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'At the time of his disappearance, Saint-Ex had just published his last book, The Little Prince ... a dreamlike story presented as a “tale for children,”...'
When Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Disappeared
Life Imitated Art ...
https://t.co/FUuJSzoqTJ

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LYONESSE🌊
..a mythical land, of Arthurian legend, stretching from west Cornwall, to the Isles of Scilly. During a heavy, stormy night, it sank, beneath the sea, and is said..on a quiet night, the church bells, can be heard, chiming..🔔

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When a magical mist causes everyone to vanish in his kingdom, the Welsh hero Manawydan has to figure out who has stolen them. The culprit is a fairy sorcerer who wants revenge against Manawydan's wife for breaking her engagement with the sorcerer's best friend.

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In Greek myth Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, desiring to live her life as a virginal unmarried woman, fled Greece to live in the forest. Where with an entourage of nymphs, she created an all female society.

🎨Pietro Liberi

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- Tiresias was punished by Goddess Hera who turned him into a woman. Life for Tiresias as a woman couldn’t have been that bad because the female version of Tiresias even married and had children. More: https://t.co/90pumf5V5G

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Iris, goddess of the rainbow, by Arthur Rackham, 1921.

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In Arthurian Literature the friendship of Arthurian knights & (#Cei) can be interpreted many ways .... but they have a very close, intense friendship, their exploits bind them together and their loyalty to one another is lifelong ...

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Welcome back! I’m your host Elisabeth M and, in honor of our topic is QUEER. Tweet a queer story from world mythology, tag it and I’ll RT in Pacific time!

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Fire salamanders were not only believed to be deadly poisonous but able to extinguish flames. Hence they were thrown into fires under the assumption the highly symbolic amphibian would put out the blaze and come out unscathed anyway.

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Of all the traits ascribed to salamanders, the ones relating to fire are most prominent, & likely originate due to many species of salamander hibernating under rotting logs, so when wood was put on the fire, the creatures 'mysteriously' appeared from the flames.

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In parts of England, the shape of cinders which jumped out of the hearth often foretold a major event, such as a birth, a death, or the arrival of an important visitor…

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This week's theme is FIRE, which the famous Norse trickster, Loki, was linked to. His father's name (Fárbauti) meant 'fierce striker' and was associated with lightning, while his mother's (Laufey) meant 'foliage'. When lightning strikes foliage, fire is born!

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A famous dragon from Slavic mythology is Zmey Gorynych, he was a dangerous, three-headed zmey faced by many folk heroes.

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Kupala Night, an ancient Slavic festival of light held in summer. Many of the rites connected to it involve the cleansing elements of fire & water. One ritual sees young women floating candle-lit wreaths, to foretell their romantic fortune.
🎨Aleksander Karcz

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The fifth & current sun is Blue Tezcatlipoca, also known as
Huitzilopochtli, god of war, the sun, & sacrifice. He was born from Coatlicue, the mother goddess. Ancient Aztecs made human sacrifices to nourish him & ensure his reign never ended.

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The fourth sun was Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of water & storms, & also Tlaloc's new wife. When Black Tezcatlipoca accused her of faking her love for humans, she wept for fifty-two years, causing a flood that drowned all life on earth.

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