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In both China and Japan the goose is linked with the moon. It was common for the family of a bride to give a goose as a gift to the groom.
#SuperstitionSat #birds #ukiyoe
Art: 'White-fronted Goose' & 'White Fronted Goose & Full Moon' - Ohara Koson.

Gashadokuro are giant rattling skeletons wandering in the dead of night, often on old battlegrounds. Their teeth chatter & bones rattle. If you unluckily encounter one they'll likely crush you or bite off your head.
#FaustianFriday #yokai
🎨Matthew Meyer, https://t.co/xobtRY1SJl

In the Japanese variant of the myth, there were 10 ravens who flew from a mulberry tree to bring light to the world in the form of 10 suns. The archer Yi shot 9 of the birds/suns down to avoid the excess light burning up the world.
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🎨Sun card from Chinese Tarot, Jui Guoliang

Arianrhod is a Welsh goddess of the moon and stars. Her name means ‘silver wheel.’ She is believed to carry souls to the afterlife to await rebirth. Her palace is 'Caer Arianrhod,' a title also used in Welsh for the constellation Corona Borealis.
#FolkloreThursday
🎨Anne Stokes

'The Damsel of the Holy Grail' - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1874
#FairyTaleTuesday #preraphaelite

'The Death of King Arthur' - James Archer, 1860.
#FairyTaleTuesday

'A White Cat Playing with a String' - Utagawa Hiroshige II, 1863.
#Caturday #ukiyoe #cat #Japan

'Peach Blossoms in Bloom at Nonaka Kannon Temple' from the series 'One Hundred Views of Osaka' - Utagawa Yoshitaki, 1860.
#ukiyoe #art #Japan #birds

In #JapaneseFolklore, kijo are female demons. They appear as hideously ugly woman often with sharp horns, long claws, red eyes, wild hair & dressed in rags. These #yokai are women who were transformed into monsters due to jealousy, crimes or hatred.
#MythologyMonday
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Chione was the goddess of snow in Greek mythology. She was a daughter of Boreas, god of the wintry north wind. She was also the consort of Poseidon, god of the sea, & mother of Eumolpus who she threw into the sea (it's ok, Poseidon rescued him)
#FolkloreThursday
🎨Jen Hallbrown