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#folklorethursday Today marks this years entry of the sun in Pisces. The constellation's brightest star, Eta Piscium, Alpherg or Kullat Nunu, is 294 light-years from Earth, 316 brighter times than the sun. Kullat Nunu is from the Babylonian ‘Nunu’=‘fish’ and ‘kullat’=bucket

'Jack Frost attacking Bony'. The horror of Napoleon's invasion of Russia Jun-Dec 1812, and eventual terrible defeat for his Grande Armée, finally beaten into retreat by the Russian winter in a campaign costing 500 000 French lives and 400 000 Russian lives. #wyrdwednesday

#folklorethursday The Greek goddess Iris, was a messenger of the gods before Hermes, a special envoy of Hera, and the personification of the rainbow. Iris was the daughter of a marine god Thaumas the wondrous, and a cloud goddess, Amber. #pantheon

#FolkloreThursday Ignis fatuus, the 'will o the wisp', once more commonly seen, often in oak woods, were also known as corpse candles. They were spirits, and could lead you into a bog. Natural gas, Now a rare phenomenon, due to vastly increased agriculture, drainage & irrigation.