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As a punishment, or as a way to return her to the otherworld, the sea diety, Manannán MacLir, had his minstrel play a song to lull her to sleep and then sent an enchanted wave to bring her back into the ocean from Cork. In some stories, she drowns. #FolkloreThursday
🖼️ Sven Bybee
It turns out immortality is a recipe for tragedy: Chang'e drank the elixir of immortality meant for her lover, thinking it was medicine for her, only to ascend from Earth beyond Heaven's grasp, to the Moon. Now Chang'e is forever divided from her love Houyi. #FolkloreThursday
Mexico City is surrounded by love, according to an old Aztec love story: the mountains that surround the city are a tomb for the Tlaxcala Princess Iztaccíhuatl who died of grief thinking Popocatepetl had died; now he watches over her forever. #FolkloreThursday
🖼: J. Helguera
Enjoyed the ‘Woodlands Dark’ documentary but my mind was blown how ‘Sleepy Hollow’ got around 30 seconds screen time. A folk horror which has multiple variations around the world and acts as such a pivotal foundation to countless other folk horror stories/films #folklorethursday
The crocus was dedicated to St Valentine and ought to bloom on his day.
#FolkloreThursday
📷 PD
The tradition that birds pair off today seems to be the true origin of #Valentines Day – & nothing to do with the two Saints of that name:
‘Oft have I heard both youths & virgins say,
Birds choose their mates & couple too, today.'
(Herrick, 1648) #Folklorethursday
Boc, the little dragon, is lost again – this time in the imaginary lands of Wales. Go in search of her in the World of the Mabinogion, Cantre'r Gwaelod, The Fairy Kingdom, the Monster Zoo... and much more!
@LlyfrDaFabBooks #findthedragon #new #folklorethursday
A tale from the Solway Firth of a mermaid who fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground.
She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return to him, but after many years, he died, alone.
#folklorethursday #cumbria
art: Arthur Rackham
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ROSE⚘
..the red rose, or the colour red, signifies love and romance. "Rose", the anagram of Eros, the Greek god of love, It was he, that lit the flame of love in the hearts of gods and men, armed with a bow and arrow, or a flaming torch..
In Turkish folk tales, lovers usually don't meet. This makes them more epic lovers. We use them as examples to describe great lovers in Turkish. Because they try everything to be together despite all the difficulties #FolkloreThursday
Question on this #FolkloreThursday
I understand that there’s something slightly different about werewolves in Poland, but having a hard time getting specifics about the actual mythology. Anyone able to clear it up a bit?
My short story, "Jenny Redcape," was inspired by a wish to reverse the helplessness of the Grimms'-Era Little Red Riding Hood and throw in redcap-inspired magic. #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/GCZBz5lZtW
For spurring Apollo she was cursed, cursed with perfect prophecy that no one believed, cursed to watch her city fall to ruin all for lust, cursed to suffer the abuses of men who would not listen to her. The curse of Cassandra is one we all know well. #FolkloreThursday
@FolkloreThurs I hope people will still share their favourite folklore on #FolkloreThursday as its one of the best things on Twitter to follow.
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Thank you for creating a wonderful community that has meant so much to many.❤️
The legend goes that Eric the Victorious defeated his nephew Styrbjörn the Strong at Fyrisvellir near Uppsala with the help of Odin. He cast his spear over Styrbjörn and the Jomsvikings with a cry of "May Odin have you all!" #FolkloreThursday 🖼️Jenny Nyström & Mårten Eskil Winge
Scandinavian Beauty and the Beast, this Norwegian folktale follows the journey of the youngest daughter of a peasant, who—for the sake of her poor but large family—agrees to leave everything she has ever known and accompany a White Bear to his mountain castle.
#FolkloreThursday
Stories once belonged exclusively to the Sky God, so Spider Anansi hatched a plan. Bringing the Sky God four impossible things, he won the right to stories, and shared them with the world. Now we are all trapped in Anansi's web, willing captives. #FolkloreThursday
The Brown Bear of the Green Glen, is a Scottish fairy tale, about two young sons on a quest to find a cure for their father's illness.
It draws parallels with The Water of Life, the title referring to a bear who helps the two sons.
#FolkloreThursday #Scottish #FairyTales
“Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.”
A #quote from Aesop's Fables (on the left depicted in F. Barlow's 1687 ed.), initially a cornerstone of the oral tradition of #storytelling with deep roots in ancient Greek #folklore. #FolkloreThursday