Ohelo, a type of Whortleberry, grows in volcanic ash and pools of cooled lava. The fruit is sacred to Pele and safe to eat, but only if you offer a share to the goddess first.
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Crop of The Legend of the Volcanoes by Jesus Helguera
The other-world is a reversal of ours. Things plentiful here are in dearth there. When light there, our world is dark. The right hand here corresponds to the left there--Why people became wary of the left-handed: they could be spirits from that reversed world.
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The 1st rule of the Eleusinian Mysteries, was don’t talk about... but it’s believed the secretive ancient Greek cult let most anyone attempt initiation. Those who passed enjoyed a 9-day party-The Greater Mysteries-w/ singing, dancing & sacrifices, to celebrate. #FolkloreThursday
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Paracelsus's Homunculus Recipe:
Put human 'seed' in a sealed flask on low heat for 40 days. Feed the growth treated blood for 40 weeks.(1/2)(For a basilisk replace seed w/ menstrual blood)
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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
Naglfar is a battleship to be made of the dead's nail clippings (why Norse funerary rites included trimming the nails) and if completed, it slipping its moorings into the ocean is one of the events of Ragnorok (appocalypse).
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Viking Storm by KenHuys on Devianart
When Isis found the whole mortal coil stale she devised a scheme to get her own personal key to the gods’ realm—having Ra transfer the secret name written on his heart to hers. She poisoned Ra with a substance only she could neutralize so he was forced to acquiesce.
I thought I'd uncovered a hidden fairy arsenal in the backyard, but it seems the previous human occupants probably buried rusty nails and bits of metal in their flower garden because they thought it would turn pigment-impaired hydrangeas blue.
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