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"The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again."
Sat., Jan. 16th share the joy of & reunion w Share the tag w your art, manips, thoughts, fanfic & fancams. Keep Ben alive!

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In the story of the Lindworm, an old woman emerges from a tree, twice to help women in need. The crone and the tree are forever intertwined.

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For , some folklore-inspired beginnings (cosmogonies) of fantasy worlds:
Tolkien’s Ainulindalë
Lewis’ Aslan sings Narnia into being
Adams’ Lord Frith creates the animals
Dunsany’s creator god, Mana-Yood-Sushai
Can you think of others?

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In the Aztec myth of creation, Tonacacihuatl & Tonacateuctli—a.k.a. Ometeotl, the god who was both male & female—gave birth to four sons, the Tezcatlipocas of the East, North, South & West who created the universe, including the cosmic time known as suns."

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Zeus burned Semele (Dionysus' mother) to death so he sewed Dionysus to his thigh which "in labour became female, and the boy too soon born was brought forth, but not in a mother’s way, having passed from a mother’s womb to a father’s."(DIONYSIACA 9, Book 1)

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The primordial bovine, Auðumbla, gave ”birth” to Odin’s grandpa by slurping away at his salty rimfrost womb. Also, the original frost giant, Ymir, guzzled her frothy milk straight from the teat in order to grow big and strong.

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Before you start building a new home, put a pile of rocks or stakes at the potential corners. If you return & the markers are disturbed, pick a different site; the fairies aren't happy. They may even move your stakes to the spot they'd prefer.
Art: Alan Lee

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There is a long-held fear of the Fae in many cultures, especially around times of birth. It is believed that the “little people” often steal babies, boys especially, and replace them with replicants or Changeling kind, a shadow of the true babe.

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Dryads are a type of fairy or tree spirit found in all old Celtic countries in Europe

The Celtic "Druids" are said to have gotten their names from the Dryads. Thought to be female fairies and live in the highest boughs of the 13 Celtic sacred trees

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Richard Folkard says that on New Year's Day, 1641, the Duc de Montausier gave his beloved, Julie, a specially-commissioned book of floral illustrations and poems. He placed it in her bedroom, so she found it as she awoke into a new year.

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BIRTH OF HELEN OF TROY
Helen was Zeus' daughter. In the form of a swan, the king of gods was chased by an eagle, and sought refuge with Leda. The swan gained her affection, and the two mated. Leda then produced an egg, from which Helen emerged.

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The divine Creators Izanagi and Izanami birthed tens of thousands of gods but were separated by tragedy. They reunited in Yomi, where Izanagi found his wife rotting. She vowed to kill life, and daily he vowed to create more life than she destroyed.

🖼: genzoman

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rebirth:
In Gaelic myth, faeries were regarded as either non-human nature spirits or as spirits of the dead. They would exist in 'faerie mounds' awaiting reincarnation.
There's a similar belief regarding elves in N. Europe.

🎨 The Fairy Raid; Noel Paton 1867

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- The Reylo moment we all want to see, courtesy ' art.

Saturday, Jan. 16th, share your art, manips, fancams, poetry, prose & fanfic under the tag to share our visions of return to

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Woodland animals & their young:
Badger – boar, sow & cub
Stoat – jack, jill & kit
Hare – buck, doe, kit
Otter - Dog, bitch, pup
Hedgehog – Boar, sow, hoglet
Fox – Dog, vixen, cub
Deer – buck, hind, faun
Squirrel – buck, doe & pup

🎨R Sheppard

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Records show that fear of changelings was a disturbingly common belief:
“The complexion of the supposed Changeling was perfectly delicate…he never spoke or cried…If he were left never so dirty, the woman on her return found him with a clean face.” (Waldron)

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In Wales it was believed that a child born on the day the first cuckoo call of the season is heard will be lucky for their whole life.

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The Cedar tree is often referred to as The Tree of Life in plant folklore, due to it's long life.
It represents purification, with its wood often burnt to ward off evil spirits.

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