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In Celtic lore, to strain potatoes over the threshold of a Faerie door, would bring horrible luck. But burying a potato outside on the first of the year, insured good luck and fortune from the faeries. #FolkloreThursday
The Elder is known as the Queen of Trees. Its berries protect & break spells cast against you.
#FolkloreThursday. Illust: Cicely Barker.
Aztec god Chalchiuhtotolin (Precious Night Turkey) was a plague god that had the power to change an individual's fate. Turkeys were sometimes eaten on important festival days or used in rituals, including funeral feasts & as burial offerings #FolkloreThursday
This little fella popped up for @DulwichGallery's announcement of their new Ribera exhibition today. He seems perfect for #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/ZAq9IAim7y #bats
#FolkloreThursday Freyja, the Vanir goddess of love, fertility, magic and war has a chariot pulled by two cats.
Cats were taken on long journeys by Vikings and kittens were given as a gift to newlywed couples.
this is a truly wonderful resource: a sort of Hopi & Pueblo kachinas catalogue from 1903 (Kachina - spirit or personification of a thing or concept)
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images via @PublicDomainRev https://t.co/CXLVwhqkCS #FolkloreThursday
In 1907, when #AliceInWonderland came into the public domain, Arthur Rackham #illustrated a new edition #Edwardian #FolkloreThursday
In European tradition, swiftly changing weather or rushing winds often portend the Wild Hunt. The hunt's participants vary between cultures, but often include fairies or elves, Woden and his valkyries, dead souls, or the Devil. #FolkloreThursday
The Cailleach Bheur, bringer of Winter snows and storms and mother of all gods and goddesses in Scottish mythology #folklorethursday
Image ©Andy Paciorek @andypaciorekart
Japan: Yuki-onna ("Snow-Woman") is a spirit with white skin, white kimono & long black hair. She appears in snowfall, gliding around like a ghost. She feeds on human essence. She blows cold air on her victims to freeze them to death, then suck out their souls. #FolkloreThursday
Ullr is the Norse hunting deity of everything snow; including snow-shoes and skiing. Ullr sometimes uses his shield, to ski down the mountains, like a modern-day snowboard. There are still festivals held in his honor, to bring heavy powder to the mountain tops. #FolkloreThursday
For #FolkloreThursday., we celebrate the beautiful #illustrations of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen for the 1914 book 'East of The Sun and West of the Moon'. Mysterious, and other wordly Norwegian folktales brought to life.
Since it's #FolkloreThursday let's share this cover of Radar magazine from 1960 featuring a cuddly Yeti terrified on meeting some Tibetan refugees.
Raijū (Thunder Beast) is Japanese wolf made of lighting. It cry sounds like Thunder. When agitated it leaps on fields and trees (trees struck with lighting are said to be scratched by Raiju's claws.) #FolkloreThursday
In Welsh folklore,"Cŵn Annwn" are the white "Hellhounds" of Annwn. The hounds hunt human souls to guide them on. They are known to hunt from Christmas-12th night & meet their "Wild" hunting party at the crossroads. Their paws make the mandrakes scream! #folklorethursday
If the rock you are leaning on turns out to be more than a rock, you better have a really good excuse for not moving on.
Inspired by tales from Duncan Williamson.
#FolkloreThursday
Folklore of the deadly Skinwalkers, comes from the Navajo "yee naaldlooshii" Where human eyes that glow yellow; can be found on the coyote, wolf, cougar, or fox. It uses witchcraft to shapeshift & the only way to kill one, is with a bullet dipped in white ash. #folklorethursday
Water Leaper, Knocker, Pwca, Bwbach - strange creatures from welsh folklore #folklorethursday