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#FairyTaleTuesday
In Welsh mythology sea god Dylan Eil Tôn personifies darkness, his twin Lleu Llaw Gyffes light. At the spring equinox night & day are of equal length - after which the balance tips towards the light ....
#DylanEilTôn #LleuLlawGyffes #Spring

#FairyTaleTuesday
Tailtiu died of exhaustion after clearing land for cultivation - her stepson Lugh inaugurated the annual #TailteannGames in her memory & the Celtic festival of light #Lughnasadh is said to have originated with her funeral pyre & wake.

#FairyTaleTuesday
Siblings #Crearwy (1 of the 3 most beautiful maids in Britain), #Morfran (so ugly nobody would wound him in battle in case he was the devil) & #Taliesin the great bard were the varied offspring of sorceress Ceridwen & giant Tegid Foel.
#Mabinogion

#FairyTaleTuesday
The Welsh river dwelling Ceffyl Dŵr - a shape shifting water horse, similar to the Scottish Kelpie - appears harmless, but has been known to trample victims underfoot or drown riders by dragging them back into the river!
#CeffylDŵr #Wales #Kelpie

#FairyTaleTuesday
The power of the Holly Green Man, who dominates the winter months, begins to wane after the winter solstice until he is usurped by the Oak Green Man at the spring equinox ....
#GreenMan #WinterSolstice

#FairyTaleTuesday
The ash tree #Yggdrasil was the centre of the #Norse cosmos: a dragon, eagle & deer eat its roots & branches while a squirrel #Ratatoskr acts as messenger - mischievously stirring up trouble between the eagle #Veðrfölnir & the dragon #Nidhogg ....

#WyrdWednesday
Notorious John Mytton of Halston Hall led a dissolute life, fighting duels, stalking ducks naked & kicked out of Parliament after less than half an hour as an MP - he died trying to drive his horses & carriage up the steps to his mansion ....
#MadJackMytton

#FairyTaleTuesday
In #Wales the spectral #CwnAnnwn - Hounds of Hell - prowl during the hours of darkness collecting the souls of the damned ...... their eerie howls are loud in the distance, but get ever quieter the closer they get to their prey ....

#MythologyMonday
I would like to be Luned in the tale of Owain & the Lady of the Fountain .... she gets to help Owain defeat the Black Knight & then play matchmaker between him and the Lady who rules the kingdom ❤️😀
#Mabinogion #Owain [#Yvain] #Luned #LadyOfTheFountain

#FairyTaleTuesday
After a massive flood caused by the water monster #Afanc who resided in Lake #Bala, the sole survivors were #Dwyfan & #Dwyfach who rescued a pair of every animal species in their little boat - their descendants re-populated Britain ....