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This tale is Northeastern Thai folklore.

A demon lady abducted a man and kept him as her husband. One day he tried to escape, but she found it out. Then he lay down, pretending to be dead. The demon mourned him by giving him a pile of gold. (1/2)

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A favourite story of many of our storytellers here is The Death of King Fergus, which is the very first written record of a Leprechaun. In it Fergus is given a pair of magic shoes to breath under water

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Good morning enchanting friends huge thanks to my favourite for Queen of the Fae:magical for a fab opening hour~This is here to share you favourite fairytales+lore for (img:Midsummer Nights Dream, Rackham)

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Combine & by reading a folktale to someone you love, pets included. We have loads you can borrow.

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The Shug Monkey is a wild creature with features of a dog & monkey. It's said to have the body of a black sheepdog & face of a monkey. This ghost or demon has been sighted in

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An English tale tells of a greedy baker's daughter who only used a tiny bit of dough when baking for the poor. The bread grew into a huge loaf! She let out a 'Hoo Hoo' in surprise and was turned into an owl as a warning to others to be generous to the poor.

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Memory is an important component of storytelling. In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne was the titan goddess of memory and mother of the nine muses, fathered by Zeus. It is from her name we get the word mnemonic, which is a memory aid.

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The Chinese tale of Li Chi is about a serpent who terrorizes a village into feeding him once a year in exchange for their safety, & the teen girl who volunteers to be the sacrifice. She pulls out a sword & slays the serpent with help from her hunting dog.

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Does Clotho, one of the Moirai or 3 Fates in count as a goddess of clothing? Yes or no? Thank you to the Museum of New Zealand for making this 1558 Giorgio Ghisi engraving available for use. y

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That's the end of another ☃️

Today's theme was Folklore of Clothes! *Designed* to help us plan our outfits for all the days ahead. This is signing off, wishing you all a well-dressed week!

🧶👠🎩🧛‍♀️💃🪢🥻👑🪆

Frank Pape 1916

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When Jason abandoned her to marry Glauce, Medea retaliated by sending Glauce a poisoned dress. This is one of several "poisoned clothes" myths found throughout the Indo-European world.

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St Brigid went to the King of Leinster to request land to build a monastery, not keen to help, he offered as much as her cloak would cover, when spread her cloak covered enough land for a monastery, fields for veg and woods for firewood.

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This week’s Folklore Thursday looks at clothing in lore. Well, to me, Warwick Goble’s fairy-tale heroines are always dressed beautifully, & to the nines, no matter what enchantment befalls them. I love that ❤️#FolkloreThursday

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The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen is a tale about eleven princes who are turned into swans. Their sister, Lisa must save them by spinning nettles into thread to make eleven coats. She must not speak a word until she is done or her brothers will die.

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Green fairy clothing: green jackets & "nether garments" are in Cornish lore, while Highland folklore sees "green kilts & conical hats" & says "no woman would be clad in such a colour except a fairy woman" ~ also "green gowns" was a euphemism for fairy folk

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Fossegrim is a spirit, making his home in waterfalls, and playing the fiddle day and night...



https://t.co/OqnkGC1mme

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Brísingamen, a fabled golden necklace worn by the Norse goddess of the Vanir, of Earth, love and magic, Freya. Stolen by Loki, retrieved by Heimdall. made by the dwarves, the master craftsmen of the Norse cosmos. Perhaps *cough* we'd better not say how she paid.

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Clothes in Japan could be deadly. Some kimonos, called kosode no te, could be possessed by the vengeful dead, such as prostitutes whose clients owed them money; or amgry belts, called jatai, strangling bad men in Ehime Prefecture. Watch yourself!

🖼: M. Meyer

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The Jutes believed that you should never take another man’s armour or sword if you defeat them in battle. They would continue to serve their old masters even in death.

Break the sword,
Do it with respect,
For even an enemy warrior,
Will be supping with Wōden.

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'The Bride Changing Clothes' from the series 'Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman' also known as the Marriage series - Suzuki Harunobu, 1769.

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