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You may see a man in the moon, but some see a rabbit in the patterns of its surface. The moon rabbit is the companion of the Chinese goddess Chang'e, & he's preparing the elixir of immortality for her with his mortar & pestle.

#FolkloreThursday
art:Daniel Skach-Mills

When Arthur's questing knight Yvain is spurned by his wife, he goes mad, running through the forests of adventure. He rescues a lion from a dragon attack, & the lion becomes his faithful companion, helping him reclaim his knightly virtues & win back his wife. #FolkloreThursday

We've said it before and we'll say it again: Watership Down was a formative novel. Written for young people but deeply mature, it follows a band of rabbits on an odyssey to find a new home--and introduces the reader to alpine culture and myth.

#InternationalChildrensBookDay

It's #InternationalChildrensBookDay & we're celebrating stories that changed our young lives. For Laurel, it's HC Andersen's collections of fairy tales; 'The Wild Swans' in particular, about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from an evil queen's spell.

#FairyTaleTuesday

...He seems (uncursed with reason) not to know
The depth or the duration of his woe...
-Sonnet: On Being Cautioned Against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic
Charlotte Turner Smith

#NationalPoetryMonth

Our #Spiderman podcast visits Greek mythology to unravel the story of Arachne, a great weaver, whose pride propelled her to challenge friendly neighborhood goddess Athena to a weaving contest. As punishment for her hubris, Arachne was transformed into a spider.
#MythologyMonday

This #MythologyMonday we're diving into the eternal battle between two Slavic deities for an upcoming blog. Perun, the supreme god of thunder, and Veles, god of the underworld, wolves, and bears fight for control of the world order. Their struggle manifests as heavy storms.