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The glorious are by artist P. J. Redouté, ca. 1817. (Public domain). His wonderful collection of flowers can be viewed in a book via the . 🌹 https://t.co/OL5AdFyscP

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2021-04-20

Hans Christian Andersen wrote of a certain Rose Elf who was instrumental in punishing the murderer of a beautiful young maiden to whom he was attached.
The in olden times, was reputed to be under special protection of Elves, & Dwarfs. 🧚🌹

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2021-04-20

The constellation Capricornus has one of the oldest associations to myth, (Babylon). Later, identified as Pan, (Greek he's the god with goat's horns & legs who saves himself from the monster Typhon by giving himself a fish tail & diving in a river.

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2021-04-14

According to Slavic Mermaids were unbaptised river/lake spirits who took the form of beautiful young women. They'd appear at night, singing & dancing to enchant young men & lure them to a death by drowning.🧜‍♀️

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2021-04-13

Lovely examples of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite's delightful faerie illustrations. 🧚


(Public domain)

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2021-04-04

The Mighty Hercules is a Canadian/American animated series based loosely on Greek 📺 It ran on television from 1963- 1966 coinciding with the sword-and-sandal genre popular at the time. (I watched reruns of the show in the 1970s) 🙂

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2021-03-15

Another charming by E. Stuart Hardy, from The Book of Gnomes (c.1895) (Public domain)

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2021-03-13

Dragons in times were described as the largest of serpents, & akin to the Devil. 🐍 Wicked & cunning, were particularly associated with adultery. 🐉

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2021-03-09

In Norse Huginn (Old Norse "thought") & Muninn (Old Norse "memory") are a pair of that fly all over the world (Midgard), & bring information to the Viking god Odin. 🪶

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2021-02-23

In Roman mythology, goddess Aurōra renews herself every morning and flies across the sky, announcing the arrival of the Sun.

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2021-02-18