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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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In 2555, 000 Tragic Solitude, the monitor of Installation 00, initiated the process of activating the Halo Array, prompting the UNSC and Swords of Sanghelios to embark on a joint operation to the Ark to save the galaxy once more.

https://t.co/ZxB1msQwUc

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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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It was considered unlucky for a pregnant woman to allow a cat to sit on her lap as her child might resemble a cat. But children born within the caul were thought lucky & the caul itself was bought as a charm & amulet against drowning. So popular with sailors!

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For a little sneak peek at the who will finally be making an appearance in our next

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Frog in the Middle.
One child sits in the middle, the others dance around singing,
‘Frog in the middle, you can’t catch me! Frog in the middle, you can’t catch me!
Frog has to catch them whilst still sitting down.

Kate Greenaway’s Book of Games

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The protection their innocence engendered was thought to extend to the whole ship, so sailors thought it good luck to travel with children.

Vladimir Kush's Departure of the Winged Ship

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The Sith; no, not *those* ones! Powerful creatures walk between worlds & must never be crossed. Even witches offered tribute to these creatures. They were responsible for developing landscapes or stopping them!

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