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Celtic mythology features numerous magical cauldrons—Brân’s cauldron restores life, Cerridwen’s grants poetic inspiration & the Cauldron of Plenty magically replenishes with food or drink. All are likely precursors of the Holy Grail. #FolkloreThursday

🖼 Waterhouse/Rossetti

Happy birthday #HansChristianAndersen! In one of his most beloved tales, The Wild Swans, the heroine Elisa must pick stinging nettles and weave shirts for her enchanted brothers from them. Surprisingly, nettle was historically a textile base. #FolkloreThursday

🖼 Susan Jeffers

St. John's Wort, a flowering plant often used as a natural antidepressant, is named for its tendency to flower near the Summer Solstice & the Feast of St. John in June. St. John's Wort was hung outside one's door to protect the home from spirits or sickness. #FolkloreThursday

Edward Gorey's illustrations of Rumpelstiltsken for #FairyTaleTuesday

Hand Christian Andersen’s ‘The Wild Swans,’ illustrations by Susan Jeffers. #FairyTaleTuesday

Raised by wild coyotes, Pecos Bill could use a rattlesnake to lasso a cyclone. He rode a horse called Widow-Maker, and his favorite food was dynamite. Naturally, he met his paramour, Slue-Foot Sue, while she was riding a giant catfish down the Rio Grande. #FolkloreThursday

The mountain Himinbjörg stands at the point where Bifröst, the burning rainbow bridge, meets heaven. It's home to Heimdallr, who guards the bridge from jotnar. #MythologyMonday

Mahuika is a fire goddess in Māori mythology. Māui tricked her into giving him her flaming fingernails one by one, stealing the secret of fire for humanity. #FolkloreThursday

Read the whole story: https://t.co/r1VkQkiNtj

🖼️E. Mervyn Taylor

Livia's laurel tree soon became a thriving grove, and the Julio-Claudian emperors fashioned their crowns from its leaves. Under Nero, the entire grove of laurels suddenly died, which was seen as a sign of the dynasty's impending doom. #FolkloreThursday

Červená labuť (Red Swan) is a fairy tale compilation by Czech National Revival writers like Karel Jaromir Erben and Božena Němcová. It includes a Czech variation of the Russian Firebird tale. Gorgeous illustrations by Karel Svolinsky. #FairyTaleTuesday