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The man had shrunk down, thoroughly quelled by the ferocity of the crowd and the impossibility of escape..

- Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist
#BookWormSat #Dickens

"Now, man of the croziers, shadows called our names
And then away, away, like whirling flames;

And now fled by, mist-covered, without sound,
The youth and lady and the deer and hound."

The Wanderings of Oisin, by W.B. Yeats, 1889
#FaustianFriday #Irish #mythology

Prince Husain, eldest son of the Sultan, travels to India to buy a magic carpet.

"Whoever sitteth on this carpet & willeth in thought to be taken up & set down upon other site will, in the twinkling of an eye, be borne thither, be that place near or distant"

#FairyTaleTuesday

"For she had no sort of objection to turning her back upon so dismal an abode, and she would have been heartily glad never to have set foot in the inside any more."

The Horrors of Oakendale Abbey, ca 1797
by 'Mrs. Carver'

#ClassicLitSaturday

Crystal balls, smoke, fire, water, & mirrors, etc., are all tools used in the art of "seeing" or "scrying". In addition, the word oracle comes from the Latin verb ōrāre, "to speak" & refers to the priest or priestess uttering & interpreting any predictions.

#MythologyMonday

The first time you see a crescent #moon each month, take any spare coins out of your pocket & put them in another pocket. 🪙 This will ensure good #luck for the next month.

#FaustianFriday #superstition

In Greek #mythology the Styx was the main river in the Underworld, & the embodiment of goddess Styx. She sided with Zeus during the battle with the Titans, & due to her loyalty, that #River became the place where gods & goddesses would swear unbreakable oaths.
#FolkloreThursday

Ancient Egyptians worshipped the sacred white lotus of the river Nile as as a symbol of creation. 💮 Extracting its perfume, they used it for funerary rites, temple decor & offerings. It's also a candidate for the plant eaten by the Lotophagi in Homer's Odyssey. #FolkloreThursday

Robin Hood, a legendary heroic character in #folklore, is depicted as an outlaw & forced to live in Sherwood #Forest with his 'merry men'. It's said he fought in the Crusades, but on his return to England, found his lands seized by the Sherriff of Nottingham. 🏹
#MythologyMonday

The Moss Folk, a class of fairies comparable to elves & dwarves, lived in the forests of Germany. These creatures highly identified with trees & were considered to be a guardian spirit of the forest. 🌳 #MythologyMonday