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Welsh Arthurian hero Culhwch was born in the wilderness as his mother was insane, living as a wild animal. A stampeding herd of pigs shocked the woman back to sanity and caused her to give birth. She christened her son "Culhwch" ("pig run") to honor the event.
#FolkloreThursday

In "Loathly Lady," one of King Arthur's knights marries a woman cursed to be ugly. Her curse is broken when he realizes she should make her own choices in the marriage instead of him dictating terms. This focus on the wife's choices is unusual in a medieval tale
#FairyTaleTuesday

In some versions of the Norse legend of Sigurd, the blood of the dragon Fafnir is a burning poison. However, in other versions, drinking Fafnir's blood allows Sigurd to talk to animals or bathing in the blood makes his skin so hard that no weapon can pierce it.
#MythologyMonday

When Odysseus enters the Greek Underworld to find the prophet Tiresias, he sacrifices a ram and a ewe. The dead come forth, eager to drink the sheep blood. However, Odysseus refuses to let any other shade approach until Tiresias drinks and delivers his prophecy.
#MythologyMonday

First record of Merlin is Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History of the Kings of Britain." Geoffrey based Merlin on the Welsh prophet Myrddin, from 100 years after King Arthur, but had him perform magic previously attributed to Arthur's father Uther and uncle Ambrosius.
#FolkloreSunday

"Dawn.... Soon all the birds are telling each other their dreams.... Why did I ever leave this place? I want to walk here forever. I want to struggle with the alligators.... I want to be alive and grow and rise up."
-Alan Moore & Stephen Bissette, Swamp Thing #24
#SwampSunday

A fairy doctor was a kind of wise woman or cunning man in Ireland who was taught good magic by fairies. They were called "fairy doctors" because they used their magic to heal people hurt by bad fairies just like a regular doctor healed those hurt by diseases.
#FolkloreSunday

"The Red Bull was the color of blood, not the springing blood of the heart but the blood that stirs under an old wound that never really healed. A terrible light poured from him.... His horns were pale as scars."
-Peter S. Beagle, "Last Unicorn"
🎨"Last Unicorn" film
#BookWormSat

"The Queen of Fairies she caught me,
In yon green hill to dwell.
And pleasant is the fairy land,
But, an eerie tale to tell,
Aye, at the end of seven years,
We pay a tithe to Hell.
I am so fair and full of flesh,
I'm feared it be mysel'"
-Tam Lin (Scottish poem)
#FairyTaleTuesday

In one version, the Wolf tricks Little Red Riding Hood into eating and drinking part of her grandmother by preparing it like regular meat and wine in the kitchen. A talking cat warns the girl what she's truly eating, but Red Riding Hood ignores the warning.
#FaustianFriday