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To English folk the mighty oak
Is England’s noblest tree
Its hard-grained wood is strong and good as English hearts can be!

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Hello! Welcome to the first of 2019! This is looking forward to hearing all your New Year and new beginning folklore.
(Image: via Wikimedia)

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The Rosehip belongs to Jupiter & Venus. A cold weather berry, it can be used magically to bring health, prosperity, & peace to your home for the new year. Placed under a pillow, it protects against nightmares & troublesome spirits.
Flower Fairy: Cicely Barker

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Next in line of the Ars Goetia, Asmodeus. Arguably one of the most referenced of the Ars Goetia he is also one of the most to be feared.

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The snow maiden or child is an archetype in many cultures that experience snow. She is often a very sad figure, as she will long to be with humankind, but usually ends up either melted or accidentally killing her human companions with her cold nature.

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2018-12-21

Amdusias, the chief of the cacophonous melodies played in hell. One of the most loyal of the Lesser Key of Solomon.

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As long as the bough of mistletoe never touches the earth it retains its traditional power to ward off evil spirits and as such was frequently hung around the house.

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Jupiter, the Roman father of the gods, appears in zodiac form.

German Woodcut, ca. 1510-1560, after Hans Burgkhmair the Elder

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2018-12-13

Happy I wanted to share one of the traditions from here in Italy: La Befana! 🌙 She arrives on January 5th, and leaves candy in the stockings of good children. In many city centers, large wicker Befana puppets are set on fire to symbolize the end of the year.

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It's said that Robins got red breasts flying down to Hell taking sips of water to unfortunate souls there. Robins are also said to be symbols of dead loved ones. I never heard either of these tales growing up on Yorks. Are they regional?

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Sacred pagan plant Misteltoe was considered so sacred that it had to be cut with a golden sickle.
Holly and other evergreens were also respected in the belief that, in winter, they provided refuge for woodland spirits until other trees regained their leaves.

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The symbolises death & Saturn, but also the rebirth of light at the The Yew is Old Magic, dreams, otherworld journeys & connection to ancestors. It is perseverance leading to transformation & renewal.

Image: The Yew Fairy, Cicely Barker

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But Xmas cards also reflected the still relatively new Christmas traditions - which, of course, included now traditional Christmas foods, such as the Christmas Pudding - who seems to be a real character /8

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But in times of Darwin and popularisation of the natural sciences, exotic and extinct animals made their way not only into public consciousness, but also popular culture & Christmas cards /6

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Rozhanitsy are invisible female creatures who immediately after a child’s birth decide as to its destiny, similar to Roman Parcae or the Greek Moirai; i.e. Fates. Often they are associated with the winter deer-mother goddess who is depicted with antlers.

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the midwinter ghost story pre-dates the modern Christmas, with short days & long nights this was always a time when the dead feel close. But was the Victorian love of Christmas ghost stories helped by the flicker of new gaslights giving off hallucinogenic CO2?

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In Chinese mythology the Jade emperor and his wife the queen mother of the West ensured the gods immortality by holding banquets where they would eat the peaches of immortality, the peach having long been a symbol of longevity in Chinese myths

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Small oranges or satsumas are traditionally placed in stockings to represent the gold and riches that kindly St Nicholas was said to have bestowed at Christmas on a poor man with no dowries for his daughters.

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