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#FolkloreThursday Saule is the ancient Baltic goddess of light, new beginnings and the sun. When she cried her tears became amber. One legend suggests that at winter solstice she rode her chariot across the sky, drawn by reindeer, and dropped gifts of amber to humans below
🍀🔥🍀Fire omens...
Flames roaring up the chimney = a quarrel.
Cluster of sparks = good news.
Blue flames = frosty weather.
Coffin-shaped cinder falling onto the hearth = a death, or cradle-shaped one = a birth.
A coal falling at your feet = soon to be married!
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#FolkloreThursday "If there is one among you hardy enough and bold enough to face and complete the long arduous journey, and daring enough to steal the fire from under the crest of Mar the Cockatoo, then humans will sing their praises for evermore.” https://t.co/kGWV7L3MK6
There is a folktale in Kent about a boy who discovered the prince of snakes imprisoned by fire and released him, reaping rewards for himself and his family. I have always wondered whether this came to Kent from farther afield, brought by hop pickers perhaps?
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A 'hob-thross' lived in Millom Castle. He slept by the fire during the day, and worked all night, doing the chores the humans didn’t want to do. One harsh winter he was offered clothes, a terrible insult to a hob-thross, so he left.
#folklorethursday #Cumbria
art: Eric Edwards
The "skrzak" of Polish folklore are supposedly black, winged little evil imps who hide in dark caverns, like bats. When humans enter, they swarm over them, laughing and screaming manically in an attempt to drive them mad, clawing and biting at them.#FolkloreThursday
“Origins” & our planned spin-offs will celebrate Scottish culture, mythology and history, sharing it with the world and telling new and exciting stories to audiences of all ages ⚔️🧝🏼♀️🐉🏴 #doctorwho #mythology #folklore #scottish #FolkloreThursday #animation #celtic #supernatural
The Seelie & Unseelie are the light & dark courts of the Fae respectively. Seelie even shares a root with the Scottish word for "happy." But don't let that fool you, the Seelie are just as dangerous as their more overtly destructive counterparts. #FolkloreThursday Art: B. Froud
A set of wonderful paintings from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, a magnificent play providing hints into the mysterious and beautiful fairy kingdom.
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#InternationalFairyDay
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Many have been wary of using the word “fairy” – since at least the 17th century it has been believed a taboo word across the British Isles and a term of offence, meaning malicious imp. Use “Good People” instead, or perhaps risk their wrath... #FolkloreThursday
My mind is wandering
as I imagine the possibilities.
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"Songe d'une nuit d'été"...(Gustave Doré) 🧚🖤✨ 👨🎨
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#paintingoftheday #soulfulvibes
We commissioned @vixxnev to create a concept banner for our animated series, “Quest of the Laoich”, and Rachael Hogg from @AbertayUni to create concept art of our protagonist, Mage McKenzie. Support our projects at https://t.co/rarr1zFdPc #folklorethursday #scottish #animated
The gean-cánach, the 'love talker', is a male faerie in Irish myth similar to a leprechaun. He is known for seducing men and women, but is particularly fond of shepherds and milkmaids.
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art: Daemon Love by Maximilian Pirner
Along Hardknott Pass, Cumbria’s Faerie King Eveling holds his court. He's an intriguing figure, his name may be connected to the Avalon of Athurian legend
#internationalfairyday
#folklorethursday #cumbria
La Mort d'Arthur by James Archer 1860
Some Celtic legends claim that Aine, goddess of the sun, the moon, wealth, love, and summer, mated with human men to create the first race of fairies.
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Some Selkies draw their roots to Irish/Scottish folklore while some say it came from the Norse & Celtic mythology. They are said to be half-human and half seal.
They can shed their seal skin and transform into humans. They also sing beautifully in the water.
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CHANGELING🧚♂️
..a mortal child is taken back to the realm of the fairies to be raised as theirs. Titania, Queen of the fairies, agrees to raise the boy out of love for his mother
"She never had so sweet a changeling.."
A Midsummer Night's Dream
#Shakespeare
Today, on the first Thursday of Green Week, is the day when the Rusalki celebrate their Easter festival on the banks of the waters of some regions.
🎨 Bartolomeo Giuliano
#darkgreenweek #summerforgoths #folklorethursday