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In Chinese lore, Wen Shi is Longmu Finding an egg by the river, she hatched 5 snakes that matured into She became legend when her dragon-children ended the drought. When she died, the dragons took human form, aka the 5 Scholars.

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Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (1997) is a "jidaigeki" (period drama) set in the late Muromachi era of Japan which took sixteen years to design and three years to produce.
Princess Mononoke: How the film was conceived (1998)

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Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and takes to the sky like a bird in flight. Who do you think will be her lover? https://t.co/gvFNAOBHpn

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Today's theme is the folklore of Meet the greatest pirate ever: Ching Shih (1775-1844). She commanded 1200 ships & 75000 & triumphed against the English, Portuguese & Chinese navies! So respected, she became Lin Zexu's advisor in the Opium Wars

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is called the 'Dark Mother of the Woods' & is sacred to the 3rd phase of the the Known as Morrígan or Caillech or Beira, ‘Goddess of Winter’—the waning of life, waning year, and waning moon. 🍂🌗🌘🌒🌒🦉#FolkloreThursday
https://t.co/x8MaWNDrf2

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Nuwa is one of the oldest Chinese deities. She was a creator and protector of animals and people. Ancient Chinese society was matriarchal, and childbirth was believed to be a miraculous occurrence, that did not involve males.

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In March sow garden herbs:

“In March & in April from morning to night,
In sowing & setting good housewives delight,
To have in a garden or other like plot,
To physic their house, or to furnish their pot.”
(Good husbandry 1753)
🎨 Waterhouse

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Pencil & watercolour sketch of a Mermaid. A symbol of freedom & independence.

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The Lady of the Lake is often represented as evil in medieval literature but in 'Le Morte d'Arthur' she has a very good reason to entrap Merlin under a rock. He has fallen in love with her and will not leave her alone.

🎨Rackham & Speed Lancelot

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Some “Queen Bees”: Melissa (ancient Greece), Colel Cab (Mayan), Mellona (ancient Rome), Beyla (Norse), Austeja (Lithuania)-- Goddesses associated with bees, honey, beekeeping, fertility & survival of the world
Lovely 🎨by Q. Cassetti: https://t.co/MhCo4sXrl5

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Lilith - 1st partner of Adam, is a complex creature: A demon, a child killer, a temptress... a goddess.
She’s the sexuality that women are told to hide, & the anger that is too much to show in public.
She’s the overwhelming lust that comes on without warning.

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Tough decision. Friends of Mineral Town is by far my favorite Harvest Moon game, and in that one it has to be the Harvest Goddess.

My true favorite bachelorette though would have to be the Witch Princess (but she's from a much worse game).

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¡Por fin, ya en nueva página de La Pantalla de Buck y Loretta! https://t.co/pPoiESkU6f

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🌻✨🎂Today, Floret and Bo are exactly one year old! Congratulations!🎂✨🌻

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E Fortuny amava realizzare copie delle sue opere.
La più importante sicuramente questa,
Il Miracolo della Santa Casa di Loreto. Unica testimonianza a colori del soffitto della Chiesa degli Scalzi, distrutto da un bombardamento austriaco il 24 ottobre 1915

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Snowdrops symbolise innocence and purity.

I've learned about being pure and innocent. Beauty seeking is a tireless pursuit.

If you look around the edges... you'll find them everywhere.

Big green stems and the fluffy white canopy.


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Today’s is all about Seas And Rivers! In English folklore, hags like Peg Powler, Jenny Greenteeth and Nelly Longarms haunt ponds, streams and rivers, catching and eating any children who stray too close to the water’s edge.

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"I was impressed by and I'm even more taken with
- Kim Newman

See what the eminent critic & , said about our films...

-The Droving
https://t.co/Mu4EQfIKyB
-Hex review:
https://t.co/1uMDUKP2tt

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Sail ye the Seven Seas? It's easier than you'd think: the term refers not to seas but the seven "oceans" according 19th century sailors: the North & South Atlantic, the North & South Pacific, the Indian, the Arctic and Southern oceans.

🖼: I. Aivazovsky

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