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Odin is, among so many other things, the God of Runes. Runes were the script of the germanic people, used in different varients from antiquety far into the middle ages.
But Odin was the first to know them and he had to make a great sacrifice to learn them (1/3)

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A griffin, a mythological creature half lion, half eagle. Possessing the best attributes of both beasts, it symbolised the virtues of courage & vigilance in allegorical & pictorial form when so few could read & write.
🎨Omar Rayyan Tatiana Kirgetova

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In the Altai Republic the patterns of the stars gave rise to the story of the 3 Elk.

A huntsman saw 3 elk and took aim with his bow and arrow. The elk leapt into the sky and became the 3 stars which make up the belt in the constellation of Orion

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The sweet, shiny black berries of the Deadly Nightshade contain Atropine, which cause rapid heartbeat, hallucinations and seizures when eaten.

In Scotland it was believed that walking over Deadly Nightshade plants would make you see the ghosts of dead people.

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It is unlucky to uproot Periwinkle from a grave 🌱

The dead will appear to the person who takes it and his dreams for the next twelve months will be very wretched and miserable 💀

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Berserkers were pretty wild. They wore bear furs, foamed at the mouth, and would have firmly believed that pain was just weakness leaving the body, if they could have even felt pain.

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Today’s prompt is Wild people!
In folklore, elves and fairy-like beings tends to be wild, capricious beings. In Norse Mythology, the Ljósálfar, or Light Elves, live in Álfheimr, and are “fairer than the sun”

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Mazeppa (famously narrated by Byron) is a legend that tells of a man caught in adultery whose lover's jealous husband ties him to the back of a wild horse and releases it. The rest of the story is all the perils he goes through on his wild ride.

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A far more developed version of this argument can be found in my chapter “‘Wildman of the Woods’: Inscribing tragedy on the landscape of Middle-earth in The childrenof Húrin” in this book, edited by Helen Conrad-O'Briain and
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Mallt y Nos (Matilda of the Night) who forever drives the dogs (Cwn Annwn) after being thrown to the wind with her long repented wish 'if I can't hunt in heaven, I'd rather not go' Image by Ellie Norton

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Woodwoses (wild men of the woods) had superhuman strength, were deaf to the word of God & would think nothing of snatching a child & eating them. Adults had to be on their guard too - male woodwoses abducted human women due to their insatiable sexual appetites

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I now know where the wild things are, 😊 This is Crystal signing off. Get your next tweets ready because will join at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. “Love her [the firefly, tree, bird] but leave her wild." ― Atticus (Image: Unknown)

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In Irish folklore, banshee ("fairy-woman") are harbingers of death, originally for important families. Belonging to a class of fairies called morrígna, banshee are likely related to the screaming goddess of death, the mighty Morrigan.

Art by W.H. Brooke

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In Northern England, the Wild Hunt is led by Gabriel & his hounds. Doomed to hunt forever as punishment for hunting on the Sabbath, his hounds fly through air to chase the damned, howling all the while. To hear them is an omen of death...

🎨West

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Shojo are human-like yokai who are covered in red hair. They live by the shore and enjoy sake more than anything. They can make a special sake that tastes amazing if a good person drinks it and horrible if a bad person drinks it. Art

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The Inuit Taqriaqsuit are also known as the shadow people. They live like we do in a world like our own. Their world, however, is beyond our perception. They are almost never seen, but sometimes when conditions are right the Taqriaqsuit can be heard.

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Sint-Holo is the great horned serpent of Choctaw and Chickasaw folklore. Although
serpent is dangerous and may drag people to a watery death, it is also a powerful spirit guide that appears to certain people during fasting and bestows spiritual gifts upon them.

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Here’s my first one, Black Shuck, the devil dog of the Norfolk coast, and the Green Children of Woolpit, both local folklore from the east of England.
The green children were pretty wild too: turned up randomly in the village in the 12thC and only ate beans.

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Not all gods in were urban. We have patron deities of cities like Athena and Aries, but we also have deities like Pan, the god of music and wild places. He wasn't worshiped in temples, but in caves. His home was Arcadia, a mountainous region.

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