When the Sun used to live as a man among the San of the Kalahari the world was dark. When he lifted his arms bright light escaped from his armpits. Eventually he was flung into the sky & now lights the entire world. #FolkloreThursday
Brian Froud Illustration
Before you start building a new home, put a pile of rocks or stakes at the potential corners. If you return & the markers are disturbed, pick a different site; the fairies aren't happy. They may even move your stakes to the spot they'd prefer. #FolkloreThursday
Art: Alan Lee
Owarete mo, Isoganu furi no Chocho kana!
[Ah, the butterfly! Even when chased, it never has the air of being in a hurry.]
Art: Ohara Koson
Taken from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn https://t.co/E9fdh0wAh1
#FolkloreThursday
After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time
(I apologize; I had to.)
Greek myth claims the Typhon wins the prize for biggest monster. Not hard to believe with Gaia for a mother and a reputed 100 heads.
His mate Echidna is a half human/half serpent people-eater.
The happy couple produced many notorious children.
#mythologymonday
Fun Facts about Hera!!!
1) Hera was as an independent goddess before the Greeks gave up trying to suppress her cults and married her off to Zeus, conquering both the land of Greece and a woman-centered religion. #FolkloreThursday
Illustration from HanieMohd
The Seelie & Unseelie are the light & dark courts of the Fae respectively. Seelie even shares a root with the Scottish word for "happy." But don't let that fool you, the Seelie are just as dangerous as their more covertly destructive counterparts. #FolkloreThursday Art: B. Froud
Naglfar, a ship fated to sail during Norse end times, was to to be built entirely from the finger/toe nails of corpses. To deprive the otherworld of materials & delay the ship's construction, funerary tasks often included trimming the nails of loved ones. #MythologyMonday
The sun used to live among the San of the Kalahari as a man, unusual only in that when he lifted his arms bright light escaped his armpits. Eventually he was flung into the sky to drive out the prior darkness of the world. #FolkloreThursday
Brian Froud Illustration