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The are the central deities of They the offspring of also known as All-father, who watches over all the worlds from his throne in Hlidskialf.

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St Christopher is the Catholic patron saint of travellers. Legend says he carried a child across the river. Midstream the child became heavier, but by great exertion the infant was safely delivered 2 the other side where he revealed himself as Jesus.
🎨Titian

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'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' is a Norwegian fairy tale which tells the story of a girl in search of her husband. Originally printed in 1914, Kay Nielsen's illustrations for the tale saw a number of reprints over the years
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Any body of fresh water. In Greek mythology, the Naiads are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.




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Joining Otso bear - the king of the forest from Finnish mythology is an Ogre from the first series
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LEPUS CORNUTUS The 'horned hair' was first described in Conrad Gessner's Historiae Animalium, Zurich, 1551-87. This led to the animal being included in many other important works of natural history. The Jackalope and Wolpertinger are other examples

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The constellation Gemini represents the twins Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri). When Castor was killed, Pollux shared his immortality with his brother, so they could alternate between the mortal realm and Olympus together.

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🌬️🌈🌬️Iris, Greek Goddess of the rainbow, is a messenger of the gods, and married to Zephyrus, God of the west wind. Her twin sister Arke, who betrayed the Olympians and turned messenger to the Titans, is represented by the rarely seen and paler, second rainbow.

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In Finnish, the aurora borealis is called revontulet, meaning “fox fires." The mythical tulikettu, or firefox, runs through the snowy hills of the far north, its tail whipping colorful sparks into the sky. No hunter can catch the firefox, as it's fast as wind.

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Saturn, as he appears in the 17th-century book, "Wonders of Creation".

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In Slavic the Domovoy is a spirit that lives within the hearth, protecting the humans and pets of the household. Although invisible, it reveals itself in noises and footsteps. If a gets restless during the night, he is playing with the domovoy.

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The Fudakaeshi is a yokai that tries to trick or tempt people into removing the Fuda (protection charm) from their homes so that she and other yokai can enter into the home. Art

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“[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honours upon creatures of a day-to you, thief of fire, I speak” (Aeschylus)

- Hermes, Messenger of the Gods & Psychopomp

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Before deciding on a location, put a pile of rocks or stakes at a home's potential corners. If you return & the markers are disturbed, pick a new site; the fairies aren't happy. They may even move your stakes to the spot they'd prefer you build on
Art: Alan Lee

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The World Tree is often shown as an ash or yew. Originally it was a cedar. https://t.co/KeCMnzQdci

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Mononoke are spirits that can possess people and even torture them, which is where Hayao Miyazaki got the title for "Princess Mononoke."

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In Aztec myth, the goddess Chantico ("she who dwells in the house") reigns over the fires in the family hearth. She guards homes from thieves & brings wealth & stability to families. She's often portrayed sitting on a chair with a flask under it.

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Hello folks! Our topic this Monday is home and social connection: share your stories of home & hearth, of ties that bind & sustain; tag it and your host will RT all day Monday (Pacific Time)!

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The Pythia was the god Apollo's mouthpiece, also known as the Oracle of Delphi, it was the major source of divination for ancient Greeks. The site was initially sacred to Gaia, & subsequently it was believed to be sacred to Poseidon, the god of earthquakes.

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