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#FolkloreThursday Not all gods in #GreekMythology were urban. We have patron deities of cities like Athena and Aries, but we also have deities like Pan, the god of music and wild places. He wasn't worshiped in temples, but in caves. His home was Arcadia, a mountainous region.

#MythologyMonday Some deities have magic armor or weapons. In #GreekMythology Aphrodite had a magic, embroidered girdle. She usually wore it herself but on occasion would lend it out to Hera or even to mortals. It had the power to inflame passions, desires, etc.

#folklorethursday In the ancient world the tiny Echeneis had a number of properties. In love potions it stopped sound judgement, during pregnancy it prevented miscarriages, and when alive it was strong enough to stop ships by attaching itself and holding them back.

#MythologyMonday One time, an apple caused a war. In #Greekmythology Eris, goddess of discord, tossed an apple labelled "to the fairest" to a group of goddesses, causing a fight. They had a beauty competition, judged by Paris of Troy. Aphrodite won, leading to the Trojan War.

In #GreekMythology, the Titanomachy was the second time an older order of gods was overthrown by the younger. Zeus and his siblings (the Olympians) battled against their father Cronus and the titans, eventually overcoming them and gaining dominion.
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#ThrowbackThursday to another beginning. In Finnish #mythology the goddess Ilmatar rested in primordial waters, where a bird laid eggs on her. When the incubated eggs grew too hot she moved her leg, breaking the eggs and creating the land, sky, and sun.
"Ilmatar"- R. W. Ekman