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#Celtic #FolkloreSunday: Sir Gawain half-succeeded in his quest for the Grail. This had the effect of restoring the lands about the castle, which were desert and untilled, to blooming fertility. The Grail therefore, besides its other characters, had a talismanic power in
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#FairyTaleTuesday: There is a legend that there was once a large lake where the #Loibltal in #Carinthia opens today. But one day, on the advice of a mountain gnome, a charcoal burner set out to penetrate deep into the earth, where a #Lindworm was guarding a great treasure.
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#FairyTaleTuesday: To relieve the peasants from the #Lindworm, the Duke of #Carinthia made them built a huge, strong tower at the limits of the swamps. Fearless knights hid there, and a stout bull tied to a chain with barbs was presented as a bait. Soon the winged Lindworm
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#FairyTaleTuesday: A #Lindworm grew up in the swamp around the beautiful lake near #Mallnitz in #Austria and fattened itself on horses. When nothing was left to devour, this mighty creature ate himself through a rockslide, leaving a gorge, where his bite marks still can be seen. https://t.co/Qydkyh5v8u
#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: As a boy Elidyr used a hole in the riverbank as a portal to #Fairyland. He encountered two little men who took him to the #Otherworld, where he lived in ease and joy. All was beautiful there—bountiful land, beautiful… https://t.co/joTypngS3G
#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: The was said to reside just outside the village of Mordiford.
From early life, the dragon, green in colour, was said to have loved a small girl named Maud who resided in Mordiford, Herefordshire, and had nurtured… https://t.co/Tm4Llnuq2E
#Celtic #FairyTaleTuesday: The #each-uisge is a water spirit in #Scottish folklore, known as the each-uisce (anglicized as aughisky or ech-ushkya) in #Ireland and cabyll-ushtey on the #IsleOfMan. This supernatural water horse found in the… https://t.co/gMK1ILUkJe
#Celtic #LegendaryWednesday: The #each-uisge is a water spirit in #Scottish folklore, known as the each-uisce (anglicized as aughisky or ech-ushkya) in #Ireland & cabyll-ushtey on the #IsleOfMan. This supernatural water horse found in the #ScottishHighlands is similar to the
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#FairyTaleTuesday: A #lutin (in French [lytɛ̃]) is a type of hobgoblin. A French fairy tale, "Le Prince Lutin", written in 1697 by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy has a description of the "air, water & terrestrial lutin": "You are invisible when you like it; you cross in one moment
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These are the three highest pleasures of the bard:
To speak wisely
To act wisely
Conveying peace and harmony
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#celticwisdom #ancientwisdom #celtic #celticknowledge #ThursdayThoughts