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"Li Chi and the Serpent" is a Chinese tale of a girl who fights a monster to help her family and community. (Source: In Search of the Supernatural: The Written Record by Gan Bao, Kenneth J. DeWoskin & James Irving Crump, 1996). #FolkloreThursday #InternationalWomensDay
There are all too few female characters in Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings'; Éowyn plays a pivotal role by deceiving, outwitting & slaying the Witch-King of Angmar; contributing to the demise of Sauron.
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'The Return of the King' (1980) dir. Rankin/Bass.
One of the many turns of phrase to refer to death and dying is "the pathways of night," which is connected to Hekate, goddess of magic, crossroads, and entryways, and a goddess of the Underworld, which some believe she ruled prior to Hades. #FolkloreThursday
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Experience the awe, the mystery and the wonder from the furthest-most reaches of imagination!
Wonder Island is going to be a beautiful #copic colored 160-page graphic novel!
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The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is a tale about eleven princes who have been turned into swans. Their brave sister, Lisa saves them by spinning nettles into thread to make eleven coats. She cannot speak a word until she's done or her brothers will die.
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A Year and a Day – My Top 5 Characters from the Mabinogion is now archived at #FolkloreThursday
"It’s a hard choice, as most of them are deeply flawed..."
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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.
Narcissus Poeticus is the last #daffodil 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. #FolkloreThursday
If you'd like a daily dose of #folklore, I recommend these hashtags:
#MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FaustianFriday #SuperstitionSat #FolkloreSunday #SwampSunday
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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. #FolkloreThursday
🖼: A. Shishkin
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. #FolkloreThursday
🖼: J.E. Delaney
I joined #FolkloreThursday 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, @FolkloreThurs!
From brief to final product, thank you @vixxnev for this concept piece of art! Who wants some more, whilst we pitch the live action series? #illustration #illustrationart #scottish #fantasy #mythology #FolkloreThursday #mythicalcreatures #originsofthelaoich
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. #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday 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
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. #FolkloreThursday
The White Deer is a traditional sign of renewal & #hope, especially for King Arthur & his knights. Where the pursuit of the White Deer was a sign of spiritual endeavor & the #beginning of a quest! For if you come across one today, it is still an omen of change. #FolkloreThursday
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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