Guy Reismanさんのイラストまとめ

According to Egyptian mythology, the sun god Ra’s solar barge, Mesektet, takes 24 hours to complete a trip: 12 in the living land, during the day, and 12 during the night, taking an hour to pass through each of the underworld’s 12 gates. It is a perilous journey.#FolkloreThursday

To demonstrate to king Math fab Mathonwy that his sister, Arianrhod, would be a faithful wife, Gwydion of Welsh mythology had her step over a magic wand. She instantly gave birth to the sea god Dylan ail Don and the future king of Gwynedd, the mighty Lleu Llaw Gyffes.#Folklore

Among the challenges set to the Norse gods by the devious giant Utgard was a wrestling match between Thor and some old lady - whom he could not beat. In fact, he was wrestling Elli, the avatar of Old Age herself, whom even the strongest god can’t out-wrestle...#FolkloreThursday

In exchange for sex, the Cumaean Sibyl of Greek mythology extracted from Apollo a promise that she’ll live for as many years as grains of sand in her palm. He had the last laugh: she eventually grew so old she herself shrunk to the size of a grain of sand... #FolkloreThursday

In Polish folklore, someone born with teeth has two souls. If they die young and aren’t decapitated and buried in two spots, the soul that remains will become a demonic witch called a strzyga, which flies about in the shape of an owl to suck the blood of the living.#Folklore

Jewish proverb: “When there are no songbirds, a crow is as good as a nightingale.” #FolkloreThursday