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Tonight, April 30th is Walpurgisnacht (Witches’ Night), also known as the ‘other Halloween’ — a night that belongs to WITCHES.
#FolkloreThursday
Hello, #FolkloreThursday! This is Crystal of @HistoriumU joining as your host for the next hour. A huge thanks to @MythCrafts for hosting before our break. Today’s theme is the folklore of heroines and heroes. Sharing is caring: https://t.co/pgFBNz2LkI. (Image: Rackham)
For #FolkloreThursday:
Irish Tales of Terror, edited by Jim McGarry.
Welsh Tales of Terror, edited by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
Cornish Tales of Terror, edited by R. Chetwynd-Hayes.
Scottish Tales of Terror, edited by Angus Campbell (a synonym of R. Chetwynd Hayes).
#horror
Bellerophon (Ancient Greek: Βελλεροφῶν) is a hero of Greek myth, who defeated the monster Chimera, and captured the horse Pegasus using Athena's charmed bridle.
The Gods disowned him for trying to get into Mount Olympus flying on Pegasus.
#FolkloreThursday #Heroes
A little thread about Ireland's kick-ass legendary heroine, Macha!
#FolkloreThursday 🎨Kellepics on Pixaby
‘Three Characters of the Play
The Villain, The Heroine, The Hero’
Achille Greco marionettes
Palermo, Sicily
📷 Harry B. Lachman (1886-1975)
#FolkloreThursday @NatGalleriesSco
Thanks for your great shares this #FolkloreThursday! This is @DeeDeeChainey signing off, but we'll be back with the brilliant @MythCrafts in an hour. Until then, do support the community by retweeting more epic folklore posts from this live feed: https://t.co/QUVD93PwNL
Grace Darling assured her status as a real life & folk heroine in 1838, when she rowed out to rescue survivors from a shipwreck off the Northumberland coast. She inspired countless street ballads, fiction, even figurines, and many requests for locks of her hair
#FolkloreThursday
In Norse mythology, Hel is ruler of the underworld. Alongside the crucial job of judging the dead, she also had a vital and terrifying role to play in the endtimes legend of Ragnarok, leading an army of the dead in a ship made from the fingernails of corpses. #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday theme of #heroes - two Cumbrian #giants called Tarquin & Isir lived on a diet of human flesh. A practice which lost its appeal when Sir Lancelot slew Tarquin in battle https://t.co/dR79xhRH82 #folklore #Cumbria
Maid Marian, the love interest of Robin Hood, was also described as his equal in combat in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (Francis James Child, 1888). They battled (in disguise) for an hour until Robin invited the feisty heroine to join his band #FolkloreThursday
Cú Chulainn, Irish hero of the Rúraíocht/Ulster Cycle.
Nearing death, he wanted to die on his feet fighting his enemies. He tied himself to a large stone, usually identified as Cloghafarmore (Stone of the Big Man) in Co. Louth.
#FolkloreThursday
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Momotaro is a hero of Japanese folklore. He was found by a childless couple, inside a peach, floating down a river. He grew up and embarked on a quest, defeating a band of demons with the help of a talking dog, a monkey and a pheasant.
#FolkloreThursday
Image: Wikipedia commons.
Alexander the Great features in literature & folklore across Europe & Asia: in the Christian West he was one of the Nine Worthies (1); & in stories he faces monsters (2); searches for the Water of Life (Persia) (3) & conquers the air (15c Flanders) (4) #heroes #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday
The Knights of Blaník
There are many legends connected with the Czech mountain Blaník, some of them originate in Celtic times like The Knights of Blaník. The knights sleep inside the mountain waiting for the Czech nation to be in a bad/oppressive situation.
Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, was the only female ruler of an Anglo-Saxon kingdom (911 - 918) after her husband’s death. The daughter of Alfred the Great, she was a diplomat as well as a military leader, scoring several decisive victories over the Vikings. #FolkloreThursday
I drew Clorica for the Bachelorettes’ Pick category~
I love her 😭💗
#RF4Scontest @XSEEDGames