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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

It is prudent to tickle a newborn's nose with pepper as soon as possible—for babies aren't safe from the fairies until after their first sneeze. #FolkloreThursday
Art: Brian Froud

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

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