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#FairyTaleTuesday
Living in the river #Conwy the terrifying #Afanc dragged off unsuspecting victims & caused flooding in the Conwy Valley. Lured onto land by a beautiful young woman, the Afanc was captured & taken to a new home in the deep & secure #LlynFfynnonLas in #Snowdonia

#FolkloreThursday
Originating in West African & Caribbean folklore #Anansi is a clever & wily trickster, mischief maker & master story teller. He has the characteristics of a #Spider & imparts wisdom - especially to children.
#Ashanti Mythology

#FairyTaleTuesday
The Greek myth #Eros & #Psyche combines elements of Beauty & the Beast, Sleeping Beauty & Snow White .... Psyche falls in love with what she believes to be a monster who hides his face from her. She is later woken from a Stygian slumber by true love's kiss ...

#ShakespeareSunday

"How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December’s bareness every where!"

#Sonnet97

#MythologyMonday
The #Celts revered the #Dragon as a guardian between their world & the world of the dead - often places associated with these Celtic portals were replaced by Christian churches associated with "dragon slayer" saints like #StGeorge & #StMichael (#GlastonburyTor)

How people in Tier 3 of Government Restrictions must be feeling ....
#LockdownUK #Tier3

#FolkloreThursday
The tree #Yggdrasil was the centre of the #Norse cosmos: a dragon, eagle & deer eat its roots & branches, & a squirrel #Ratatoskr lives in its branches. One of its roots is planted in #Hel (the Underworld), guarded by the dog Garmr & ruled by the goddess Hel

#MythologyMonday
The magical birds of Drudwas ap Tryffin, #AdarLlwchGwin wrer given to him by his wife & obeyed only him. He was killed by his own birds after ordering them to kill the first arrival at a battle: his opponent was delayed & he arrived first ...
#WelshMythology

#MythologyMonday
Living in the river #Conwy the monstrous #Afanc dragged off unsuspecting victims & caused flooding in the Conwy Valley. Lured onto land by a beautiful young woman, the Afanc was captured & taken to a new home in the deep, secure #LlynFfynnonLas in #Snowdonia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#ShakespeareSunday

" Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?"

#TheTempest #Caliban