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#ShakespeareSunday
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

#FolkloreThursday
In Norse myths, Aegir was a sea giant he and his giant wife Ran lived in a eloquent hall beneath the ocean and are seen as the divine powers of the ocean. Aegir formed close ties with the Norse pantheon and was famous for hosting many lavish feasts for them.

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Cetus was a large sea monster sent by the Greek god Poseidon to devour princess, Andromeda, to punish her mother Cassiopeia for bragging that her daughter’s was prettier than the sea goddess. Cetus was killed by demigod Perseus who later on married Andromeda

#FairyTaleTuesday
Celtic Vampire-lore Scottish Baobhan Sith means “fairy woman”who appears as a red-head wearing a flowing Green gown that covers her deer hooves, in-place of feet. This night creature drinks human blood and sleeps in the day. She can morph into a crow or raven

#WyrdWednesday
“She tried to avoid the gaze of a particularly cross-eyed stoat.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

Art by Paul Kidby of the 'Wyrd Sisters'

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“Yet mad I am not...and very surely do I not dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat

'The Black Cat' Art by Iren Horrors at Deviant Art https://t.co/G3m9M2hEmy

#FolkloreThursday
An elderly man called Keith,
Mislaid his set of false teeth.
They'd been laid on a chair,
He'd forgot they were there,
Sat down, and was bitten beneath.
- Old Irish Limerick

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On February 14th - 15th the ancient Romans also celebrated Lupercalia revering Lupercus also known as Faunus meaning “The Wild One.” It's kin
Fauna meaning “Good Goddess."was the 'keeper of Mysteries,' (women only event.)

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Greek goddess Venus sends her son Cupid to punish the lovely mortal Psyche, yet Cupid is smitten with Psyche and defies Venus's orders. This tale depicts how mortals & gods both suffer, where spite sours their dreams,how only love & trust entangles the soul.

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Mad as a Hatter a term used in 1800's England, when factories used mercury in the production of felt,to weigh the hat down. Factory workers exposed too often to the metal developed mercury poisoning, which induced a type of dementia, or “mad hatter,' symptom.