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The Persian king Kai Kavus is blinded & shut up in a cave by the White Demon. The hero Rostam slays the demon, then uses its blood to restore the king’s sight. 1/2 #MythologyMonday

The beautiful nix of the mill-pond reaches up & draws down a miller’s boy underwater. A tale from the Grimm brothers. 🎨 Jiri Trnka. #FairyTaleTuesday

He rose from the fathomless depths to tell them about the curious squid & the ugly anglerfish but he never spoke of the singing siren he had met. She remained his secret.
#whistpr

The Questing Beast is a mystery. Some say it has the head of a snake, leopard body & yelps like 30 ravenous hounds. Others say it it’s like a cute wee white fox. 1/2 #FolkloreThursday

Froggie Went a-Courtin’, a 16th century Scottish ballad possibly about queen Mary Stuart became a #folksong for Woody Guthrie, Burl Ives & others. #FolkloreThursday

St Anthony was tempted by demons in the desert. Artists love this scene. In one legend 2 friendly demons help him find his way back out of the desert. #FolkloreThursday

The Pied Piper of Hamelin who took away the rats & then the children. The legend may refer to the town’s youths emigrating abroad. Here’s an image of him from 1592 & my sketch of today #FolkloreThursday

Greek myth: At least the frightful gorgon Medusa could be slain bur her sisters, Euryale with the loudest scream & Sthenno the most ferocious one were immortal.
#FolkloreThursday

At night Dracula might transform himself into a bat, a dog, a wolf or even a fog. #WorldDraculaDay

#FolkloreThursday It is said a dragon horse rose out of the Yellow River with a mystic chart inscribed on its back from which the written language of China was created