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In their early years, mermaids spend most of their time fascinated by humans, they try do understand them, mimic their ways. Over time they lose interest in their cousins above, let go of who they think they should be, and become who they were meant to be. #fairytaletuesday (ALT)
“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
Art by Tolkien: 'Halls of Manwe on the Mountains of the World above Faerie', July 1928.
Illustration for Ukrainian folk tale “Wolf’s Song” by Yevgeny Rachyov, 1956 #folklorethursday
"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."
~Roald Dahl
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Mari Lwyd is a wassailing custom of South Wales; a decorated horse skull over a sack cloth. The men would carry her to local homes, where they would request entry through song and banter. If successful, the team would be permitted entry and given food and drink.
Art: yviell
Samhain is the first month of the Irish calendar, and the beginning of the dark half of the year. In Gaelic folklore it is this time the Cailleach lays out her cloak and walks with her frosty hammer, covering the land in ever-increasing white.
via David Sheldon