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Rannamaari was a sea monster that once haunted the people of the Maldives. Once a month, a girl would be chained to a rock, & be eaten by Rannamaari to appease his wrath.

#SuperstitionSat
In Transylvania, the weather on a day you pick will predict your future. This is according to a myth of old lady Dochia who journeyed to take her sheep up in the mountains at first sight of spring. When she started her journey, she had nine coats on. 1/3

Coffee table made of layered glass, made to look like the depths of the ocean. Created by Christopher Duff of Duffy London. Beautiful and unique!

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Snow White, abstract art

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The Swedish Huldra, is a beautiful, wild, troll-like female known for living in the woods. She has the tail of a cow which she will often hide behind her back when meeting with a human. She is also rumored to be one of Adam and Eve's hidden children.

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Queen of Elphame is the elfin queen of Faerie, or Fairyland, mentioned in Scottish witch trials.

🎨Prince Arthur and the Fairy Queen . (c. 1788) By Henry Fuseli.

#MythologyMonday
Helen of Troy was the daughter of Zeus and Leda in Greek mythology, although her putative father was Tyndareus. A twin sister of Clytemnestra, she was considered to be the most beautiful woman in the known world.

🎨Clytemnestra (left), Helen (right)

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PRINCESS AND THE PEA
A prince who wanted to find a real princess to marry, found her after his mother slipped a pea in below 20 mattresses & had princesses sleep on them overnight. The real princess woke up the next day from a sleepless night & bruised.

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HARPIES (Greek Myth)
by Virgil: Bird-bodied, girl-faced things they are; abominable their droppings, their hands are talons, their faces haggard with hunger insatiable.
By Aeschylus: they snore with repulsive breaths, they drip from their eyes hateful drops.

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Ashrays, (Water Lovers), are translucent water creatures that are often mistaken for sea ghosts. They can be either gender & are only under water. They're completely nocturnal. If captured & exposed to sunlight ashrays melt and only a puddle of water remains.