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It is #WorldArtDay. In #GreekMythology, #Athena, as well as being #goddess of #Wisdom and #strategy, is also goddess of #art, #craft and #creativity. A tale including #Art and #Athena is the #myth of the #tapestry #weaving #competition between the goddess and the #mortal #Arachne
10. In the #OldTestament, #Leviathan appears as a #multiheaded #SeaSerpent that is killed by #God and given as #food to the #Hebrews in the wilderness.
#FairyTaleTuesday 11/11
7. In #Norse #Mythology, the #Kraken is a giant #Octopus that would wrap its large #tentacles around the #ships and pull them to the bottom of the #sea, devouring the drowning #sailors as the ships sank to the sea bed.
#FairyTaleTuesday 8/11
5. In #GreekMythology, #Thetis was a #goddess of the #sea and leader of the 50 #Nereids. Her son was #destined to be #famous but to die #young. She did all she could to #protect him; that son was #Achilles.
She is presented amazingly by @MillerMadeline
#FairyTaleTuesday 6/11
3. In #GreekMythology, #Sirens were half bird, half woman creatures who lived by the #water. They lured #sailors into crashing their ships into jagged rocks with their beautiful #song.
They are NOT #MERMAIDS!
#FairyTaleTuesday 4/11
2. In #Scottish and #Celtic #Mythology, #Kelpies were #supernatural #horses of the empty #lakes and dark #lochs. They came to the surface, lured #children onto their back before returning to the #depths and drowning them. Occasionally they took #human form.
#FairyTaleTuesday 3/11
Finally, after just over a month of avoiding #spoilers, the #shops have reopened and I have gotten my hands on my pre ordered special edition version of @cassieclare new #ShadowhunterBook, #ChainOfIron!
Time to start #reading!
#Shadowhunters #TheLastHours
In #GreekMythology, #Momos/#Momus was the #god or #daimon of #mockery, #blame, #ridicule, #scorn, #complaint and #Harsh #criticism. He #ridiculed and #mocked multiple #gods and so was #expelled from #Olympus by #Zeus. He is the son of #Nyx and #Erebus and is the #twin of #Oizys
Today is #NationalUnicornDay! The #Unicorn can be seen first in #Mesopotamian #mythology as a #horse or a #goat with a #horn. It was said that those who drank from its horn were #protected from stomach trouble and #poison
#Pegasus was not a Unicorn, nor do #Unicorns have #wings