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Lake Avernus in southern Italy near an extinct volcano was an entrance to the underworld. According to the ancient Roman poet Virgil, the grove of Hecate and the cave of the Cumaean Sibyl lay nearby. It’s where Sibyl led Aeneas to his father in the underworld.

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2022-08-03


FAIRY PORTAL🧚‍♂️
..in pathworking, you can enter the fairy realm, through well, hill, sea, cavern, rock opening, wooded glade. Watery places symbolise the fluidic nature of time and space within the fairy realm..a magical place..

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2022-08-03

- Nemesis was a remorseless Greek, winged goddess of justice and revenge. Her name means “to give what is due.
Nemesis believed no one should ever have too much good, and she had always cursed those blessed with countless gifts. https://t.co/AK5mKaU1nt

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2022-07-28

Betrayal by magical means produces a child who grows up to kill his father in classic tale of revenge. offering a cup to and Circe Invidiosa, both by William
https://t.co/pPF7OWH1Nv

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2022-07-27

In the Revenge Of The Blind, we learn about Enrico Dandolo, the 42nd Doge of Venice, who was blinded in a drunken fight during a trip to the Byzantine Empire in 1171. In revenge for his suffering, he led a crusade to slaughter 15,000 Byzantines.

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2022-07-27

So desperate was the old man to regain his youth, that he grabbed the vial of healing water from Lancelot and gulped it down instantly. Then Lancelot watched in horror as the man’s wrinkles began to fade..
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2022-07-27


ZEUS🇬🇷
..of Greek Mythology, cursed the titan Prometheus, to die every day as revenge for him giving fire back to the mortals, after Zeus, took it away from them. By doing this, it allowed them to have some protection from the creatures of the dark..

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2022-07-27

The Girl Who Trod On A Loaf
Hans Christian Anderson
illustration by Arthur Szyk

A poor girl sinks into the Marsh King’s den where she is punished for her “wicked ways”🕸✨

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2022-07-21

It is often overlooked that once it had been arranged that Persephone would stay in the underworld for 6 months every year (one month for each pomegranate seed she had eaten), as Pluto’s queen she became his equal in ruling the underworld, & did so very well.

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2022-07-20

Hermes' first act in life was to steal Apollo's sacred herd of cattle, something a baby should not be capable of: and yet the gods will it. To make amends, he later made Apollo the first lyre, making Hermes the god of invention and theft both.

🖼: J. Rocco

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2022-07-13

💫Join us for Where the theme is theft legends.💫Give us your pickpocket legends, your jewel heist, your stolen Princess, your freebooters, & thieving deities. Give us your & you then!💫

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2022-07-12

According to legend, the first Emerald was a crown jewel worn by Lucifer. After his unsuccessful rebellion, his attire was destroyed but the gemstone tumbled out while he was falling. It's a long fall, after all.

🖼 A. Mucha, Emerald (his model on the left)

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2022-06-29

Baldr was trapped in Hel because one soul chose not to weep for him: Loki, disguised as a crone. Yet he will escape, once Hel is emptied for battle at Ragnarok: he will gather the surviving gods and humans and rebuild the worlds.

🖼: residentsmooth

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2022-06-22

In Arthurian legends, Arthur becomes King either by pulling a sword from the stone or by being given the sword Excalibur by the Lady of the Lake (art from Archetron)

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2022-06-15


In Chinese myth Guan Yu’s blacksmith was asked to make a weapon, as long as a spear with a sabre’s curved blade. A green dragon appeared as he was forging the blade. He cut it up, merged it into the weapon and created the magical Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

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2022-06-15

💫Join us for Where the theme is weaponry legends💫Give us your legendary swords, your enchanted axes & bows, your battle rams, your maces, & armed deities.💫 Give us your & you then!💫

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2022-06-14

The rainbow is depicted as an archer's bow in Hindu mythology. Indra, the god of thunder and war, uses the rainbow to shoot arrows of lightning.

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2022-06-09

' ... she was tall and great, shining, and wrapped in a thin garment as green as poison.' The Silver Chair. The Lady of the Green Kirtle is a splendid villain. Her residence in the underworld, &her green garments are typical of the fae.

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2022-06-08

In Greek mythology, the goddess Iris personifies the rainbow. In many stories, she carries messages from Olympus to the mortal realm. In other myths, the rainbow the path made by Iris as she flies, just like the wake left by a ship.

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2022-06-08

Indra, the Hindu goddess of thunder and war, uses the rainbow to shoot arrows of lightening.

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2022-06-08