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Today’s is about trees! The Hawthorn tree was connected with fairies and the Otherworld in Irish folklore and it was considered very bad luck to cut one down if it stood alone in a field.

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2020-08-07

Trees were said & feared to be magic as their life outlasts ours. Similarly literary/cinematic trees' role is polarized: ethearal or deadly.
From C.S Lewis' wooden portal to Narnia & Tolkien's wise Treebeard to Burton's Tree of the Dead which is Gateway to Hell.

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The Woodwose (wild man of the woods) is a mythical figure that appeared in medieval Europe. Covered from head to toe in thick hair and often carrying a club they began to appear on English churches during the C12th. Photo © V. Worrall

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2020-08-06

I’ve enjoyed your wisdom, but it’s time for me to leaf. This is Crystal signing off. Don’t “log” off just yet. will join at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. “Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." ― Muir (Image: Rackham)

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Birch trees were thought to be a purifier, so bundles of birch twigs were used to sweep away old spirits, cementing its reputation as the species used to make witches brooms, or besoms.
My grandmother used to call me a besom. I presumed it was some kind of demon

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The Faerie Tree. Any lone tree standing in a field.Believed to be the gateway to the Sidhe, the ancestors of the Celts. Only one rule here, you can look but you better not touch, Bad luck for anyone who touches a Faerie Tree.

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WALKING TREE The Banyan tree, Ficus benghalensis, has uncanny aerial roots that anchor the tree to the ground and look like limbs so it famously looks like it is walking; ghost shield in it in Bengali folktales 🎨Bangladesh; Botanic Gardens, Durban

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The woodlands written by Tolkien are inner, liminal spaces. Therefore, entering them entails the dissolution of the order of the everyday. This is why forests in stories are the natural places for encountering the terrible and the wonderful.

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The relationship between the Fae and elder is as ancient as lore. They make staves, pipes, whistles and wands from this magic wood and your best chance of an encounter with them is under an elder bush or tree on Midsummer’s eve. But beware....🧚🏻‍♀️💥#FolkloreThursday

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In Celtic mythology, the elm tree is associated with the Underworld, and with elves and faeries, who dwell in their stretching boughs. Elms were said to grow close to passageways that lead out of our Earthly realm and into Faerie
Source: https://t.co/LmwEqm4T0g

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Jubokko are trees found on battlefields in Japan. It's believed that because they absorb the blood of slaughtered bodies through their roots, they transform into (monsters). They snatch passers by, pierce their skin & drain every last drop of their blood.

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The theme for today's is and forests. I'm a bit tied up with some work stuff today so here is a virtual shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) thread I created awhile ago to set the mood.
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This artwork is the print 'Road to Nikko' by Kawase Hasui. https://t.co/eVjpgv0AKS

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It can’t be again already? Where has my week gone? Anyway, here’s the most recent commission for the Dragons of the Dark Woods book.

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Banshees appear in many forms—a beautiful woman wearing a shroud or white dress, a headless woman, an old woman with terrifying eyes, a woman with a green dress & silver hair. History has traced stories of banshees to the 8th century.

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2020-08-01

Today’s is all about Quests! So, I decided to do The Green Knight, who, when beheaded by Gawain, lifts his head back up and tells he will return the blow in a year.

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2020-07-31

That wanton Lemminkäinen sets out to win a fair maid of the north as his bride, but first that full-blooded rogue must ski after the demon’s elk, bridle the demon’s bay horse, and shoot the swan of Tuonela’s river of death. And he almost succeeds.

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2020-07-30

Huldufólk (hidden people or hidden ones) are invisible & peaceful creatures who live among the nature of Iceland. Huldufólk is an euphemism for elves, for you should never call them by name! They are know to help adventurers, especially if one is close to death.

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The Odyssey follows the hero Odysseus on his 10 year journey home to from He battles the and is kept on Islands by the nymphs and as he attempt to return to his wife and son 3/4

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