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#FairyTaleTuesday The horse of Death in Christian Revelation is translatable as pale green, ashen, pale, and white, and Hell follows with him. This final Horseman of the Apocalypse opens the fifth of the seventh seals in perhaps the most famous apocalypse.
Art by V.M. Vanetsov
#FairyTaleTuesday Enbarr of the Flowing Mane was the horse of Manannan mac Lir, King of Tír na nÓg. Able to run on water and mist and faster than the wind, Manannan lent the horse to his foster-son, Lugh, who used him to travel Ireland.
Art by AtmaFlame
#MythologyMonday Finally, despite two faces of the Morrigan surviving, she ultimately destroys the Fomorian force with a screech, driving them into the sea and destroying them. And then gives a prophecy about the end of the world and incest?
Expectation: mostly fulfilled
In Irish folklore, banshee ("fairy-woman") are harbingers of death, originally for important families. Belonging to a class of fairies called morrígna, banshee are likely related to the screaming goddess of death, the mighty Morrigan. #FolkloreThursday
Art by W.H. Brooke
In Norse mythology, jotuns are diverse and full of shapeshifters of the highest order: among the jotuns are Loki, the giant Hræsvelgr (who took the form of an eagle), and the unnamed builder of the gates of Asgard. #FairyTaleTuesday
Art by the amazing Arthur Rackham
In the tale of Cuchulainn, the dread Morrigan terrorizes Cuchulainn in multiple forms: a heifer, an eel, a bird, a wolf, and a cranky old woman, to name a few. #Godyssey #FairyTaleTuesday
Art by effix35 https://t.co/CCifLJndAE
#MythologyMonday Perhaps one of Ireland's most well-known symbols, magic harps are powerful tools. The Dagda's magic harp brings order to the world, setting the seasons in place and sense to the hearts and minds of men. Everything has a place and the harp places it there