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In April 1934, the modern myth of the Loch Ness monster is born. What follows is a Nessie-mania to this day, involving even to explain the supposed lake monster 🐉 https://t.co/pJR0igrLLL

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"Who does not know Turner's picture of the Golden Bough? … Dian herself might still linger by this lonely shore, still haunt these woodlands wild" - Frazer about the painting that inspired his magnum opus on & J.M.W. Turner - 1775

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A dramatic illustration by of Ulster hero Cú Chulainn in full beserker mode from the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge:

“his flesh trembled about him like a pole against the torrent ...He made a mad whirling-feat of his body within his hide’

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In Romanian mythology, the iele are feminine mythical creatures often described as faeries. They are said to live in the sky, in forests or in caves, and reported to have been seen bathing at crossroads. From this point of view, the Iele are similar to Hecate.

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It's and I want to mention the beautiful folk that would remove their seal skins to take human form and dance on the beach. Enchanting those that saw them before dawning their skins and returning to their aquatic home.

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From Reynard to the folksong “The Fox Went Out”, the fox is traditionally a “tricsy”, ambivalent creature. But how is it related to work, from Beowulf to (ahem!) Gollum? Find out in my talk here: https://t.co/EDM2e2gMyu
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The Impudent Edda states that while ”Freyja’s chariot is pulled by two felines, no one knows exactly how many cats she keeps in total at her home in Fólkvangr because none of the gods have ever been brave enough to raise the question.” https://t.co/oo7SPgtW6U

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Greetings 🐉

This is - your very last host of the day! A huge thanks to Crystal for being our host before the break 🐦

Our theme this week is the folklore of and Domestic or wild, friend or foe? 🦝

(Arthur Rackham 1912)

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"Hear my cries, Cailleach of the storm,⁠
Nicnevin underground,⁠
Brigid leave your flowers and⁠ come to me."⁠

Watch as the olde gods of Great Britain return in their terrible glory. Experience and the Bloody Queen. https://t.co/R2poBBjqqH

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Thanks for sharing your lore today, Crystal of is signing off, but don’t run away. Your last host of the day will be the wonderful – leaping on at 6:30 BST. Sending you light and good wishes! (Image: (Luigi.masi))

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‘Mad as a Hatter’ comes from the 18th & 19th century when hatters used mercury nitrate as part of the process of turning animal fur into felt. The substance caused hallucinations, emotional instability and the desire to have tea with wild animals.

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Dog rose (Rosa canina) is said to alleviate the effects of a dog's bite.

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The splintercat is a legendary flying of the Pacific Northwest. It soars through the air at night, bumping into trees and splintering them. The cat is fond of honey and often attacks bee hives within the trees

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In China there are 4 celestial animals that represent/guard the 4 directions. They are: red phoenix of the south, azure dragon of the east, black tortoise of the north & white tiger of the west. Today they are most commonly used in

Art:Chinese Tarot

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In her 'Bestiary', Pauline Baynes tells that a a hunter who stole a tiger cub could distract its mother from pursuing him by casting a glass ball behind him. Mistaking her own reflection for her cub, the tigress would curl around the ball and nurse it.

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The cù-sìth, fairy dog, is a mythological hound found in folklore of Scotland.
It is thought to make its home in the clefts of rocks and to roam the moors of the Highlands. 1/2



Art by Nyssa Shaw https://t.co/EYCIrqAGmh

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As well as horse Enbarr (could go over land & sea) who'd been lent to him by his father the sea god, the Irish god Lugh also had the magic "hound-whelp" named Failinis. He could change his bath water to wine, was invincible in battle & caught every wild beast!

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The Cat Sith (Faerie Cat) is not kept as a pet but avoided. Highland Scots say they are shapeshifting soul stealers, not ordinary Fae, but Witches of Faerie blood, who can transform 9 times into a black cat, only the white patch on their chest giving them away!

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✨🦅✨Eagle lore...
Can stare into the sun without be blinded.
They flap their wings to summon storms.
Are guarding the sleeping King Arthur till he wakes.
Anyone who robs their nests will be cursed.
They keep their eyes keen by eating a herb called hawkweed.

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Cath Palug, "Palug's cat", was a monstrous cat in Welsh legend, given birth in Gwynedd by the Henwen the pig of Cornwall, it even fought with King Arthur in various tales, somethings Arthur would, other times, the cat!

Image credit: https://t.co/kYnl9MHm0d

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