Before deciding on a location, put a pile of rocks or stakes at a home's potential corners. If you return & the markers are disturbed, pick a new site; the fairies aren't happy. They may even move your stakes to the spot they'd prefer you build on
Art: Alan Lee
#mythologymonday
A Germanic legend states will-o'-the-wisp are the souls of unbaptized children; to free them, one need only throw a handful of consecrated ground at the fiery orbs of light. #folklorethursday
Art: Hermann Hendrich
Amaranth, meaning never fading, was a sacred flower to the Greeks & Romans who considered the long lived blossom a representation of immortality, often using it to honor heroes at their funerals.
#FolkloreThursday
Before deciding on a location, put a pile of rocks or stakes at a home's potential corners. If you return & the markers are disturbed, pick a new site; the fairies aren't happy. They may even move your stakes to the spot they'd prefer you build on. #FolkloreThursday Art: Alan Lee
A Germanic legend states will-o'-the-wisp are the souls of unbaptized children; to free them, one need only throw a handful of consecrated ground at the fiery orbs.
Will-o'-wisp by Ilyich at Deviant Art
#FairyTaleTuesday
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 ships construction, funerary tasks often included trimming the nails of loved ones. #FolkloreThursday
All was dark when the sun used to live as a man among the San of the Kalahari; he was unusual only in that when he lifted his arms bright light escaped from beneath. Eventually he was flung into the sky to light the entire world. #FolkloreThursday
Brian Froud Illustration
The protection their innocence engendered was thought to extend to the whole ship, so sailors thought it good luck to travel with children. #FolkloreThursday
Vladimir Kush's Departure of the Winged Ship
A Germanic legend states will-o'-the-wisp are the souls of unbaptized children; to free them, one need only throw a handful of consecrated ground at the fiery orbs. #folklorethursday
Will-o'-wisp by Ilyich at Deviant Art