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I had a blast sharing your water wisdom, #FolkloreThursday. This is Crystal @HistoriumU signing off. Get your next tweets ready because @ShanonSinn will be on at 6:30 BST for today’s last session. “Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river." ― Lao Tzu (Image: Stillman)
Jakob's Well, the scene of the conversation between Jesus and the “woman of Samaria” narrated in the Fourth Gospel, is described as being in the neighbourhood of an otherwise unmentioned “city called Sychar.” see also John 4:6 (ESV)#FolkloreThursday
Today's @FolkloreThurs theme is Rivers and Wells! River hags are a common theme in English folklore, with figures such as Peg Powler and Jenny Greenteeth acting as bogeyman-figures who would drown children who came too close to the riverbank.
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Kawa Akago are the cousins of kappa. They live on the riverbanks and cry out like babies, leading people into the river. When a person is in the river, they’ll knock their legs out from under them, sometimes drowning their victims. #FolkloreThursday Art @matthewmeyerart
For the Cherokee, the world is an island floating on water & suspended from the sky by 4 ropes. One day, the cords will break & the world will sink in the ocean & all will return to water. That is why rivers are sacred & people bath in them at each new moon. #FolkloreThursday
The myth of Narcissus tells of a beautiful young man who became so enamored of his own reflection in a river that he refused to move from the spot, and eventually flowers (narcissi) grew there. Echo fell in love with him, but he only had eyes for himself. #FolkloreThursday
JENNY GREENTEETH Beware if passing a marsh or pond in a mist. This sharp-toothed crone pulls unwary wanderers into the depths & devours them. 'Jenny Greenteeth' is also the local name for duckweed in parts of England #FolkloreThursday 🎨image 2 Brian Froud
It was believed that the Taff Whirlpool was frequented by a lovely lady, who lured people whilst bathing 🌪
Youths were known to swim towards her, attracted by her beauty. They were then sucked into the vortex, and their bodies could never be found 💀
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In old Nordic folk tales (mainly Sweden and Norway) Näcken (the Neck) is a male water creature that mainly lives in rivers, streams, ponds and lakes inland. He plays his fiddle to lure you into the water. #FolkloreThursday
✨A Kelpie is a shape shifting water spirit inhabiting the Locs & Pools of Scottland. Preying on any humans it encounters. It is usually described as a black horselike creature, able to adopt human form. ✨
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A kyōkotsu is a ghostly, skeletal spirit, with only its bleached skull and tangled hair emerging from its tattered shroud. They are formed from bones improperly disposed of by being discarded down a well, this lack of respect creating a very powerful grudge. #FolkloreThursday
🌊🧜♀️🌊A Mermaid from the river Mersey was said to swim through a subterranean passage to Rostherne Mere, where an ancient church bell had been lost in the waters. She would ring it to welcome in the dawn on Easter Sunday, before sitting upon it to sing.
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The Pascagoula River in Mississippi is known as The Singing River. For hundreds of years the Choctaw and locals have experienced and attempted to describe the eerily beautiful sound seemingly rising from the water.
In Scotland Water Wraiths are spirits thought to preside over the waters of highlands and lowlands. They often take the form of skinny, old women with scowling features who dress in green. They try to lure unsuspecting travelers to their death by drowning .
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KAPPA. Vampiric Japanese river imp & Trickster Yōkai. Likes human blood & entrails. A kind of humanoid turtle with a carapace, webbed feet & knee claws. The only thing Kappas enjoy more than a tasty child is a cucumber!
Image 3 Kappa statue at Fukuoka #FolkloreThursday
Mefiti, goddess of the volcano and River Melfa in Italy - this image of Riitta and I on a dry river bed enacting her #FolkloreThursday
The Lady of the Lake is a name or a title used by several #Faeries associated with the legend of #KingArthur. She lived in a casde beneath a lake surrounding the mystical #Avalon. She raised #Lancelot after and gave Arthur the magical sword #Excalibur.
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The Marabbecca is a creature invented by Sicilian parents to warn their children against playing too close to wells. The Marabbecca will snatch the nearest child, pull them down into the well, & drown them. #FolkloreThursday
Chibis of some of the FoMT bachelorettes. C:
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