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“She is more precious than rubies.”
Proverbs 3:15

The ruby is July’s birthstone. Long ago, this gemstone was considered more valuable than diamonds. It symbolised wealth, safety & passion.

Chinese legend tells of an Emperor offering a whole city for a ruby.

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2021-07-01

Had to rescue a juvenile crow that was befuddled after spending 2 hours attacking his own reflection in one of our windows, clearly Huginn & Muninn's not-so-smart younger brother Ivar the Brainless

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2021-07-01


An old Yorkshire superstition warns that, if a loaf of bread fails to rise, there must be a corpse nearby. It was also inadvisable to cut off both ends; that would call the devil to fly over the house.
[Image: acorn bread by for

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2021-07-01

The strawberry is Venus-ruled, the nasturtium is ruled by Mars. The perfect summer pairing. by Cicely Mary Barker.

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2021-07-01

Hago el círculo para la cabeza y luego un óvalo alargado donde van los mofletes. Incluyo en el boceto los coloretes tambien

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2021-07-01

Anyone else doing art fight? Alongside commissions I’ll be participating this year! [ username is rolloretriever ] here’s a new dude I’ll be adding to my character list, and hopefully I’ll have my other characters up to date soon!

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2021-06-28

Inti, God of Creation (but not the Creator), was central to the holy city of Cusco, and thus the whole Incan Empire. Represented by a solar disc, the sun god survives in the symbols of many Andean nations and cities, and continues to illuminate to this day.

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2021-06-25

Brennu-Njáls saga, or Njál's Saga, is an epic tale of escalating violence that culminates with a savage house-burning in southern Iceland, giving Njál the "burnt" nickname that has since lasted through the ages.

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2021-06-25

Áillen Mac Mídhna was a fairy that would break into the Hill of Tara each Samhain, lull the people to sleep with his harp and burn the fort to the ground. He was finally vanquished by a young Fionn Mac Cumhaill, who then became leader of the Fianna as a reward.

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2021-06-25

Each day the sun dies and is reborn, as Ra leads the solar barge into the Duat at night. Within the Duat Ra is renewed by his attendants, while Set fights Apep the Chaos Serpent. If he succeeds, sun god Ra is renewed, bringing morning light.

🖼: A. Hodyrevskaya

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2021-06-25

Have a sunny Midsummer! The Devs are off to celebrate the nightless night!
In Finland, Midsummer eve is time for love spells. Eleanna has collected seven flowers that she will place under her pillow to see “the one” in a dream.

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2021-06-25

Here is Wūscfrēa -- The Lord of the Wisht or Wist..

What is the Wisht? It’s that thing that brings our dreams.

Said the be born of fire, he floats to us like smoke.

Join me tomorrow at 7:30 to find out more.


https://t.co/4XexRYCCRy

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2021-06-24

Reported in 1907
To find if your lover is true, touch fire to one of his letters. If the flame is bright and clear, he will be true; if the blaze is small and blue, he will forsake you."

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2021-06-24

The Goddess Áine is the bringer of wealth, love and growth. Feasts were held in her honour on Night to bring an abundant harvest and protect from evil. She sometimes appears as a red mare.

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Prometheus is the Titan God of fire, in Greek Myth.

He created humans from clay, defied the Gods by stealing their fire and giving it to humanity.

He's intelligent and a champion of humankind, as well as the author of the human arts and sciences.

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2021-06-24

In Slavic folklore, the Firebird (Žar Ptica) was a magical glowing bird, whose feathers can light up the whole room. https://t.co/VYzKLPmKhD
https://t.co/pIcGiKcIl1

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The Pyrallis is an insect resembling a large fly with four(!) legs that Pliny wrote lived in copper-smelting furnaces on Cyprus. It draws its lifeforce from the and if it flies out of the flames it instantly dies🔥

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