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If you need a daily dose of #folklore, I recommend these hashtags:
#MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FaustianFriday #SuperstitionSat #SwampSunday
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#JapaneseFolklore #yokai #ukiyoe
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Loreto Wolfe
His favorite hobby is to bake! He owns a bakery that is very popular with the residents of WackyVille. He's been married to Lea Maniac for 5 years.
He is Pansexual & Trans (He/Him)
(Art by @The_Art_Outcast)
@shareocs Thanks for the share! Achelois and her pet Pip, Loretta my pirate she's half siren, my twins Kiran(blonde) and ludo and then my hitman/torture kween 👸 Re'id.
Lucian Thoren "Luthor" Mendez
From: Project Loki
By: @akosiibarraWP
(PS. Akin lang po siya. Sorry Lori pero tapos na pagiging Lorethor shipper ko. Self love naman ako ngayon)
#PLtwt #Artph #ibisPaintX #artistsontwitter #Wattpad
•Lorethor Fan art•
Illustration inspiration from: Project Loki AU lorethor "Rekindled" by @CattyLaFea ,
Project Loki on wattpad by @akosiibarraWP
Also Happy birthday Author and Luthor hehe<3
#PLtwt #ibisPaintX #artph #lorethor
Various fairy tales tell of small, helpful creatures who assist a kind but tired worker. In Grimm's "The Elves and the Shoemaker," it's elves. In Beatrix Potter's "The Tailor of Gloucester," it's mice. Disney's Cinderella also continues this tradition. #FolkloreThursday
Painting of Vulcan/ Hephaestus presenting the Arms of Achilles to Thetis by Peter Paul Rubens. Hephaestus was the Greek god of blacksmiths, metallurgy, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors & an important symbol of Olympian labour & work. #FolkloreThursday
Shipwrights tried to affect the vessel's luck by using ash or rowan as part of the boat, building a gold coin into the framework and a silver coin under the mast and tying a red ribbon around the first nail to guard against accidents #FolkloreThursday [Image by Joseph Vernet]
🖤SPECIAL INVITATION🖤
Seated in Enugu’s wealthy suburbs, there is an unfinished house.
Some nights, strange lights can be seen from the road.
At the stroke of midnight on the 15th, you’re invited to unfold this mystery.
Do you accept? 🔮🕸
#FolkloreThursday
Past healers could be charged not because they harmed, but because they helped. Handing out herbs & trinkets unsanctioned by the prevalent god was considered the work of demons even if the tinctures or charms seemed to cure & save people. #FolkloreThursday
🎨Raphael Kirchner
Because they are cold-blooded, #mermaids don't mind the cold. #ArthurWardle, "The Lure of the North," 1912.
#PoetsCornerALW #FolkloreThursday
Indigenous American agriculture techniques weren't just efficient work, they were environmentally conscious too: planting squash, beans, and corn together, a method called and often mythologized as the "Three Sisters," made work easier and replenished the soil. #FolkloreThursday
LIKE TASKS An ancient ninth-century poem, written by an Irish monk about his curiously clever #cat for #FolkloreThursday theme of work #academicswithcats
I and Pangur Ban my cat,
'Tis a like task we are at:
Hunting mice is his delight,
Hunting words I sit all night.
Carpenters in Wales said that they often heard the tolaeth or death-sound before they were asked to make a coffin. They would hear the of sawing wood, banging of nails or turning of screws as a ghastly echo of coffin-making in portent of the coming task. #FolkloreThursday
In Greek mythology, weaving was often the work of women. One of the most famous tales was of Penelope, who used weaving to keep her suitors at bay while her husband Odysseus was away. She told them she would not choose one to marry until she had finished...
#FolkloreThursday
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The fable of "The Crow and the Pitcher" has a very thirsty crow unable to reach the water inside a pitcher.
Thanks to his ingenuity, he drops pebbles inside the pitcher to make the water raise, a proof to his cunning and hard work.
#FolkloreThursday #Fable #Work
The Tailor of Gloucester by @beatrixpotter was based on a true incident.
A tailor named Pritchard, making a suit for the new mayor, returned to his shop to find the suit finished save for one buttonhole. He encouraged the belief that it was fairywork. #FolkloreThursday
#Bees symbolise wealth attained through hard work. They belong to Hera, Mother Goddess of the #moon, & are therefore linked to the sign of Cancer, also known for its love of hard work. #Honey is the ambrosia of the Goddess, & symbolises richness & abundance. #FolkloreThursday
Norwegian fishermen used to believe that one of the greatest dangers associated with working at sea was Draugen, a sea monster thought to be the ghost of a drowned fisherman. If they heard eerie screaming at sea, Draugen was nearby and someone would drown.
#FolkloreThursday
Un encargo muy #folk que acabo de terminar par aun museo.
¿Alguien sabe quién es esta señora?
Pista 1: Tiene siete piernas.
Pista 2: @IsraelJEspino la conoce desollá.
#folklorethursday