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My late grandmother said her native Galloway was the last stronghold of the Fae. In 1850 a hawthorn tree halted the widening of the road between Glenluce and Newton Stewart because it was faerie property.


art : Joanna Wolska

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2023-03-19

Legend has it that on his death King Arthur turned into a chough, the crow of Cornwall, so that he could return again when needed. The bird's beak and legs turned red with Arthur's blood

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2023-03-13

Mother Ivey was a 16th C white witch from Padstow. One winter, a local pilchard merchant refused to give leftover fish to the poor and ploughed them into his field. In revenge, Mother Ivey cursed the field: “if ever its soil was broken, death would follow”. 1/2

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2023-03-12

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This time around I bring you little but different!

Chiro started as an Owl House OC but has evolved since then and now here he is in his form! As I have future plans for him.
Every story needs a protagonist after all~
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2023-03-06


In Japanese lore, Old Man of the Moon came to Earth as a beggar and asked the animals for food. All gave except for Rabbit, who told him to build a fire, and jumped in. Quickly the Old Man of the Moon pulled Rabbit from the fire and took him to live on the moon.

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2023-03-06

How the Jade Rabbit joined Chang'e on the Moon in Chinese lore varies by the telling. In some tales, he was hidden in the sleeve of her robe, in others he leapt to the moon. Yet in others he had always been there.

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2023-03-05


Folklore links the hare to the moon, death, rebirth & Easter. Eostre, Celtic goddess of spring, is said to be the namesake of the Christian holiday. For her, hares are sacred messengers, and at the full moon she assumes the shape of one.
🎨Helena Nelson Reed

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2023-03-05

The constellation Lepus was named for the Latin word for hare. It's located below the constellation Orion, which was named for the hunter in Greek mythology. Orion has been depicted pursuing Lepus with his hunting dogs, Canis Major & Canis Minor.

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🌺🥚🌺Sussex folklore warns that the first bunch of primroses brought into the house in springtime must contain more than thirteen blooms, or your hens and geese will only lay as many eggs as there are flowers.

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One Cornish myth tells of an old man who saved a mermaid stranded in a pool. In thanks, she gave him a beautiful shell comb from her hair, which had the power to heal the sick. If he wished to summon her again all he had to do was comb the waves...

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2023-02-19

It is said that while marching his vast army of troops through Asia, King Xerxes became completely besotted with a magnificent plane-tree. He commanded his retinue to adorn the tree with all their “golden necklets and bangles”, and posted a guard as its protector.

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Sailors have a particular abhorrence of those who randomly whistle. Whistling, you see, calls up the wind - and potentially a storm. Do it only in a dead calm, and then at your peril. (by George Dmitriev)

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2023-02-19

It's mah dudes!! Now featuring or Anne for short~

She's a Bat/Axolotl hybrid. Anne is the leader of a religious group that preaches u̸n̵i̸o̸n̴ and love <3
Totally not a cult, don't be silly!
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2023-02-13

Sir Gawain half-succeeded in his quest for the Grail. This had the effect of restoring the lands about the castle, which were desert and untilled, to blooming fertility. The Grail therefore, besides its other characters, had a talismanic power in
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2023-02-13

'The fairy creatures were the size and colour of green and grey grasshoppers, bearing a body laid out on a rose-leaf, which they buried with songs, and then disappeared' William Blake describing a fairy funeral in his garden at Felpham.

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2023-02-05

isn't over until we hit midnight! (On my timezone obviously~)

So it's now Azul's turn 💙

The accountant that will save you from taxes. Pretty much a math nerd that actually has fun when doing numbers. (1/4)

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2023-01-30

“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.”
Second witch, Macbeth, Act 4, Sc 1


Image: Daniel Gardner, 1775

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2023-01-29

In Norse myth, after the hero Sigurd slays the dragon Fafnir, he cooks the heart for his foster father, Regin. But he tastes Fafnir's blood & learns the language of birds, who warn of Regin's betrayal. He kills Regin & eats the heart, which grants him wisdom.

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2023-01-29

"Fayiz & the Peri Wife" is a Persian tale of a farmer who leaves his wife & sons to marry a lovely peri. One day the peri lets him visit his human family, & follows him while invisible. He spills the secret of his peri wife, & she banishes him from her realm.

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