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Plato said Atlantis was "a great and wonderful empire," & "aggressed wantonly against all of Europe & Asia," testifying to the extent of its dominion.
His story concludes with Atlantis falling out of favour with the gods & submerging into the Ocean. #MythologyMonday #Flood

"What made me love thee? Let that persuade thee there's something extraordinary in thee."

Merry Wives of Windsor #ShakespeareSunday
#ValentinesDay

In Slovenia, Saint Valentine (Zdravko) is the saint of spring, good health & the patron of beekeepers. 🐝 Slovenian #folklore states "Valentin – prvi spomladin" ("Valentine – the first spring saint"), marks the beginning of spring. 🌷💕 #FolkloreThursday #valentinesday2021

Undine is a #fairytale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. 💍

#FairyTaleTuesday

"Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.."

Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Sc. III
#ShakespeareSunday

Sharing two of the six Holy Grail (San Graal) tapestries which depict #Arthurian scenes & the quest for the #HolyGrail. 🍷 Commissioned from Morris & Co. by William Knox D'Arcy in 1890, these woven works of #art hung in his dining room at Stanmore Hall. 🪡 #tapestry

The Other Side of the Sun - Fairy Stories by Evelyn Sharp.
Lovely illustrations by Nellie Syrett. (Public Domain)
#FolkloreThursday

https://t.co/ERAA1yjgPi

After a 10-yr siege of Troy, the Greeks construct a huge wooden horse. Odysseus & others hide inside. The rest pretend to sail away. The Trojans take it in the city. At night the Greeks open the gates for the rest of the army, who'd sailed back at night. #Mythologymonday

"As in a theatre, the eyes of men,
After a well-grac'd actor leaves the stage,
Are idly bent on him that enters next,
Thinking his prattle to be tedious"

Richard II, Act V, Scene 2
#ShakespeareSunday

A Hagstone, (Adder stone) is "a splendid product shot forth by serpents". 🐍 It's said these stones, or any rock containing a natural hole, is a way see the Wee Folk & Fairyland if you look through it. (Feel lucky to have 2 of my own.) 🧚‍♀️ #WyrdWednesday