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#JackFrost, is the amazing #WinterWeather spirit that leaves frosty fern-like patterns on windows & nips the extremities in cold weather. He leaves #frost wherever he goes & personifies crisp, cold, wintry weather. Magically depicted in many #ChristmasMovies. #FolkloreThursday
In Scandinavian #folklore the Tomten sleeps under farmhouse floorboards until #winter; when he wakes to prepare for #Christmas! Cleaning, baking sweets & trimming the #ChristmasTree. All he asks in return, is a bowl of porridge with LOTS of butter #ChristmasEve. #FolkloreThursday
One of my favorite #FairyTales is "The Emperor's New Clothes." I just love the premise of this story. Where a pompous King believes he's parading around the finest material; invisible to all who are stupid or incompetent. When in reality he is just a naked fool. #FairyTaleTuesday
In Welsh #myth,"Cŵn Annwn" are the white Hellhounds of Annwn. The hounds hunt human souls to guide them on. They are known to hunt from Christmas' 12th night & meet their "Wild" hunting party at the crossroads. Their paws make the mandrakes scream! #MythologyMonday
Djinn are supernatural creatures in early Arabian lore & later adapted into Genies. Djinn are beings of flameless fire that can assume different shapes.They love punishing humans! However, knowing the proper magical procedure will exploit them to your advantage. #FolkloreThursday
Greco-Roman #myth, tells the tale of Daphne. Who was under Cupid's curse, the unwilling object of infatuation from Apollo. Just before being raped by him, Daphne pleaded to her father for help, so he transformed her into a laurel tree to save her. #mythologymonday
The Iberian version of El Coco is called a Bugbear. Although, the Bugbear was more of a sort of hobgoblin(sometimes with a pumpkin head).Only eating disobedient children. 'Bugbear' is also a figure of speech, representing an irrational or exaggerated #Fear. #FolkloreThursday
In Spanish lore, the #monster under the bed is El Coco. The child-eating hairy beast who devours children! Often hiding in closets or under beds, it only eats children that misbehave when they are told to go to bed. #FolkloreThursday
The ever-debated 'hollow earth' tells of Agartha. The subterranean world inside our planet, illuminated by a tiny sun; with mountains, forests & lakes. Where intelligent humanoids reside. Entrances exist at the poles & in caverns, honeycombed through the planet. #FolkloreThursday
Not to be confused with Babayaga, is the bogeyman, Babaroga! With a giant horn protruding from her forehead, Babaroga is the hag who snatches misbehaving children through cracks in the ceiling. Shoving them in a bag, she drags them to her cave to be devoured!#FairyTaleTuesday