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One last thread for #FolkloreThursday ~ I'm just going to post images related to some of my favorite bits of flower folklore...starting with foxgloves. They're sacred to the goddess Flora, who touched Hera on the breast and belly with them, to impregnate her with the god Mars.

Timeline cleanse: a thread of fairy tale art by English illustrator Warwick Goble. First up, some bird ladies

Green fairy clothing: green jackets & "nether garments" are in Cornish lore, while Highland folklore sees "green kilts & conical hats" & says "no woman would be clad in such a colour except a fairy woman" ~ also "green gowns" was a euphemism for fairy folk

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Just discovered (thanks to a friend) this artist: Alla Tsank. Gorgeous witchy autumn vibes in these paintings...

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Much like apples in Celtic folklore, in Chinese folklore peach trees symbolize immortality and/or longevity. Peaches were eaten during "The Feast of the Peaches" hosted by the Queen Mother of the West and the Jade Emperor, uniting divine and mortal existence.

In Somerset folklore, the Apple Tree Man was the name given to the spirit in the oldest tree in the orchard, where the orchard's fertility is thought to reside. Legends say wassailing the tree with cider might convince him to tell you where to find treasure. #FolkloreThursday

#12DaysOfChristmas Day 2! The Yule Log was chosen to bring good fortune, healing, prosperity and/or fertility, using trees such as birch, beech, holly, oak, and apple. The flames symbolize the solstice sun reborn.
May your Yule fires burn brightly. #yuletide #folklorethursday

#mythologymonday

Circe, arguably antiquity's first witch, turned Odysseus's men to pigs and wolves by tapping them with her wand after feeding them with a potion made of cheese, barley, honey, and wine mixed with powerful herbs

It has been theorized that mermaid legends may have in part been based on dugongs: gentle sea mammals with expressive eyes who, perhaps, prompted sailors, long at sea and lonely as salt, to, ahem, fantasize about beautiful women arising from the sea. #FolkloreThursday

The myth of Narcissus tells of a beautiful young man who became so enamored of his own reflection in a river that he refused to move from the spot, and eventually flowers (narcissi) grew there. Echo fell in love with him, but he only had eyes for himself. #FolkloreThursday