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In Kodama are the spirits of trees, similar to dryads of Greek mythology. While they are attached to specific trees, they can also move freely through forests and can appear as glowing orbs of light. They maintain the balance of nature.

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The Barnacle Tree-a botanical myth of a tree with barnacles that opened to reveal geese.Legend of this tree was very old(and denounced as false)Tales of tree were popular with herbalists until 18C.Found in ‘small llande in Lancashire called the Pile of Foulders’

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A Will-O'-the-Wisp (or "Ignis Fatuus", in Latin) is a being or phenomenon appearing in much of European folklore, especially English. It is a mysterious, floating light that appears in a forest. Some say they lead travelers astray - others, towards safety...#FolkloreThursday

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A Leshy is a Slavic forest spirit. He protects the forest & can trick OR help wanderers. In the forest centre they are giants & shrink the further they leave. If 2 leshy meet they will fight for territory. The evidence is in the fallen trees scattered about.

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A Grimm fairy tale called "Brother & Sister" is the story of two siblings who venture into a forest to escape their evil stepmother. The stepmother, a witch, bewitches the forest springs. The brother drinks from one & transforms into a deer.

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For I wanted to highlight some of my favorite monsters: The Fearsome Critters! They're cryptids that were recorded by American lumberjacks during the 1930s. I made a collage of some of my favorites. I also added Mothman since, to me, he fits alongside them.

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For eight days the stranger anguished without food or water until at last the boy could take it no more, ignoring his father's orders and giving Grimnir food and water before the fire. Grimnir thanked him, before revealing he was Odin, come with a reckoning.

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"Pembrokeshire witches were accustomed to go to sea in egg-shells, because their foremothers came from Flanders by the same means. The Flemings were credited with having imported a 'new breed of witches,' who were a terror to West Wales."
Folklore of Wales, 1909

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Today, I learned that we have many foodies amongst us, You all rock! This is Crystal signing off and running toward the pantry. The ever awesome will join on at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. Enjoy your week! (Image: Sleepy Art)

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🍞🌿🧀The young leaves and flower-buds of the Hawthorn tree were commonly known as 'bread and cheese' as they were an accessible and nutritious foraged food.

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- Medieval Lore: The Curious Myth of the Origin Barnacle Geese https://t.co/8nXxQxmbaa

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Literary fairy tales often dwelled on food fantasies because famines, & keeping the “wolf from the door,” were worries for centuries. Hansel & Gretel finding the house made of gingerbread was, & is, the stuff of delicious dreams.🧁

🎨Vogel, Kubel, & Vtorenko

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In medieval Northern Europe butter was big business. If it was ruined, & a fortune lost, it was believed the milking had been done by a witch -“the devil’s milkmaid”, or her familiar the milk hare, itself a shape-shifted witch, & the churning by the devil.

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In many tales, the heroine gets to marry the prince thanks to the food she cooks. In ‘The Daughter of the Sun' the girl's true royal identity is revealed through the tasty food she cooks in various ways, such as by leaping in the oven's fire w/o getting burned.

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Thank you all for an appetising spread of fabulous food lore friends this is off to get a cup of reviving coffee but the amazing will be back to share more of your finds at 1pm GMT+1(pic:C17th London coffee house Welcome collection)

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Why do spiders have eight thin legs? Anansi the Spider was invited to eight meals and wanted to go to all of them, so he had one foot at each table: he was stretched so thin for want of food, his legs became thinner than strings!

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Thank-you so much for a delicious feast of food lore to start the day. This is here to guest host and share your tweets for the next repast🍰(Pic: The Fig tree from Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal 1737).

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Cuchulainn was practically unbeatable in battle, a tradeoff for his two geas: the first was he was unable to deny food offered him, simple enough; but the second was that if he ate dog meat, he would meet his doom defending Ulster.

🖼: S. Reid

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