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When servant incurred the ire of she pursued him in various shapeshifted forms until he became a grain of corn & was swallowed by her (in the form of a chicken): she then gave birth to him - transformed into the bard

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2020-05-18

Apollon, Frigg, Tezcatlipoca, and Wadjet 😊

Frigg by Sam Flegal
https://t.co/kCIMHUgyEW

Tezcatlipoca by Manwe Varda
https://t.co/c7ZQiwPznu

Wadjet by SillyJelly
https://t.co/zwbD9wAZH8

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2020-05-18

Pan Twardowski,in Polish folklore and literature, is a sorcerer who made a deal with the Devil.He sold his soul in exchange for special powers – such as summoning up the spirit of Polish King Sigismund Augustus' deceased wife – but he eventually met a tragic fate

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2020-05-18

Perseus and Andromeda (1720) by Hendrick Jacob Hoet (c. 1693–1733) The Bowes Museum. Andromeda is shackled to the rocks, threatened by the monster. Perseus approaches on Pegasus, the winged divine horse. Read all about it in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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2020-05-18

SO MANY old artists interpreted cyclopses as having normal brows below their eye, and I hate it.

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2020-05-11

An aspect of the Triple Goddess, the Full Moon signifies womanhood in its life-giving form of Mother. Beauty and power embodied, the Full Moon enlightens our emotions and inspires our spirits. In the Moon rules sign of deep, nurturing emotion.#MythologyMonday

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2020-05-12

Angrboða is a giantess who lives in Ironwood to the east and is the mother of Loki’s monstrous children: the wolf who will swallow Odin, the serpent who will slay Thor, and the woman who rules the realm of the dead who weren’t slain in battle.

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2020-05-11

Flora is the Roman of flowers & a nymph of the Islands of the Blessed. 💐 She was honoured with the annual festival of the Floralia, & is known as Khloris in the Greek pantheon. Wife of Zephyros the West-Wind, she was mother to Carpus, god of fruit.

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2020-05-11

Arthur Rackham’s Jewels from the Deep (1909) & his illustration from Imagina (1914), a tale by Julia Ellsworth in which two young boys implore: ‘O won’t you come out with us Mermaid & play! Please Mermaid come out where it’s sunny!’ 🌤 https://t.co/cEgrvg37os

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2020-05-11

Thread: (our feathered & winged friends) for & 🎨John as the eagle in the Book of Kells , in Dublin. 🎨The Morrigan (Irish goddess of death, with her ravens) by Ameluria. https://t.co/fjeM58vj1F

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2020-05-04

“derived from a circumstance which happened about 200 years ago, almost too ridiculous to be credited… an ancient possessor being said to have slain a noxious, cockatrice"
Slain by John Tallentire will a rowan branch.

https://t.co/dR79xhRH82

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2020-05-04

The roc is a giant legendary bird of prey that appears in Middle Eastern mythology, including the tales of Sinbad the Sailor. The legend could have come from the Malagasy crowned eagle or the elephant bird, both of which are now extinct.

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2020-05-04

In many Native American myths, thunder is caused by the flapping wings of the enormous thunderbirds. Thunderbirds were believed to be large enough to carry whales in their talons. Some myths claim they also control lightning, rain & hail.

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2020-05-04

More Greek gods for
This week, Hades, Hera, and Zeus

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2020-04-28

Odin traveled to Mimir’s well and wished to drink, which would grant magical wisdom. Mimir demanded a sacrifice and Odin separated his eye placed it in the pool and drank, and became wise.

Thus it was said Odin saw more with one eye then most did with two.

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2020-04-27

"Pesta" is the name of a lone, eerie figure, often described as an old woman, who brought the Black Death to Norway in 1349. Theodor Kittelsen (#BOTD 1857) created a series of haunting images, illustrating the pestilent ministry of the Medieval disease demon.

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2020-04-27

In Māori Mythology at the beginning Papa, Mother Earth & Rangi, Father Sky were locked together in a tight & continuing embrace. Their children force them apart so that the world can exist between them & let in the light. The lovers still grieve to this day.

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2020-04-27

The norns let the good times roll (since they appear to be in a loving rather than wicked mood as they weave this newborn’s fate) while a sjódreygil—sea ghost—howls and screams and dances in the flames with the seals. All in all, a memorable party for everyone.

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2020-04-20

Devana is the Slavic equivalent of the Roman goddess Diana, and Greek Artemis. She is the goddess of the wild, nature, forests, and the hunt.

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2020-04-20

Mary and Martha of Bethany were two of Jesus’ closest friends. The Bible calls them “sisters” who lived together, some biblical scholars raise the possibility that Mary and Martha were in fact a lesbian couple.
Art: Alessandro Allori

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2020-04-20