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The herb basil was said to be the only effective antidote to the poison of the dreadful Basilisk, hence its name. #FolkloreThursday
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Dragon boat racing is said to have begun on the Eastern shores of the Dongting Lake as a search for the body of poet, Qu Yuan, 1st author of Chinese verse. The dragon-king is said to live at the bottom of this lake.
In Irish tradition speedwell was regarded as a good luck charm. Often found along verges or byways, it was sewn into clothing to give protection from accidents, especially on journeys when “speed well” possibly meant “godspeed” or “safe journey.”#FolkloreThursday Img: CMB
Wormwood is said to have sprung up in the track of the serpent as it left Eden...
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At the center of many Filipino myths is the Bakunawa, a dragon-like being whose movements inspire Filipino spiritual calendars. With a single horn, it takes on different roles in different regions, causing eclipses to the Cebuano and Bicolano via eating the moon #FolkloreThursday
The meager carp is a symbol of hope and perseverance in Japan: if a carp can leap all the way up a waterfall, it is said that the gods will turn it into a dragon, a blessing for their hard work. May we all have such perseverance in the days ahead. #FolkloreThursday
🪶🍀🪶First Cuckoo call lore...
Count the notes to find out how many years before you marry - or how many years you have left to live!
Good fortune if you hear it when standing on soft ground, bad if on hard.
Lying in bed = illness.
Coins in pocket = prosperity.
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Cuckoos are seen as harbingers of spring. In Wales it was believed that a child born on the day the first cuckoo call of the season is heard will be lucky for their whole life. #FolkloreThursday
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Welsh goddess of spring Blodeuwedd (Flower Face) so called because magicians, Math & Gwydion, made her from flowers. Later, they turned her into an owl for being unfaithful to her husband. A sombre symbol of the fleetingness & fragility of love, beauty & spring
From my homeland - The Persian manticore, similar to the Greek chimera and Egyptian sphinx, has the body of a lion, the head of a human, the wings of a dragon or bat, and the venomous tail of a scorpion. #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #persianfolklore
In Scottish and Irish folklore, the 'bodach' is a trickster, depicted as either a faerie or a hobgoblin. He comes down the chimney to kidnap naughty children; used as a cautionary tale to frighten children into good behaviour.
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Walpurgisnacht traditionally marks the old feast day of Saint Walpurga, one of the first literate evangelical nuns active in Frankish Germany. Pagans observe it as the night before Beltane (May 1), the beginning of Summer, a time of freedom, fertility and hope.
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The appearance of the Devil changes with time and place in folklore, drawing on social anxieties, even xenophobia, at times. While some British folktales have a dandy Devil taking innocents to a wrestling match, others present an inhuman black shape. #FolkloreThursday
In Slavic folklore butterflies were thought to be the visible soul of a witch. If the butterfly flew into the mouth of a sleeping human it was thought the witch had possessed them. #FolkloreThursday
Ventolines, gráciles espíritus etéreos de las costas del mar cantábrico. Representan los buenos vientos y son benévolos: https://t.co/e3KpCce5Zi
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Diseño original de Gustavo Cotera.
A trickster in the folklore of Ireland, is the gean-cánach (love talker). A male faerie similar to a leprechaun, known for seducing men and women, although he is particularly fond of shepherds and milkmaids
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art: Maximilian Pirner
From the 'Myths in Isolation' book project on world folklore, by Katherine Soutar, contemporary English artist and illustrator #WomensArt #FolkloreThursday
In the indigenous fables of Sarawak (i.e. Iban, Kelabit, Malay, Melanau, Orang Ulu), the mouse deer was known as a trickster. He is always too smart for his own good, and thus, has the tendency to be cunning and deceitful most of the time. #SarawakFolklore #FolkloreThursday
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LEPRECHAUN🇮🇪
..tales of Ireland's trickster fairies, first emerged in the 8th Century. Famous for being cobblers "leath brogan"..the shoemaker..earns them, their pots of gold, at the end of the rainbow.." 👞🌈