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#MythologyMonday The blood of the Lernaen Hydra was so poisonous that even a sniff of it could kill you. Heracles went a-hunting at Lake Lerna, mouth of the Underworld, armed with a sword, torch and face mask, shown here being worn as a bandanna, trendy but useless-sssss
#FolkloreSunday Circe the sorceress, by Waterhouse, 1911. Everyone is psychic to some degree. Magical or divinatory practice is a training of an innate universal capability in order to direct it for conscious use. This cannot be taught, only learned. Circe sits in solitary study.
#FairytaleTuesday Apotheosis of St Villain Fox. Own IMG.
“You should never turn down the offer of another man’s story,’ the fox persisted, moving off a little further into the trees ahead. ‘Stories are the only thing that separates us from the animals after all.”
― T.B. McKenzie
#Tarot Zelenskyy today? Putin? Z draws The Star= Ukraine. Bright hope for a free future, modernity! Ace tech BUT right now we are fish in a barrel! Send air defence! Putin draws Death card. Expects to take E Ukraine soon, fight to the death, senses end is near (his? Not yet)
#Tarot COTD For meaning, for specificity, a reader needs a context. Here, the reader is asking what leaves are blowing in the wind? Six of Swords, we see refugees, grief, a solemn journey to recovery, a new dawn. What can we do. What can we learn. What can we teach this child.
#Tarot Ukraine. Prince Wands. Month of Ramadan, ends Sunday 1 May. Study the artwork. How many soldiers might this affect in Russia's forces attacking Mariupol, besieging the defenders, feeling relatively secure against air attack, not risking resources storming the steelworks.
#folklorethursday Brísingamen, a fabled golden necklace worn by the Norse goddess of the Vanir, of Earth, love and magic, Freya. Stolen by Loki, retrieved by Heimdall. made by the dwarves, the master craftsmen of the Norse cosmos. Perhaps *cough* we'd better not say how she paid.