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#FolkloreThursday
The huge #Ash Tree #Yggdrasil was the centre of the #Norse nine worlds which were held together by its branches & roots - a #dragon #Nidhogg & an eagle live in its roots & branches & a squirrel #Ratatoskr carries messages between them.

#FolkloreThursday
One of the great quests of the #Mabinogion is the hunting of the #TwrchTrwyth - a wild boar with toxic bristles & shears, a comb & a razor on its head - involving the best of #Arthurian knights including #Cai #Bedwyr & #Gwalchmei ....
#CulhwchAndOlwen

#FairyTaleTuesday
Some women in #Celtic society were reputed to be skilled horsewomen & fighters (Celtic deities #Rhiannon & #Epona were associated with horses). One of the most infamous was #Boudica who - with her daughters - led the #Iceni rebellion against the Romans ...

#MythologyMonday
I always think poor #Arachne had a bit of a rough deal after challenging #Athena to a weaving contest .... because her weaving was flawless she incurred the goddess' wrath & took her own life, then being transformed into a spider.
#Ovid #Metamorphoses #Spiders

#FolkloreThursday

The #LadyOfShalott sits weaving in her castle on the "silent isle" ..... until having uttered the wistfully sad "I am half sick of shadows ...." she brings a curse down on herself and floats down to Camelot in her final journey ...
#AlfredLordTennyson

#MythologyMonday
After a misunderstanding Geraint & his wife Enid embark on a series of adventures which eventually prove his bravery & chivalry, her faithfulness to him .... and their enduring love for each other
#Mabinogion #WelshMythology #GeraintAndEnid #ArthurianRomance

@cmswrites Oh dear .....

#ShakespeareSunday

"Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia,
And therefore I forbid my tears."

#Hamlet
#PaulSteck

#MythologyMonday
When servant #GwionBach incurred the ire of #Ceridwen she pursued him in various shapeshifted forms until he became a grain of corn & was swallowed by her (in the form of a chicken): she then gave birth to him - transformed into the bard #Taliesin
#Mabinogion

Paper triangles
Of white and blue
Crowd the sloping bay
Appearing motionless
As if stuck there
By some infant thumb

Beneath a shouting sky

Upon a painted sea

(#WesMagee)