oldeuropeancultureさんのイラストまとめ

Early Neolithic figurine from Macedonia, depicting anthropomorphised house...And a wedding ritual from Macedonia, in which bride and groom entered the groom's house for the first time between the legs of his mother, the mistress of the house. https://t.co/AYh5PoMkry

Which is why in these parts of the world dragons breath fire, steal water and cause droughts and death...

And we have all the thunder gods chasing them away...

And on this wall painting, from the KV1 tomb of the Twentieth Dynasty pharaoh Ramesses VII, depicting a sistrum with papyrus flowers growing out of it...

During the Jin dynasty (266–420 AD), the qilin was depicted as wreathed in flame and smoke, with a dragon-like head, scales, and the body of a powerful hooved beast such as a horse...

In this thread I will talk about the Minister of Thunder himself...

Here we go:

This divinity rides on a "black unicorn"...

Not this 🙂

Which is why in these parts of the world dragons breath fire, steal water and cause droughts and death...

And we have all the thunder gods chasing them away...

And the reason for that, the legend states, is that the Jade Emperor promised that those carp which could reach the Dragon Gate, and could leap over the waterfall, would turn into mighty dragons...

Thread: There is a Chinese legend about the The Dragon Gate located at the top of a Yellow River waterfall cascading from a legendary Longmen mountain...

https://t.co/ZDOJ3f2SGt

And, why was the thunder drum made from the hide of an "blue ox with no horns who comes out of the eastern sea"? Well, remember that the bull, ox, cow and calf, are animal calendar markers that mark the beginning of the calving season of the wild Eurasian cattle, Apr/May...

And finally: In 1841 Medii Aevi Kalendarium (https://t.co/wRGVAPKvrt), Hampson says: "Candle that is lighted on Christmas Day must be so large as to burn from the time of its ignition to the close of the day, otherwise it will portend evil to the family for the ensuing year"...