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#Caturday #Christmas

#FolkloreThursday
In Greek mythology #Boreas (God of the North Wind) lived in the Rhipaion Mountains .... his chill breath brought #Winter to the lands of Europe. However beyond the North Wind lay #Hyperborea - a sort of paradise of eternal Springtime.

#FolkloreThursday
According to Japanese folklore #YukiOnna preys on travellers lost in the snow, sucking the life from them & freezing them solid ..... ❄️

#ShakespeareSunday

"Like a dull actor now,
I have forgot my part, and I am out,
Even to a full disgrace. Best of my flesh,
Forgive my tyranny; but do not say
For that ‘Forgive our Romans.’ O, a kiss
Long as my exile ...."

#Coriolanus

#ShakespeareSunday

"The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
Oh, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!"

#MerchantOfVenice

#FolkloreThursday
According to #WilliamBlake #Urizen was the embodiment of conventional wisdom & law .... depicted as an old, bearded man surrounded by books (wisdom), architects tools (to create or limit the universe) & nets (to ensnare people in conventionality)
#AncientOfDays

#FolkloreThursday

The #Unicorn - a cloven creature with a tapering horn and symbolising strength & purity - has been part of many cultures as early as the #IndusValley .... it is the heraldic symbol of #Scotland where it is usually shown entwined with a gold chain. 🦄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#FolkloreThursday
The #CwnAnnwn of #Welsh legend lurk in woods & forests at night and are sent to collect treacherous souls. With white coats & red ears, these hounds' growling grows quieter the nearer they approach .....
(Images: #CinnamonStix & #Akreon)

#FolkloreThursday
The mythical #boar #TwrchTrwyth - which had toxic bristles & shears, a comb & a razor on its head & back - ran riot across Ireland & Wales ..... It was eventually driven into the sea off the coast of #Cornwall
#Mabinogion #ArthurianLegend

#ShakespeareSunday

"Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel tired;
But then begins a journey in my head ...."

#SonnetXXVII
(Image The #Journey Home - #TommyNordgren)