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First mentioned in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus, in Germanic folklore the Undine are female water nymphs who can only gain a human soul by marrying a human man. They lurk in bodies of water singing beautifully to lure their suitors

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For - what are your favourite folk stories, lores and myths, especially ones connected to the Romantic poets?

We are looking into Lamia - starting with Isobel Lilian Gloag's Keats-inspired The Kiss of the Enchantress (ca 1890).

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2019-07-11

July weather ruled by Sirius & madness of the Dog Days:

"King Sol has now got Sirius for his page:
Some heads go wrong & others madly rage
Which robs them of Reason, Wealth & Time,
Oft Murder too – yet most wink at the Crime"
(Moore’s Almanac 1752)

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11 July. Stinging nettles now very plentiful:
When rubbing a sting with a dock leaf, use this rhythmic spoken charm:

"Out nettle, in dock.
Dock shall have a new smock.”

(Traditional)
🎨 C M Barker Dead Nettle Fairy

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2019-07-11

The Beguiling of Merlin, 1872-78, Edward Burne-Jones. Created between 1872 and 1877. The painting depicts a scene from the Arthurian legend about the infatuation of Merlin with the Lady of the Lake, Nimue. 📖🖋🖌🎨🕰

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Fantasy author has used both sides of Cúchulain’s character to create his multi-layered teenage hero, Max MacDaniels, the “Hound of Rowan”.
https://t.co/3WneQww8nl

Art by

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2019-07-05

Some believe that cats' pupils wax and wane with the moon. [Edward Bawden, 'Cat and an Orchid', pencil and watercolour]

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When a cat's fur snaps with electricity, bad weather is on its way. [Andy Warhol, 'Sam', 1954.]

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2019-07-05

The World Turtle is a theme that recurs in Hindu and Chinese mythology, but also appears in the folklore of the Iroquois in North America. It supposes that the entire world is supported on the back of an enormous turtle. 🐢

Art: John Clowder Akupara

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2019-07-04

A dolphin rescues Arion, a poet accosted by hostile sailors who was forced to leap into the sea to save himself. The dolphin perished after the journey but was given a burial and monument and was placed in the heavens among the constellations.

N.C. Wyeth, 1938

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Rather love this 1875 series of illustrations 'An Elf-Fairy Romance' showing the courtship around a mushroom, the kiss (aww..) and the fairy running away leaving the elf heartbroken (sob!). Illustrations by Richard Doyle from 'In Fairyland'

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2019-07-04

Sadhbh, Fionn mac Cumhaill's wife turned into doe for 3 yrs for refusing love of a dark druid until his serving man told her that if she set foot in the dún (fort/castle) of the Fianna of Ireland, the druid would no longer have any power over her! 📷: Sloegenie.

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In Japanese folklore the minogame is a turtle believed to live up to 10,000 years. It's tail is made out of seaweed & algae & it features in the famous legend of Urashima Taro. It is depicted here with rabbits dancing beneath the moon.

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The old form of Capricorn, the goatfish, is taken from Pricus, father of the sea goats in Greek mythology.

Sea goats could reason, speak and travel in time. If they spent too long on land, they became ordinary, non sapient goats 1/2

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2019-06-28

The constellation Cassiopeia (my favorite growing up) holds the story from of the vain queen who was thrown into the sky for thinking she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs, or as my mother told me: for looking in the mirror too often...

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2019-06-27

According to Slavic Zorya is a magnificent star goddess. Guardian of the 'Doomsday Hound' & servant to the Sun God (Dazbog). She is represented by 2 the Morning & Evening Star. Responsible for opening & closing the gates to the Sun's Palace.

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The faces of the Pleiades, the 7 daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pursued by Orion, Zeus transformed them into doves, then When Orion himself was killed, he was turned into a constellation himself and placed behind them
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Image Harley MS 647

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Boshin (Civil) War between Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial faction ended 1869. Shogun forces surrendered. British & French Imperial rivalry - supported different sides & featured in such (romanticised) depictions as 1880 painting.

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13th century Turkish folklore:
–What do they do with the old moons Hodja?
–They cut them in pieces to make stars.

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