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Wherever you know harm, regard that harm as your own & give your foes no peace. - from the Hávamál, 13th c. poem attributed to Odin
Fatherly advice from the All-Father. Happy Father's Day!
#fathersday #happyfathersday #norse #norsemythology
Art: Odin & Brunhilde, by F. Leeke
Interestingly, Mexico City has a similar origin story. The Aztecs, sought a new home, & a god had told them to find a lake where an eagle with a snake in its beak would stand on a nopal cactus growing from a rock. Where they saw it, they founded Tenochtitlan.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, folks. We have a bonus episode for you, episode 46: the Pooka!
https://t.co/aSDZyxAoXa
#StPatricksDay #Ireland #irish
Art by Alan Lee from Brian Froud's Faeries
Tatterhood is born to her queen mother riding on a goat & holding a wooden spoon. She goes on to save her sister from trolls & more. #FolkloreThursday #NationalStorytellingWeek2021 #trolls #norway #norwegian #fairytale
#legend #myth #girlpower #princess #princesses
Art: unknown
The Tulpar is a winged horse in Turkish & central Asian myth. Featured in the Kyrgyz Manas Epic, & other literature,
the tulpar were said to have been created by Kuday as the steeds of the most valiant heroes & could run as fast as the wind. #mythologymonday
@MythologyMonday
“The old hag” by Papaya-Style on deviantart.
Hags: S1, E2
https://t.co/U6jPw9troi
#hag #hags #nighthag #nightmare #nightmares #sleepparalysis #folklore #mythology #myths #mythsandlegends #mythsvsfacts #haunting #babayaga #blackannis #cailleach #cailleachbheur
John Scott of Easting in the Orkneys was a fiddler who spent a year underground pleasing the #trows with his music. Told he'd never again lack for money, he had but put his hand in his pocket when he wanted it & it appeared. Until he told someone his secret...#FairyTaleTuesday
Modern Medusa by @lgions 😍☕️🐍
https://t.co/7HiCKrV2Wj
Episode 39: Five Minutes of Folklore - the Yule Lads is out now!
https://t.co/jSRaTwIEEO
Artist unknown, maybe Brian Pilkington? please let us know if you know.
Episode 37: Tricksters is out now for your listening pleasure!
https://t.co/8bWzzaGJVf
Art is "Loki" by @Iren_Horrors. Check out her art at deviantart!