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Has any mythology or folklore, Norse or otherwise, not benefitted from Arthur Rackham's illustrations?

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2022-11-02

Yue Lao is a god of marriage and love in Chinese mythology. He is an old man reading a book listing who is going to marry whom in the moonlight. Once Yue lao unites with a silken cord all predestined couples,nothing can prevent their union…

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2022-11-01

In Norse and other European mythology, The Wild Hunt is a terrifying chase of ghostly riders, capable of sucking up souls and an omen of war. Often it is led by a supernatural figure such as Odin

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2022-11-01

The story of Fionn & Sigurd are similar - Sigurd kills dragon Fafnir and gains knowledge when he accidentally licks his finger while cooking for the dwarf Regin. In the Irish version, Fionn does the same cooking the Salmon of Knowledge for the dwarf Finnegas.

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2022-11-01

Do you like GHOST SHIPS?

Join us for terrifying tales of & some tremendous locations in SIDEWORLD: TERRORS OF THE SEA, Now available to RENT .

Just one of the multiple subjects we explore.

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2022-11-01


Jimmy Squarefoot is a slow but peaceful giant from the Isle of Mann with a piggish face and, as expected, square feet. Takes casual walks next to running rivers and the sea, he likes company and is a strong conversationalist, telling great stories and jokes.

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2022-11-01

A hero travels to the sky using his powers or aided by the Magic Bird. A mortal soul requires initiation, moral strength and above all a desire to climb this Cosmic Tree / Stairway to Heaven through the air.

Yggdrasil & Tree of Life

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2022-11-01

'Once a young woman went to the market to buy some bread. But the bread seller would not sell to her because he said her eyes shifted like flame...'
- The With Eyes of Fire


https://t.co/duRoz4Nmgu
by Achen089

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2022-11-01

In Norse mythology, Beyla (one of Freya’s servants) is said to be goddess of the bees and beekeeping. Bees are associated with wisdom and Yggdrasil the World Tree.
🎨 Q.Cassetti https://t.co/0qHCSSlL4q

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2022-11-01


In Norse mythology the ravens, Hugin and Munin, are the companions, messengers and birds of wisdom belonging to Odin. It is spectaculated that they are a metaphor for Odin casting out his thoughts and his mind in a trance-like practice.
🎨Chris Reach.

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2022-11-01

When Normans attacked the northern coasts of bishop Saint Gonzalo, grabbing his staff and raising his arms, invoked a storm that sank the entire Viking fleet. Only one ship was saved, which is carried the stunning news of the massacre to Scandinavia.

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2022-11-01

In the 13th-century Old Norse poem Völsunga Saga, the hero Sigmund & his son Sinfjötli find magic wolf pelts that transform people into wolves for ten days. They wear the pelts & go on a violent rampage, which ends with Sigmund nearly killing Sinfjötli.

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2022-11-01

The Norns were the 3 Norse sisters of fate - past, present & future. When they weren’t hanging out under Yggdrasil, watering its roots & dispensing advice to the gods, they were spinning & weaving the threads of fate for each child at birth. (artist unknown)

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2022-11-01

In the French tale "The Goblin Pony," three boys ignore their grandmother's warning not to go out on Halloween night. They decide to ride a black pony who, unbeknownst to them, is a shapeshifting goblin in disguise. The goblin runs into the sea & drowns them.

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2022-10-26

In fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks, and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches.

―Roald Dahl, The Witches
🎨Sophia Rapata

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2022-10-25

Today's New Moon bathes & heals by shedding its skin in Scorpio:

'Mother, the moon is dancing
in the courtyard of the dead.'
-Federico Garcia Lorca-

🎨Christian Schloe

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2022-10-25

"I am the lady of the castle. My name is exile. My name is anguish. My name is longing. Far from the world on the windy crests of the mountain, I am kept in absolute seclusion. My time passes in an endless reverie, a perpetual swooning."

-Angela Carter

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2022-10-25

✨Wonderful Witches
Art by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

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2022-10-25

In Scandinavian folklore, a troll cat is a cat made by a witch from bones, sticks, wool, hair, nails, metal scraped off a church bell and graveyard soil. It was believed that the troll cat gained life in a magic ritual where blood was sacrificed.

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2022-10-25

'When the air grew chill, and the sky more fierce, when the rains carried out their patient vengeance, and the wind went wild, that was when she came.'
- The Weather


https://t.co/ClEbuNFKYn
by Rima Staines

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2022-10-25