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"La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is a legend immortalized in the 1819 ballad by John Keats, based on a 15th century poem. It tells of a fairy woman who enchanted knights, who for years afterwards would wander in the wilderness, dazed and lovesick, in search of her.
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The Greek goddess and witch Circe was the daughter of the sun god Helios and the nymph Perse. She was able to transform men into pigs and in one version of myth she bore Odysseus a son who later accidentally killed him.
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Bold and beautiful, the Valkyries. From Old Norse ‘valkyrja’ (fallen+choose), ‘choosers of the fallen’, would bring the slain warriors to Fólkvangr and Valhalla. #folklorethursday #viking
Credit: 1). E. Doepler, 1905. 2). E.R. Hughes, ca.1900. 3). S. Sinding, 1910. 4). No credit
A favourite #bold girl is Gerda in #TheSnowQueen.
After her friend Kai disappears she travels the world on a visionary quest to save him, barefoot and alone. Hans Christian Andersen’s story has been acclaimed as perhaps the first feminist fairy tale. #FolkloreThursday 🎨 Dulac
Ever wondered about the tradition of turning the sod - tradition says turn a sod, leave it overnight and if in the morning it has been turned back then the fairies disapprove - D. MacManus, Middle Kingdom, The Faerie World of #Ireland #FolkloreThursday
Nimue (aka - the lady of the lake) is an enchantress associated with the legends of King Arthur. She plays a pivotal role in many stories. Giving Arthur his sword Excalibur and enchanting Merlin. She is the daughter of Dyonas and blessed by the Goddess Diana. #folklorethursday 💕
Songs of the #Sea: The Origins of #Shanties by @Steph_Lepht for #FolkloreThursday! #WorldMaritimeDay
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In 2015 14-year-old Hu Munitas hunted down and dispatched the malevolent 'Skade.' This phantom witch had lured lonely travellers to their deaths centuries underneath the Dartford Crossing, Kent. #folklorethursday
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The healing wells were especially sought after to heal eye diseases and even blindness. Those seeking a cure would rise at dawn, followed the well’s pattern or prescribed ritual actions & bathed the eyes in the well’s water.
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For today’s #FolkloreThursday here’s some insect folklore about bees & death💀🐝
In the 18th & 19th centuries in the U.S. and Western Europe, a strange ritual involving households that kept bees took place called ‘The Telling of the Bees.’
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Small detail from a new #illustration #FolkloreThursday I suppose most of you can guess who it’s for.
@JokhanJay In Japan, dragonflies have been treated as holy animals; believed to have medical qualities. They are also linked to abundance in rice paddies, embedding them with harvest. So naturally, they still represent Autumn. But also power, agility & victory. #FolkloreThursday
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Māui (Maui) is the great hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Rarely was Maui actually worshipped, being less of a deity and more of a folk hero. His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main exploits remain relatively similar.
In Ulster, the cricket was called "gentle wee thing," the word gentle signifying fairy origin. Bad luck to harm one. The Irish believed crickets were hundreds of years old; and if we could understand, they would reveal the history of the world...
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Witches are said to be partial to Elder trees, often hiding their offspring beneath them. The progeny then mature into Holdikens: worms, bees, caterpillars, and butterflies that aid their parent witches in mischief.
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An old superstition said if you saw a dead butterfly, it was a sure sign you would shed tears within a week...🦋
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🎨- Richard Doyle
According to Swedish lore, dragonflies are known as "Blindsticka" or “The devil’s knitting needle.” For they can use their long bodies to pick-out your eyes & sew your eyelids shut! Also befriending the snake; if one got sliced, they'd just sew it back together.
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A Mayan story:
A tyrant Jaguar once ruled the jungle. Afraid, the animals obeyed him until a Grasshopper challenged him to a duel.
Jumping inside Jaguar’s ear, Grasshopper drove him to insomnia and desperation by chirping endlessly until he surrendered.
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In an old poem of J.R.R. Tolkien, called "Errantry", the hero fights against some insects:
"He battled with the Dumbledors,
the Hummerhorns, and Honeybees,
and won the Golden Honeycomb,..."
