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In Ibaraki prefecture, Japan there is a known as hiyoribo who summons the sun and ensures good weather. It lives in the mountains & is only visible on sunny days. It is believed to be a variant of the Chinese weather spirit hiderigami.

Art: Matthew Meyer.

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Here's my short thread on myths in 🎨Jane Brideson 🌈⛅️🌧️⛈️☃️❄️☔️ https://t.co/GCKjnYe6oz

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2020-07-09

Yuki-onna (Snow Lady) is a Japanese yurei (ghost) who appears as a beautiful woman during snowstorms, often without legs, drifting across the the snow. One glance at her can cripple you & if you look at her she’ll suck the life from you via your mouth.

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Isis with her plumed bow..
Goddess of the Rainbow

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2020-07-09

This week's theme is weather folklore for day! Here's hoping for sun come Wednesday and not a storm like this one! (Image: Ludolf Bakhuizen)

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2020-07-07

I heard that this was about plants!
In English and Scandinavian folklore, the Elder Mother was said to guard the elder trees.
In other stories, a farmer takes a branch from an elder tree and later sees a witch with a bandaged arm.

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“For don’t you see
A spotted thrush,
One thrush or two,
Or even three,
In every laden elder-tree?
They pull and lug,
They flap and push,
They peck and tug
To strip the bush;
They have forsaken
Snail and slug;
Unseen I watch them, safe and snug!”

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Some say it is perilous to sleep under a fig tree, as lore tells of a nun's spectre appearing, proffering a dagger and asking "How will you take the knife"? Answer "by the blade", it will pierce your heart, but "by the handle" will bestow you with untold fortune

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That's it for another legendary 🐉

Today's theme was folklore of Herbs, Plants and Flowers! Several grimoire additions for all you witchy people 😅 I might try to see some ghosts this week, as well, so no judging! Until next time 🌻

W.H. Margetson 1914

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The Virgin Mary is sometimes pictured holding a red carnation. According to tradition, when she wept during the Crucifixion, red carnations grew where her tears landed.

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I proud to finally show the project I've been working on the last weeks! It's my first professional Illustration as a freelancer.✨
Want to learn something about German Folklore? Check out https://t.co/O2BFQKRdHl by

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In Folklore, necklaces made from Peony seeds were placed around the necks of children when they slept to protect them from being kidnapped by

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In Romania, folk once believed each flower had a soul.
The waterlily was their judge. If it decided the other flowers had been generous with their fragrances, they would be admitted to heaven to bloom there for eternity. If not, they would wither and disappear

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Hello, Crystal of returning for another fabulous session. Thanks to for hosting before our break. Our theme is the folklore of herbs, plants, and flowers. What lore and myths are blooming in your mind? Send a tweet! (Image: Cdd20)

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The papaver somniferum, or opium poppy. Famous for the psychoactive compounds found in its seed pods, it has long been associated with the untethered imagination, with sleep and prophetic dreaming, with journeys to other worlds, and with death.

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Opium has been actively collected since prehistoric times, since approximately 3400 BCE. The upper Asian belt of Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and Burma still account for the world's largest supply of opium. And there is a city called opium in Turkey

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🌿💘🌿A Cornish charm to see your future spouse in your dreams...
Pick a sprig of herb Yarrow at the new moon, place it under your pillow and say:
Good night, fair Yarrow
Thrice good night to thee
I hope before tomorrow's dawn
My true love I shall see!

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about the plague:
The 'roses' are red blotches on the skin.
The 'posies' are the sweet-smelling flowers people carried to ward off the plague.
'Atishoo' is the sneezing fits of people with pneumonic plague.
'We all fall down' refers to death.

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In a Norwegian folktale lily of the valley was created by the spring goddess who wished to brighten up the dark days of early spring. To do so she took pieces of her green dress to fashion the stalks and dotted them with snow to create the bright white flowers.

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In some areas an old Celtic practice was to place mallow seeds upon the eyes of dead people to prevent evil spirits entering and taking over the corpse

by J.J. Grandville (1803-147, French)

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