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Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and takes to the sky like a bird in flight. Who do you think will be her lover? https://t.co/gvFNAOBHpn

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Today's theme is the folklore of Meet the greatest pirate ever: Ching Shih (1775-1844). She commanded 1200 ships & 75000 & triumphed against the English, Portuguese & Chinese navies! So respected, she became Lin Zexu's advisor in the Opium Wars

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is called the 'Dark Mother of the Woods' & is sacred to the 3rd phase of the the Known as Morrígan or Caillech or Beira, ‘Goddess of Winter’—the waning of life, waning year, and waning moon. 🍂🌗🌘🌒🌒🦉#FolkloreThursday
https://t.co/x8MaWNDrf2

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Nuwa is one of the oldest Chinese deities. She was a creator and protector of animals and people. Ancient Chinese society was matriarchal, and childbirth was believed to be a miraculous occurrence, that did not involve males.

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In March sow garden herbs:

“In March & in April from morning to night,
In sowing & setting good housewives delight,
To have in a garden or other like plot,
To physic their house, or to furnish their pot.”
(Good husbandry 1753)
🎨 Waterhouse

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Pencil & watercolour sketch of a Mermaid. A symbol of freedom & independence.

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The Lady of the Lake is often represented as evil in medieval literature but in 'Le Morte d'Arthur' she has a very good reason to entrap Merlin under a rock. He has fallen in love with her and will not leave her alone.

🎨Rackham & Speed Lancelot

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Some “Queen Bees”: Melissa (ancient Greece), Colel Cab (Mayan), Mellona (ancient Rome), Beyla (Norse), Austeja (Lithuania)-- Goddesses associated with bees, honey, beekeeping, fertility & survival of the world
Lovely 🎨by Q. Cassetti: https://t.co/MhCo4sXrl5

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Lilith - 1st partner of Adam, is a complex creature: A demon, a child killer, a temptress... a goddess.
She’s the sexuality that women are told to hide, & the anger that is too much to show in public.
She’s the overwhelming lust that comes on without warning.

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Snowdrops symbolise innocence and purity.

I've learned about being pure and innocent. Beauty seeking is a tireless pursuit.

If you look around the edges... you'll find them everywhere.

Big green stems and the fluffy white canopy.


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Today’s is all about Seas And Rivers! In English folklore, hags like Peg Powler, Jenny Greenteeth and Nelly Longarms haunt ponds, streams and rivers, catching and eating any children who stray too close to the water’s edge.

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"I was impressed by and I'm even more taken with
- Kim Newman

See what the eminent critic & , said about our films...

-The Droving
https://t.co/Mu4EQfIKyB
-Hex review:
https://t.co/1uMDUKP2tt

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Sail ye the Seven Seas? It's easier than you'd think: the term refers not to seas but the seven "oceans" according 19th century sailors: the North & South Atlantic, the North & South Pacific, the Indian, the Arctic and Southern oceans.

🖼: I. Aivazovsky

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Tir na nOg is the Irish Otherworld, ruled over by a number of Lords and Ladies, Manannan mac Lir above them all. It means Land of Youth and is one of many names: it is the Land of Women, the Land of Promise, the Plains of Delight, and Isle of Apples

🖼: S. Reid

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Though her husband Ægir was the embodiment of the sea and Njord was the god of the sea, Ran was the goddess of the sea's unpredictability, keeping the souls of dead sailors for herself. Her daughters made up the waves; her nets were wide.

🖼: Knightfir3

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The Grindylow is a creature of British folklore, that lurks in rivers, ponds and marshes, and drags children to the deepest areas of the shallows.

They're sometimes known as Jenny Greenteeth.

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Lord of Tir na nOg, Manannan is the Son of Lir, the old Irish sea god. Eclipsing his father, Manannan gave his name to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. He is kind and mysterious, his cloak of mists often covering entire landscapes as he moves.

🖼: J. Brideson

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The sea is as densely populated with fairies as any place on earth. These water sprites control the weather and the water, raise storms, and have the power to cause shipwreck, or keep a ship safe.

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