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Norse Goddess of Death, Hel, child of Trickster Loki, dwells in the land that lies “downward & northward,” Niflheim or World of Darkness, consisting of 9 worlds. Unlike heroes of battle who go to Valhalla, Hel is reserved for those who do *not* fall in battle.

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Narcissus Poeticus is the last to flower, well into March. In Greek legend Narcissus faded away from self-obsession, & was turned into the white daffodil by Nemesis. It then became the flower Persephone was gathering when she was abducted by Pluto.

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In Kyivean Slavic mythology, Khors is the god of the sun, bringer of righteousness, and dispenser of justice. May he ride once more across the world and bring hope to Ukraine.

🖼: A. Shishkin

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In a Ukrainian tale a dog called Sirko is driven out of his home because he's old. A wolf decides to help him. The wolf runs away with the couple's baby, Sirko runs after the wolf and pretends to save the baby. Sirko is welcomed back and the wolf gets food.

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Hope is sometimes all we have to hold onto. Psyche, her love taken by her own curiosity and by the disapproval of Venus, held to hope she would see Cupid again, despite her impossible tasks. And she did: because she dared to hope.

🖼: J.E. Delaney

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I joined after seeing a Tolkien scholar I respect doing it. My thread for the final hosted hashtag day is about Tolkien's essay based on his lecture on 8 March 1939, "On Fairy-Stories", where he described the value of fairy story.

Thank you, !

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From brief to final product, thank you for this concept piece of art! Who wants some more, whilst we pitch the live action series?

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Hephaestus formed a body from clay. Athena clothed the form. Aphrodite gave it grace and beauty. Hermes provided it a voice. Zeus bestowed cunning and the ability to lie. Hera planted curiosity. They named the woman Pandora.

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The return of the Greek god Apollo, after he had spent the cold winter months in Hyperborea, was celebrated as the return of Spring and light
🎨by Donn P Crane

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In the Yoruba traditions of the Americas, he is the sky father and bringer of life, creator, defender of order. He is Obatala, orisha who reigns above as he did when he incarnated, a tradition stemming from his original form in Africa.

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The White Deer is a traditional sign of renewal & especially for King Arthur & his knights. Where the pursuit of the White Deer was a sign of spiritual endeavor & the of a quest! For if you come across one today, it is still an omen of change.

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Žaltys (the grass snake) is a household spirit of healing and fertility from Lithuanian folklore. It protects the home, brings happiness and wards off disease. People would keep Žaltys in their home as a pet and feed it or give it offerings.

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One last thread for ~ I'm just going to post images related to some of my favorite bits of flower folklore...starting with foxgloves. They're sacred to the goddess Flora, who touched Hera on the breast and belly with them, to impregnate her with the god Mars.

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More flowers for red valerian not only deters witches (sorry, witches) and attracts lovers, it also attracts rats. This is useful: some say the Pied Piper of Hamelin’s ratcatching success was down to the valerian roots in his pocket rather than his music.

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Sekhmet is the Egyptian Deity associated with healing and also diseases. Just like the sun: she heals and gives energy. However, she can also be deadly and cause too many problems.

People would pray for her during the new year, so she would be calm and gentle.

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Thank you to for sending this finished piece of Éithne & Effie taking on the ferocious Scottish creature, the Beithir, for Who’d love to see an animated spin off series, or graphic novels?

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She is dawn, is light, is the stars and promise of a new day. She is Zorya, the Slavic keeper of the gates of morning who let's the sun out each new day. She is gold and red and yellow and white, and her light is hope.

🖼: A. Shishkin

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Hello and thank you to the marvelous for the last session. This is as we talk love, light and happiness.
Img: The Egyptian god Khepri was depicted as a dung beetle, symbolizing the light of the sun and it's rebirth every morning.

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