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According to the myth, Rhea asked Amalthea and Melissa, daughters of Cretan king Melisseas to take care of baby Zeus
They were feeding him milk and honey
Kronos got mad when he found out and transformed Melissa into an earthworm but Zeus changed her into bee
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and the news is out! This week we're heading back over to Scandinavia for the Dwarves of legend!
Grab your axe and your pickaxes this Thursday for these absolutely mythic creatures!
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'Honey making, Tamba Province' - Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1877.
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Ambergris has been called the treasure of the sea & floating gold, though its source remained a mystery for centuries. Theories proposed included hardened sea foam & the droppings of large birds, before discovering it was the regurgitated matter of sperm whales. #MythologyMonday
There's a strong connection between honey and the underworld: wild hives often give the impression that bees dwell underground, and honey has preservation properties. Persephone, Queen of the Underworld, is called Melitodes, 'sweet as honey'.
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ZEUS🇬🇷
..was fed Ambrosia and Nectar by the nymphs who named him. Milk was given to him by a friendly goat Amaithea to whom he became devoted. One day he damaged her horn and filled it with flowers which became known as the horn of abundance..🍶
In the 13th-century Old Norse poem Völsunga Saga, the hero Sigmund & his son Sinfjötli find magic wolf pelts that transform people into wolves for ten days. They wear the pelts & go on a violent rampage, which ends with Sigmund nearly killing Sinfjötli. #MythologyMonday
The legend of yellow butterflies from Dukuh Penaban, Karangasem, Bali, describes a swarm of yellow butterflies that guided the king of Karangasem's fleet when they sailed through the perilous water of Lombok Strait. 1/2
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Zhulong, also known as the Torch Dragon, was a giant red solar dragon which had a human's face and snake's body. When it opens and closes its eyes, day and night occurs. When it breathes, seasonal wind comes.#MythologyMonday
and the news is out! This week we're heading back over to Chinese mythology for the Feng!
Get your utensils ready to eat this regenerating monster this Thursday!
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#MythologyMonday In Cherokee myth before the creation of land the animals and birds lived in Gălûñ′lătĭ above the sky vault. They were all curious to know what the world blow was like. Dayunsi, the water beetle, volunteered to go down to explore https://t.co/YpGXhB3ppp
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.
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. #MythologyMonday
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. #MythologyMonday
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. #MythologyMonday
Thank you, myth lovers, for a wonderful #MythologyMonday with all your cat content! 😺 This is your host @AimeeMaroux signing off.
Join @independentpen next week for a new theme!
Now ride your kitty over to our friends @FairyTale_Tues for their theme warrior women 🗡️
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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Freyja with her felines. Check out more of the artist's mythology, history, and fantasy works: https://t.co/g89K5pNM17
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