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Maman Brigitte is a loa, a white woman with fiery red hair, a taste for rum and spices, and a nasty mouth. Wife of Baron Samedi, she is none other than Brigid of Kildare, born through the marriage of Catholic sainthood and Yoruba religion. #FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: G. Zielinska

The Morrigan is the Phantom Queen, goddess of death and war and prophecy. A Sovereign Queen and a wife of the Dagda, she is a shapeshifter and triple goddess, with her two sisters Badb and Macha representing her connection to crows and horses. #FairyTaleTuesday

While Rumiko Takahashi borrows from folklore heavily in her works, InuYasha remains her work most steeped in Japanese folklore. It features a time-traveling reincarnation of a Shinto priestess reuniting with the namesake half-yōkai InuYasha, and their team. #MythologyMonday

The Kraken is an interesting case study in Hollywood mythology. Originally a Nordic sea terror, its claim to fame is in the original Clash of the Titans despite being Greek. Pirates of the Caribbean was more faithful, forcing the Clash remake to be a hybrid. #MythologyMonday

Most most often shown as women, kitsune are both male and female and are known as the most prolific demon lovers of Japan. Their children are famously powerful, such as Abe no Seimei, and while fiercely loyal, kitsune are seen as flighty as a fox. #FaustianFriday

🖼: IrenHorrors

Metis was Zeus' first great wife, the one from whom all his early brilliance stemmed. She gave Zeus the potion that caused Cronus to vomit up his children; she advised him throughout the Titanomachy. When her womb became a threat, he ate her: he gained Athena. #FolkloreThursday

The movie is just the beginning: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is Hayao Miyazaki's manga masterpiece, a post-apocalyptic epic of fungi, insects, psychic empires, and ultimately, a bleak nihilistic look into the future of humanity if we do not learn. #WyrdWednesday

Master of cosmic horror H.P. Lovecraft drifted from fantasy to science fiction by the end of his career, shifting his cosmos to a hybrid of mysticism and scientific knowledge beyond human comprehension, highlighted in his work in At the Mountains of Madness.

White Tiger of West, Red Phoenix of South, Azure Dragon of East, Black Tortoise of North: these are the Four Symbols (四象), the four beasts protecting the night's sky. These four legendary guardians are among the most important symbols in East Asian astrology. #FairyTaleTuesday