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In Blendasägnen, Blenda of Småland saves her country from invasion by inviting the warriors to a feast. She sees to it that the invaders are plied with alcohol. Alongside her army of women, she kills the men after they fall into drunken slumber.

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Before becoming the hero of the Grail quest, Perceval was raised away from court and unaware of his noble blood. As a typical “Fair Unknown,” his heroism shone through nonetheless, and he eventually joined the Round Table fellowship.

Art:Arthur Hacker

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Kintaro is a folk hero from Japan. Raised by a mountain witch he had superhuman strength & befriended animals in the mountains. He's depicted here refereeing a wrestling match between a monkey & a rabbit.

'Moon of Kintoki's Mountain'- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890.

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Sept. 1838 22yo Grace Darling and Father rowed 4-man boat from their lighthouse over stormy seas to rescue 9 survivors from ship wrecked on Farne Islands, .She became a national hero & Northumbrian legend

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Achilles was one of the greatest heroes of Greek He fought in the Trojan war and despite his mother's attempts to protect him, he was shot in the heel and killed.

Image: 'Thetis Bringing Armor to Achilles' by Benjamin West.

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2019-09-12

Letters of the alphabet, placed in a bowl and spilled out onto the floor, will tell one's future based on the letters that land face up. 📷: plant specimens from the Steere Herbarium via : https://t.co/zkNmQzi2cW

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2019-09-06

Need a fix for writer's block? Try the singing apple of Chéry and Fair-star. Anyone who possesses this fragrant apple is turned, magically, into a writer of poetry and prose. [🍎: Deborah Griscom Passmore, USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection]

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2019-09-06

Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland before 1603 featured two Unicorns wearing golden chains and crowns. The Unicorn was and still is the national animal of Scotland and a very distinctive Scottish symbol.

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2019-09-05

‘Devils, Demons, and Dangerous Creatures of the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum’ https://t.co/k5Y4yh87B2

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"Bocanje" - the ancient roots of traditional female tattoing among women in the Balkans.
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In English folklore as a candle burned the patterns made by the running wax were thought to foretell the future. Long strips of melted wax were interpreted as coffins and believed to be an omen of death.

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2019-09-05

(and a bit ) drawing of my , Fiona Cuhlainn. Bringing her up because I hope to place her into the universe as soon as I can!

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2019-08-30

Speaking of scary Inuit monsters, there is a wonderful, slightly scary, kids book, called The Shadows That Rush Past -A Collection fo Frightening Inuit Folktales" by Rachel A. Qitsualik, which folks might enjoy. It includes the giant NANURLUK (polar bear). https://t.co/hxwHWlvIko

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More of a force than a mythological creature, in Irish mythology, hungry grass/féar gortach is a patch of cursed grass! Also known as fairy grass, anyone walking on it is doomed to perpetual & insatiable hunger! Not known if this dates to 1840s famine or older!

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In Japanese myth, a KIRIN is a unicorn who punishes the wicked with its horn. It also protects the just & grants them good luck,

Art: Matthew Meyer

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In Japanese folklore, Kanazuchibō is an odd-looking yōkai which appears in some of the earliest picture scrolls. It is depicted in a number of ways but most often it is a goblin like creature with long, flowing hair, big buggy eyes, and a beak-like mouth.

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2019-08-30

Armenian holds a rare account of women being turned into werewolves as a consequence of deadly sin for a period of seven years. She wanders only at night, condemned to eat children, by day returning to her human form...

Art: LadyFiszi @ deviantart

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2019-08-29

The Gwyllion are evil fairies who haunt lonely roads in the Welsh mountains, they torment and lead night-travellers astray. Image- Brian Froud

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