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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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
The protection their innocence engendered was thought to extend to the whole ship, so sailors thought it good luck to travel with children.
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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.
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Will-o'-wisp by Ilyich at Deviant Art
Partial stanza from a poem by Tennyson, mentioning feral children
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Painting: The 1001 nights of Snowfall by James Jean
Just about my favorite thing to do: recommend stories that I love!
The Black Fairy’s Curse by Karen Jay Fowler: A piercingly unique refurb of the Sleeping Beauty tale as a dream interrupted.
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Sing for your supper if you must, but not during it, or you’ll soon suffer disappointment (choking, maybe?). Also, make sure not to sing before breakfast, or you’ll cry before dinner.
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Singer with a Glove by Degas