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In the "Aided Óenfhir Aífe", Irish hero Cúchulainn unwittingly kills his own son Conla. Conla’s died because he followed Cúchulainn‘s instructions never to give his name until bested in combat #MythologyMonday

Magic carpets are mythical means of transport and in Europe mainly associated with oriental fairy tales, especially the stories from the Arabian Nights. In the imagination it is usually an Oriental or Persian carpet. #FairyTaleTuesday #OneThousandAndOneNights

Half human, half animal but definitley a legendary creature of Persian #mythology: the Manticore. The name means "man-eater". According to the Roman author Claudius Aelianus it's "a wild beast, powerful, daring, as big as the largest lion". #MythologyMonday

The roman god Janus has no equivalent in greek #mythology He belongs to the original roman mythology and is a god with multiple functions, the god of gates and transition, of time and duality but also of endings and #beginnings.
#FolkloreThursday #folklore #myths

A fiery place: When Thypon, a monsterous giant attempted to overthrow Zeus for the supremacy of the cosmos, the chief of the greek gods buried him beneath the fires of the volcano Etna. The battle is described in Hesiod's "Theogony". #MythologyMonday #mythology #folklore

Sisyphus, king of Corinth, was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when it nears the top, repeating this action for eternity. #MythologyMonday #mythology

For #FairyTaleTuesday "The Water of Life", a #fairytale of the Brothers Grimm. Three princes go on a quest to search for the Water of Life to heal the dying king. As the youngest prince can fetch the water from a enchanted castle, his brothers betray him. #stories #folkore

Echidna is called the Mother of Monsters in Greek #mythology Hesiod described her as half beauty and half serpent beast, huge, brightly colored and voracious. Echidna gave birth to Cerberus and the Hydra, the Chimera and the Sphinx.
#aMythForSunday #folklore #myths

Pyramus and Thisbe were a pair of ill-fated lovers. The story is part of Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Because of a family feud they were forbidden to wed or to see each other, so they whispered through a crack in the wall.
#MythologyMonday #mythology #folklore #myths

In the "Odyssey" of Homer Scylla is a scary monster, that kills sailors. In Ovids "Metamorphoses" however Scylla is a nymph and in love with the sea god Glaukos. Because of jealousy the sorceress Circe transforms her into a monster. #MythologyMonday #mythology #folklore