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🌙🏹 Greek Goddess Artemis - supremely skilled with the bow. The crescent shape of her chosen weapon echoes that of the moon, over which she rules.

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2020-02-24

It's time for another Tomorrow's theme is: Castles, forts, and cities. What myths feature any castles or cities? 🏰Join host and be sure to use the hashtag for retweets!

(Photo via https://t.co/GQ4SUV3opF)

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2020-02-17


“Every summer the Hopi hold late summer
dances—but not to bring the
Rains come with or without dances.
The dances are held to welcome the rain”
The indigenous Hopi are located in Arizona & believe the sun, rain, sunshine, and thunder are alive.

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2020-02-11

Gift Ideas!! Poison Design - Medusa Gorgon Mosaic Greek Mythology Ancient T-Shirt Poison... https://t.co/GySRdMSey4 vía

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2020-02-03

The Kunlun or Kunlun Shan is a mountain or mountain range in Chinese mythology. It serves as an important symbol representing the axis mundi and divinity. (Image: Public Domain)

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2020-02-03

Those who dive from the top of the Rock of Leukade on the island of Leukos in Western Greece (today Lefkada) are, it is said, freed from their love.
After the death of Adonis it is said Aphrodite wandered around searching for the means to rid herself of her love.

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2020-02-04

The mountain Himinbjörg stands at the point where Bifröst, the burning rainbow bridge, meets heaven. It's home to Heimdallr, who guards the bridge from jotnar.

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2020-02-03

Kintaro is a folk hero from Japan. Raised by a mountain witch he had superhuman strength & befriended animals in the mountains. He's depicted here refereeing a wrestling match between a monkey & a rabbit.

'Moon of Kintoki's Mountain'- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890.

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2020-02-03

Sisyphus, king of Corinth, was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down when it nears the top, repeating this action for eternity.

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2020-02-03

Hello myth lovers! is back to host February's first Monday theme: Mountains, rock, and stone. Remember to use the hashtag for RTs!

Art: Hugues Taraval

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2020-02-02

Vättar were the Scandinavian creatures that typically lived under houses, and either brought misfortune or good luck, depending on how they were treated...and they hated having hot water poured on them! Illustrations by Johan Egerkrans. https://t.co/QCasu1iYBc

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2020-01-28

King James, in his 'Daemonologie', stated that the term 'faries' referred to demonic entities that prophesied to, consorted with, and transported the individuals they served; in medieval times, a witch who had a pact with an entity might receive these services.

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2020-01-27


After a devastatingly cold Winter sacrificed his plumage & gentle voice to collect a burning branch from the Great Sky Spirit, to save other animals. His feathers were charred black & his voice turned harsh & hoarse.
(#NativeAmerican)

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2020-01-21

Greek Goddess Dike or Dice represented human justice - her mother Themis ruled over divine justice. She lived on earth during the Golden and Silver ages but despairing of humanity, left and took up residence in the sky

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2020-01-20

Thanky you, myth lovers, for lots of divine weddings and marriages plus the odd this 😘

This is signing off ❤️

Join next week for your first fix of the week 😁

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2020-01-14

Pyramus and Thisbe were a pair of ill-fated lovers. The story is part of Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Because of a family feud they were forbidden to wed or to see each other, so they whispered through a crack in the wall.

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2020-01-13


were called “Thor’s Helper” and were believed to drive off demons and guard homes if planted on roofs. The Romans called them “Beard of Jupiter” and planted them on roofs to guard against lightning.

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2020-01-14

SKILLYWIDDEN. The wonderful name of a caught by a farmer in Trerbridge in It is one of only a few captured fey that have ever been documented and is recorded in Hunt's Popular Romances of the West of England 1865 🎨Cornish Piskies Brian Froud

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2020-01-14

Tell the king the fair wrought house has fallen.
No shelter has Apollon, nor sacred laurel leaves.
The fountains are now silent; the voice is stilled.
It is finished.

or

A day will come when Phoibos shall return and stay forever.

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2020-01-06