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According to legend painter Quinten Massijs can't marry the daughter of a painter because he's only an ironsmith. Quinten paints a lifelike fly on a painting depicting the devil. The father fails to kill the fly and says the creator may marry his daughter.

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In medieval times ladybirds were symbols of good luck & protection. Norse mythology describes them as arriving in a lightning bolt summoned by the goddess Freyja. In English folklore, a ladybird landing on your hand means you will be married within the year.

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According to Japanese myth, if a spider reaches 400 years old, it transforms into a Jorōgumo, a demon that takes the form of a beautiful woman to seduce young men. The men are bound in a strong web, slowly killed by powerful venom, & then devoured.

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Uttu, the Mesopotamian goddess of weaving, taught mortal women to weave, ushering in a new era in which humans less often froze to death or burned in the sun. Her name means woven in Sumerian & resembles the Akkadian word for spider, ettūtu.

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The Hopi & Pueblo tribes have tales of Grandmother Spider, said to live on Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. She spun a giant web, waited for morning dew to accumulate on the web, & threw it into the night sky. The dewdrops became the stars.

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2022-08-09

Gumiennik is a house spirit from Polish folklore who sometimes appears as a black cat. If he is treated well, he protects the stores of grain from fire, thieves and animals. But when offended, he can destroy grain stores with fire or rot.

Art by Paweł Zych

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2022-08-09

Freyja with her felines. Check out more of the artist's mythology, history, and fantasy works: https://t.co/g89K5pNM17
🖼️Stella Spente

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2022-08-09



Wampus Cat is visible only right after dark or early dawn, this half-woman, half-cat haunts the Appalachian region and is rooted in Cherokee folklore.

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2022-08-08

A primer on dew collection for next Beltane...


by Adam Oehlers

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2022-08-08

In Scots Gealic folklore, the 'cait sìth' (faerie cat) is a faerie that takes the form of a black cat; or a witch that can transform into a black cat, nine times. There was a common belief that it could steal a person's soul.



art: unknown

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2022-08-08

A major part of the Odyssey is a reflection, a meditation on the choices Odysseus made and how they kept him from going home: after all, he had years to reflect while trapped with Calypso.

🖼: W.F. Russell

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2022-08-02

Gautama Buddha was caught in a storm during his meditation under the sacred Bodhi Tree. Mucalinda, the seven-headed King of Serpents, emerged from his underground palace & shielded him from the rain, allowing him to keep meditating.

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2022-08-01

It is said that legendary Blues guitarist Robert Johnson once met the Devil at the crossroads of Highways 61 & 49, where he sold his soul in exchange for expert musical abilities. Johnson did not enjoy the bargain long, having died at the tender age of 27.

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2022-07-26

Morning and evening
Maids heard the goblins cry:
'Come buy our orchard fruits,
Come buy, come buy …

Sweet to tongue and sound to eye;
Come buy, come buy.’

Christina Rossetti
Goblin Market

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2022-07-26

Serendipitous with the papal visit to Canada, a portrait of an indigenous woman traveling with her wares.
https://t.co/JvflcTYThO

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2022-07-26

Having lost the fortune he inherited, Sinbad went out into the world as a merchant to seek his fortune. Each time he would find adventure instead, and most times a fortune too, only to lose it; he was also Harun al-Rashid's official envoy at times.

🖼: M. Winter

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2022-07-25


In Ireland It's not an easy feat to catch a Leprechaun. They’re clever, cunning & possess supernatural powers to vanish into thin air. If you catch a Leprechaun he’ll trade you 3 wishes in order to be released. One wrong wish can result in endless bad luck.

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2022-07-25

Ever the shrewd business-goddess, Freyja sold her body to four incredibly horny dwarves for one night apiece in exchange for the glorious Brisingamen. 🖼 Greg Hildebrandt

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