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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

Mermaids by
Konstantin Makovsky
#FairyTaleTuesday

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

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

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

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

Long rumoured to possess magical properties in addition to being rare, in the time of King Louis the IX women were forbidden to wear diamonds, even queens, until courtesan Agnès Sorel broke the taboo centuries later.
Portrait by Jean Fouquet
#FolkloreThursday

Witches are said to be partial to Elder trees, often hiding their offspring beneath them. The progeny then mature into Holdikens: worms, bees, caterpillars, and butterflies that aid their parent witches in mischief.
#FolkloreThursday