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Old beliefs in the British Isles featured lightning birds, in the form of many native birds, come to earth via electrical storms, bearing branches of invisible fire. Those who robbed the nests or harmed the birds risked their own home being burnt up by lightning

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Fiery goddess Pele not only hewed the natural features of her native Hawaii, but her bones formed the hill of Ka Iwi o Pele. Her tempestuous spirit is said to live in the Kilauea volcano; you might spot her face in its lava flows. https://t.co/kTdeNRUUwE

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Today's is island folklore. According to myth, punished a mutiny by marooning the crew on the barren Dead Chest Island in the British Virgin Islands. Each mutineer was given a bottle of rum in the hope they'd get drunk, belligerent & kill each other!

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Avalon, Isle of Apples, is the legendary island where the sword Excalibur was forged and King Arthur was laid to rest. Its name comes from belief that on this Isle, fruit and grain grew itself - no need for a farmer's plough or cultivation.

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Since today's is island-themed, check out the discussion and I had about Homer's island-hopping adventure THE ODYSSEY and some outstanding adaptations across different forms of media: https://t.co/ReE2XBFRlN (Art: Boecklin)

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Mljet island is where Odysseus was held captive for 7 yrs by amorous nymph Calypso, who promised him immortality & eternal youth. But he yearned for his island Ithaca, so Zeus ordered Calypso to free him. The cave where he stayed is named after him to this day.

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The island of Tír na nÓg is the Celtic Otherworld, a realm of eternal youth & joy. In the tale of Oisín and Niamh, after few years, the hero Oisín decides to leave the island to visit his homeland, only to realise that 300 years have passed in the mortal world.

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The Huldufólk (hidden folk) are the elves of Iceland. Rooted in the history, they are by far the country's most being. A study shows 8% of Icelanders believe the elves exist, and 54% wouldn't deny the possibility.


(#art by John Bauer)

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Sable Island (nr. Nova Scotia) is home to wild horses & ghosts. 350+ ships sank off its shores; legend has it the horses escaped a shipwreck (not true) & the ghost of a priest who ministered its 16thc penal colony & a murdered ‘white lady’ roam its dunes (true?)

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Skogsrå and Huldra: The femme fatale of the by for
(Illustration by Robin Kuusela)
https://t.co/IDXqbpPWja

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Off the west coast of there’s a place called: Tir na Nog, the island of eternal youth, where you don’t get sick, you’re never in pain or hungry, and you can drink without getting a hangover. How do you get there? You need a magical horse, of course

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Tiktik/Wakwak – A kind of aswang. Its prominent feature is that it tricks its prey through its sounds. When you hear “tik… tik… tik…” loudly, they are far away. When you hear it quietly, they are near.

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Lightning has long been considered an almost supernatural power. According to Pliny the Elder: "To bite off a piece from wood that has been struck by lightning and then to apply it to the tooth, is a sure remedy, they say, for tooth ache."

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Sailors keen to avoid being becalmed used to buy favourable winds from witches. The winds came either in the form of knots tied in a length of rope, or stoppered in a bottle. You just undid the knot or pulled out the cork when you needed wind in your sails!

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In some of the Southern States of America, there was an old belief that if lightning struck close by a dying person, then the devil had come for their soul...

🎨Michael Pacher


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No matter the weather, it’s always great to spend time with you, This is Crystal signing off. Our wonderful host will join at 6:30 BST. Don’t forget… wherever you go, bring your own sunshine! See you soon! (Image: Sconosciuto)

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Ireland's Night of the Big Wind, on the afternoon of Jan 6, 1839; was known to many as Judgement Day. rumoured that the end of the world would come about on the Feast of the Epiphany. So when this wild storm hit, many thought it was the end of days!

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🌩️🌙🌧️If Jackdaws are late in coming home to roost at dusk it's a sign of storms to come - if they spend all their time fluttering and cawing around buildings, they are foretelling rain.

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“Whether the Weather Poem”

‘Whether the weather be fine,
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather,
Whatever the whether,
Whether we like it or not.’
—Nursery Rhyme

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