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In the Italian tale "Biancabella & the Snake," a marquis's wife falls asleep in her garden, & a snake slithers up inside her. She later gives birth to twins: a human girl named Biancabella & a snake named Samaritana wrapped around her sister's neck. #FairyTaleTuesday

In many Latin American countries, the color of your underwear on New Year's Eve is believed to impact the coming year. Yellow brings prosperity, red brings romance, white brings peace, green brings good luck, & blue brings good health. #SuperstitionSat

The Marabbecca is a creature invented by Sicilian parents to warn their children against playing too close to wells. The Marabbecca will snatch the nearest child, pull them down into the well, & drown them. #FolkloreThursday

Bears are revered creatures in Finnish myth. The Otso, or Kings of the Forests, are highly intelligent & divine bear spirits. Some legends claim they're created when a human flees civilization & becomes transformed by the forest. #MythologyMonday

In the Sumerian legend The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Cedar Forest is the glorious realm of the gods, guarded by the demigod Humbaba. Early versions of the legend place this forest in the mountains of Iran, while Babylonian retellings place it in Lebanon. #FolkloreThursday

Kelpies are shapeshifting water spirits who lure people into lakes & drown them. The Scottish folktale "The Kelpie & the Ten Children" is a cautionary tale of children lured onto a beautiful horse's back, only for the horse to jump into a lake. #FairyTaleTuesday

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In the Belgian tale "The Swan Maidens & the Silver Knight," seven swans (actually seven cursed princesses turned into swans) help a knight rescue an imprisoned princess. The latter helps the cursed princesses regain human form by knitting seven magic coats. #FairyTaleTuesday

Yacatecuhtli is the Aztec god of commerce & business travelers. His symbol is a bundle of sticks. To honor him, merchants would travel with sticks. At night they'd tie them together & sprinkle them with blood from their ears. This guaranteed success in sales. #MythologyMonday

In Finnish, the aurora borealis is called revontulet, meaning “fox fires." The mythical tulikettu, or firefox, runs through the snowy hills of the far north, its tail whipping colorful sparks into the sky. No hunter can catch the firefox, as it's fast as wind. #FolkloreThursday