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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

Central Asian lore has tales of the Vegetable Lambs of Tartary: sheep that grow from plants. They stay connected to the plant by stems resembling umbilical cords & can only graze as far as the cords allow. Once all nearby plants have been eaten, the sheep die. #FolkloreSunday

The Tlingit & Haida tribes have a creation myth of the orca whale. During a hunting trip, a young warrior, Natsilane, gets thrown overboard by his brothers & left for dead. He survives & carves a whale out of cedar wood, which comes to life & drowns his brothers. #MythologyMonday

The Malaysian penanggalan looks like a woman by day, but at night detaches its head from its body & flies around with its spinal column & internal organs dangling while it hunts for prey. It uses its long tongue as a straw to drain humans to death. #FolkloreSunday

The nasnas is the monstrous offspring of a human & a demon in Arab folklore. It's described as half a human: half a head, half a body, one arm, one leg, & sometimes a bat-like wing. But they're agile at hopping, & can beat a human to death with their one hand. #FolkloreSunday

The Scottish folktale heroine Molly Whuppie is the youngest of three sisters taken hostage by a giant. She tricks the giant into killing his own daughters instead of her & her sisters. After they escape, she returns to steal a sword, a purse, & a ring. #FairyTaleTuesday

In Greek myth, the great inventor Daedalus takes on his nephew Perdix as an apprentice. When Perdix surpasses his uncle in ingenuity, Daedalus gets jealous & tries to push him off a tower to his death. The goddess Athena turns Perdix into a bird to save him. #MythologyMonday

Changing Woman, the revered Navajo goddess, represents the earth's changing seasons, the life cycle, & the transitions in a girl/woman's life, such as menarche, weddings, & childbirth. She becomes an old woman every winter & a young woman again by spring. #FolkloreSunday

Peri (or pari) are winged, fairy-like beings in Persian myth who live in the land of Paristan on Mount Qaf. Originally they were spirits denied entry to Paradise until they completed atonement. Under Islamic influence, they became more benevolent & mischievious. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the 13th-century Old Norse poem Völsunga Saga, the hero Sigmund & his son Sinfjötli find magic wolf pelts that transform people into wolves for ten days. They wear the pelts & go on a violent rampage, which ends with Sigmund nearly killing Sinfjötli. #MythologyMonday