properties of salamanders are many until Carl Linnaeus established their scientific description. #FairyTaleTuesday

If ever you've been walking in Japan and a sudden sharp pain in your leg sent you reeling to the ground, you've been struck by a smooth criminal: the Sickle Weasels called Kamaitachi move in threes and strike, never fatal but always quick. #FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: M. Meyer

Archimedes defended his home of Syracuse against the Roman invasion with a number of inventions, among them supposedly a death ray. When the Romans won, they came for him: he asked they not disturb the circles he made in the dust. #FaustianFriday

🖼: S. Terry

Sky pirates. Shadowy government agencies. Flying machines with untold powers. Lost cities with destructive secrets. Steampunk began in earnest with Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky, which borrowed heavily from the works of Wells, Swift, and Vernes. #WyrdWednesday

An elephant is but a snack to the Roc, the terrifying bird of prey that appears in the Thousand and One Nights and tales of Ibn Battuta. Terrorizing Sinbad on his legendary voyages, this enormous bird is thought to be an evolution of the Garuda. #FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: GENZOMAN

Fear the righteous rage of a goddess: when Demeter discovered Zeus not just knew where their daughter Persephone was but signed off on her rapture, all plants stopped growing in rage and sorrow. Only then did Zeus return Persephone, for a time. #FolkloreThursday

🖼: J. Tigner

As far back as the Olmecs, werejaguar have been a prominent motif in Mesoamerican sculpture and imagery. Whether born of coupling or a gift or curse from a divinity, even warriors wore jaguar skin, summoning their power and ferocity to battle. #WyrdWednesday

🖼: Q. Zhou

Many are the Sons of Odin, and it may be easier to count sons who aren't Odin in Norse myth. All know Thor, Vali and Vidar, and Baldr, but some lists include Tyr, Bragi, Hermod, Hodr, and countless more. Some mortals even can claim descent from the All-Father. #FairyTaleTuesday

High magic did not begin with early modern magic traditions like Thelema, but goes back to ancient Egypt and the Greeks. The Greek world called it Thaumaturgy, high magic that drew on ritual and therein performance and sacrifice, though not necessarily literal. #MythologyMonday