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It's (Rubens, The Fall of Icarus)

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2023-02-16

The Dog Days are that period when Sirius the Dog Star commands the heavens, rising in conjunction with the sun (late July). Summer could bring drought & plague, so people got the superstitious idea that sickness came with the Dog Star, along with madness.

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2023-02-16

In ancient Greece the bay laurel was sacred to the god Apollo. Crowns of laurel were also awarded to winners at the Pythian Games. Romans believed the bay laurel was a symbol for victory, peace & healing.

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2023-02-10


Valentine folklore says that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day, she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire. ❤️❤️❤️

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2023-02-09

Fairies travel in eddies of wind. In Gaelic, it is called "the people's puff of wind" -"oiteag sluaigh". By throwing one's left shoe, the Fairies must drop whatever they may be taking away...

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2023-02-03

It's (Adrienne Segur, illustration from "Kip, the Enchanted Cat")

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2023-02-02

🌺🍄🌺Primroses were believed to ward off the spells of Faeries.

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2023-01-26

💘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💘Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus! Happy St Dwynwen's Day!
The Welsh Valentine's Day is celebrated on the 25th January, with the tradition of gifting your loved one with a beautifully ornate Welsh Love Spoon, carved from a single piece of wood.

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2023-01-26

Illustration for Ukrainian folk tale “Wolf’s Song” by Yevgeny Rachyov, 1956

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2023-01-20

North American food was dependent upon the three sisters prior to colonization: squash, corn, and beans were grown together in a single plot, feeding one another and growing in both folklore and economic importance amongst indigenous groups.

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2023-01-20

To avoid the ire of kappa in Japanese waterways, write your name on a cucumber and throw it into the water: the kappa will eat it and thank the named person gave them such a gift, and thus will spare them.

🖼️: umber

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2023-01-20

When demons stole the gods’ magical cup of youth-giving ambrosia from Hebe, the goddess of youth, Jupiter sent his eagle to retrieve it. In a fierce battle the eagle shed feathers and blood, which magically transformed into Rowan trees as they touched the earth.

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2023-01-19

'The real reason for the midwife's abstention was not that fairy food was distasteful, but that she durst not touch it, under penalty of never again returning to the light of day.'
-Edwin Sidney Hartland

🎨Arthur Rackham

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2023-01-19

'...he would go up with wet feet to the farm nearby, and if everything had been left untidy he would tidy it, but if it was left neat he would throw everything about. It was counted unlucky to meet him, and the road was avoided at night.'
-Katharine Mary Briggs

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2023-01-12

Gloson: The Pig That Will Cleave You in Half by for (Img: © Robin Kuusela) https://t.co/4ObifAZQnr

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2023-01-09

“On the dead walk, & on every tile of the house a soul is sitting, waiting for your prayers to take it out of purgatory.”

From Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland by Lady Jane Francesca Wilde, 1888

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2022-12-30

"The Guirivilo" (Ngürüfilu) is a half-fox, half-snake river creature from the Mapuche Mythology who lures people to cross rivers by lowering the water level and then drowns them at the bottom by pulling them with the claws from its tail.

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2022-12-23