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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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Hope is blind, seated on a globe & playing a lyre with only one string. The artist Watts said '#Hope is here suggesting not expectancy, but listening to the music from the remaining chord.'
Recently, Barack Obama claimed it inspired him to enter politics.

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For Jacob Boehme although light derives from fire, it is “kindly, gentle, and fruitful”. By making a place for the fire to burn, be it a lamp or a hearth, the fire can be made into a light that warms, nourishes, & protects ourselves and others. This is our duty.

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I long since wanted to show the full illustration i drew last year as a cover for "Lurker at the Threshold" by (link in the comment)!

I had so much fun drawing so many ghosts 👻💀🕯️

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After Emily Dickinson's death, her sister kept her promise & burned most of the poet's correspondence. Dickinson however left no instructions about the 40 notebooks & loose sheets in a locked chest. Recognising the poems' worth her sister saw them published.

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fascinates me, how myths & legends may affect our world today.

I love finding & telling stories that hover between fact & fantasy, whilst scratching at the surface of a truth.

was a wonderful outlet for a few of these.

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The last hosted day. To every host: THANK YOU 🤗
To all : you have made this a wonderful welcoming, fun, fascinating community. You are more than contributors, you are family.
I will never love a hashtag more than ❤

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Julian of Norwich (1343– after 1416),, was an English anchoress of the Middle Ages. This theme is repeated throughout her work: "Jesus answered with these words, saying: 'All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."

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Spring beckons, the vernal equinox draws near, – the hopes & promise of Imbolc are realised with the advent of Ēostre/Ostara. An ancient Germanic Spring goddess of birth & new beginnings. Her arrival heralds the sun’s return, signs of rebirth & renewal abound.

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Hansel and Gretel 🎨 by Arthur Rackham

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Some believed swallows were the spirits of children who had died, and come back to visit the house and protect it...

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It is prudent to tickle a newborn's nose with pepper as soon as possible—for babies aren't safe from the fairies until after their first sneeze.

Art: Brian Froud

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