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A European fable about South America. A Spanish priest wrote that in 1602 that he'd seen the shining jewel in its forehead. He and many others attempted to capture it, to no avail.

That is its only description.

📷 Leewiart

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2018-05-24

In Slavic lore, the Leshy are giant &hairy shape-shifting woodland spirits. With the ability to imitate human voices; they cry out &confuse wanderers who mean harm to the forest. They often wind-up killing their victims accidentally (like being tickled to death)

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2018-05-24

Griffin, a mythical creature with the body of a lion & the head, wings & talons of an eagle. It appears on the coat of arms for Brentford & Chiswick & is the emblem for Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick. Sightings of the creature occurred in Brentford in the 1980s.

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2018-05-24

Know your trolls! Forest trolls (friendliest of the lot), Mountain trolls, & River trolls, who often live under bridges. You may find a showering in a waterfall, or meet one whistling as he rounds a bend in the river. [Left: N Robinson, Kittelson, Bauer]

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2018-05-24

Want your own magically endowed artistically inclined mini human? Try
Paracelsus's Homunculus Recipe:
Put human 'seed' in a sealed flask on low heat for 40 days. Feed the growth treated blood for 40 weeks.(1/2)(For a basilisk replace seed w/ menstrual blood)

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2018-05-24

Pukwudgies have grayskin sharpquills,poisoned arrows,& are able to teleport,create fire,& morph into porcupines.They're able to control the souls of the humans they've killed.Perhaps creepiest of all,residents of Massachusetts still report Pukwudgie encounters.

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2018-05-24


VALKYRIES are supernatural women from Norse mythology
Fascinating people associated with Odin, war and swan maidens

https://t.co/bLDCm0AuCW

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2018-05-24

Announcing this week's theme... folklore of magical creatures — bring on your trolls, giants and fairies this Thursday! [Img: John Bauer]

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2018-05-22

Tomoe Gozen was a female samurai warrior. She was a remarkable archer & a swordswoman worth a thousand men, performing more deeds of valor than any other warrior during the Genpei War. Unbroken horses obeyed her. She's known for her beheading of great swordsmen.

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2018-05-18

Bye, baby bunting,
Daddy's gone a
He'll never get this rabbit's skin,
To wrap the baby bunting in.

This nursery rhyme dates to 1784 but is believed to have been part of an earlier oral tradition. [ Note Rabbits hunting in the Rackham illustration]

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2018-05-17

Arawn is the King of the Otherworld in Welsh Mythology, encountered in the First Branch of the Mabinogion by the hero Pwyll when both were hunting. Pwyll finds himself in Annwn, the realm of Arawn & meets the Otherworld King’s hounds (white dogs with red ears)

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2018-05-17

For sport and leisure on the island of Hopeless, Maine part one. Adventures with pets and local fauna. (art self and )

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2018-05-17

Veles & Perun, the Slavic god of thunder, always battled: representing chaos & order. The myth was cyclical, repeating each year. The death of Veles was never permanent; he would reform himself as a serpent who shed its old skin to be reborn in a new body.

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2018-05-11

Veles is a Slavic god of nature, dragons, cattle & the underworld. His tree is the willow. After the advent of Christianity, he was split into several characters & identified with the Devil. His more benevolent sides were transformed to several Christian saints.

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2018-05-11

Fun Facts about Hera!!!
1) Hera was as an independent goddess before the Greeks gave up trying to suppress her cults and married her off to Zeus, conquering both the land of Greece and a woman-centered religion.
Illustration from HanieMohd

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2018-05-10

HUGINN & MUNINN

Odin's spirit ravens. Fly out each day to gather info for him. Commonly called Thought & Memory, they translate more effectively to Spirit/Soul (from hugr) & Mind (from munr). Insinuating Odin used astral projections?

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2018-05-10

I adore the Norse Freya, who brought the human world black magic! Riding on a chariot drawn by cats, she brought the "Seidr" (witchcraft/shamanism). The magic of altering the course of destiny by re-weaving part of destiny’s web itself!

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2018-05-10