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#Today marks the start of #CapricornSeason. The #constellation is identified as #Amalthea, the #goat that suckled #Zeus after #Rhea, saved him from being #devoured by #Kronos. #Capricorns are #ambitious, #persistent, #realistic, #sensitive and #practical.
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#Yule or #Yuletide is a #festival historically observed by the #Germanic peoples. It begins of #December21st and lasts until #January1st. #Scholars have connected the original #celebrations to the #WildHunt, #Odin, and the #pagan #AngloSaxon #Mōdraniht
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In #GreekMythology #Aphrodite was 1 of the 12 #Olympians. She was the #goddess of #love, #beauty, #pleasure, #passion & #procreation with a vicious #temper. She was 1 of the most #worshipped, #feared & #powerful gods in the #Pantheon: https://t.co/kHYXsejzZ3
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In #GreekMythology, #Bia was the #Titan #Goddess of #force, #anger and raw #energy. Her parents were the Titans, #Pallas and #Styx and her 3 siblings were #Kratos/#strength, #Nike/#victory, and #Zelos/#zeal.
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In Jewish #Mythology/#Folklore #Lilith was Adam's first wife, created at the same time and from the same clay. She #rebelled against him and so was cast out of #Eden where she became a #Demoness and the #Queen of #Hell by the side of her husband, #Sammel.
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In #GreekMythology #Perses was the #Titan of #destruction. He was the father of #Hecate, #goddess of #witchcraft, by #Asteria. His name means "the #Destroyer" or "the #Ravager."
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In #NorseMythology, #Skaði is the #jötunn/#Giant and #goddess of #snow and #ice. She is associated with #wolves, #winter, #skiing, #bowhunting and #mountains.
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In #GreekMythology, #Chione/#Khione; was the #goddess of #Snow and #Ice. She was the daughter of #Boreas, the #god of the #north #wind, and #Orithyia a daughter of #Erechtheus, #king of #Athens
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I am super excited for the future #books of both @officialnhaynes and @MillerMadeline, 2 of my #favourite #Authors!
As far as I am aware, Natalie Haynes is doing a 📚 on #Medusa and both are doing 📚 on my all time favourite #character in #mythology, #Medea!
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In Central #European #folklore and #mythology, #Krampus is a #horned "half-#goat, half-#demon", who, during the #Christmas #season, punishes #children who have #misbehaved.
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In #Austro-#German #legend, #Perchta is a #malevolent #pagan #goddess who stalks the #snowy landscape by #night during the #TwelveDaysOfChristmas. She is also associated with the #Feast of the #Epiphany on #January6th
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In #GreekMythology #Makaria/#Macaria was #goddess of #blessed #death. She was a #merciful counterpart of #Thanatos and helped #souls reach the Islands of the Blessed. She was a daughter of #Hades and #Persephone
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In #GreekMythology #Iris was the #goddess of the #rainbow and messenger of the #gods. She was the #handmaiden/personal #messenger of #Hera and daughter of #Thaumas- a #marine-god, and #Elektra- a #cloud #nymph
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In #NorseMythology #Loki is the #god of #tricksters. His father is a #giant but Loki is an #Aesir. His wife is #Sigyn and his children, #Nari/#Narfi, #Fenrir, #Jörmungandr, and #Hel. Loki is fated to cause #Ragnarok
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In #GreekMythology #Achlys is the #goddess/#primordial personification of the #mist of #death. She was, perhaps, a daughter of #Nyx/#Night and according to some ancient cosmogonies, Achlys was the eternal night before #Chaos
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In #NorseMythology, #Sif is a #goddess associated with the #Earth. Sif is the wife of #Thor and is known for her golden hair. Sif is named as the mother of the goddess #Þrúðr by Thor and #Ullr fathered by #Urvandill.
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#Hecate was the #goddess of #witches, #magic and #crossroads in #GreekMythology, she was also a guide for #souls in the #Underworld. #HecateNight is on #Nov16th. This is the night she #haunts the crossroads with her #hounds.
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