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

According to Chinese mythology, once every 6,000 gods and immortals of all kinds come from every corner of heaven and earth to participate in the Jade Emperor’s marvelous “Feast of Peaches”. There are served Xi Wangmu’s precious peaches of immortality.#FolkloreThursday

Probably as a result of having evolved in ancient times, when infant mortality was very high, Judaism doesn’t consider a baby to actually be a living being with a soul until some time *after* birth. Incidentally, that means it’s mostly fine with abortion. #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