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'I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.'
-Jane Austen #InternationalWomensDay

🎨Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

'Play all you like with wild Will-o'-the-wisp;
Allure all spirits to yourself, be they
Of water, forest, mountain, field or air.
But keep afar from human pathways, child;
You'll find no freedom there, but woes instead.'
-The Forest Song, Lesya Ukrainka.

#MythologyMonday

In a Ukrainian tale a dog called Sirko is driven out of his home because he's old. A wolf decides to help him. The wolf runs away with the couple's baby, Sirko runs after the wolf and pretends to save the baby. Sirko is welcomed back and the wolf gets food.

#FolkloreThursday

In Scotland archaeologists have unearthed flipper bones and a seal tooth pendant. Some think a seal teeth was buried for luck. And some argue that these discoveries might have something to do with selkies and their importance in Scottish folklore.

🎨Kate Leiper
#WyrdWednesday

The Grotto by Belgian painter Henry de Groux (circa 1900). 🖤

In a tale from Wales a door in a rock near a lake could sometimes be opened. A man entered and a secret passageway brought him to a fairy island. The fae treated the man well until he stole a flower. When he left the flower disappeared and he lost his senses.

#FairyTaleTuesday

In Flanders it was said that a witch must break the heart of a plant or human every night.

Other tales say that sometimes nine horses would ride on the heart of a dying witch.

🎨Arthur Wilde Parsons
#MythologyMonday

In a Flemish legend a girl who refused to marry was imprisoned in a cellar. She was visited daily by two swans who helped her simply by being there. She escaped and gave the city a fortune on condition that they took care of the swans and their offspring.

#FaustianFriday

In a Flemish tale a witch and a cat who lived in a tree almost always went for a walk around the village at night. If they didn't, they had met a traveller who was unaware of their existence. The witch danced in the branches while the cat dug a grave.

🎨Rackham
#FaustianFriday

'Where sunless rivers weep
Their waves into the deep,
She sleeps a charmed sleep:
Awake her not.'
-Christina Rossetti

🎨Florence Harrison