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Dog rose (Rosa canina) is said to alleviate the effects of a dog's bite.

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The splintercat is a legendary flying of the Pacific Northwest. It soars through the air at night, bumping into trees and splintering them. The cat is fond of honey and often attacks bee hives within the trees

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In China there are 4 celestial animals that represent/guard the 4 directions. They are: red phoenix of the south, azure dragon of the east, black tortoise of the north & white tiger of the west. Today they are most commonly used in

Art:Chinese Tarot

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In her 'Bestiary', Pauline Baynes tells that a a hunter who stole a tiger cub could distract its mother from pursuing him by casting a glass ball behind him. Mistaking her own reflection for her cub, the tigress would curl around the ball and nurse it.

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The cù-sìth, fairy dog, is a mythological hound found in folklore of Scotland.
It is thought to make its home in the clefts of rocks and to roam the moors of the Highlands. 1/2



Art by Nyssa Shaw https://t.co/EYCIrqAGmh

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As well as horse Enbarr (could go over land & sea) who'd been lent to him by his father the sea god, the Irish god Lugh also had the magic "hound-whelp" named Failinis. He could change his bath water to wine, was invincible in battle & caught every wild beast!

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The Cat Sith (Faerie Cat) is not kept as a pet but avoided. Highland Scots say they are shapeshifting soul stealers, not ordinary Fae, but Witches of Faerie blood, who can transform 9 times into a black cat, only the white patch on their chest giving them away!

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✨🦅✨Eagle lore...
Can stare into the sun without be blinded.
They flap their wings to summon storms.
Are guarding the sleeping King Arthur till he wakes.
Anyone who robs their nests will be cursed.
They keep their eyes keen by eating a herb called hawkweed.

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Cath Palug, "Palug's cat", was a monstrous cat in Welsh legend, given birth in Gwynedd by the Henwen the pig of Cornwall, it even fought with King Arthur in various tales, somethings Arthur would, other times, the cat!

Image credit: https://t.co/kYnl9MHm0d

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A for a fairy:

'A fairy went a-marketing
She bought a little mouse
To take her tiny messages
To keep her tiny house.
All day she kept its busy feet
Pit-patting to & fro
And then she kissed its tiny ears
Thanked it & let it go.'
(✏️R Fyleman 🎨C Barker)

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Lucky Costantino - An Italian Puss in Boots 🐱 A tale about the world renowned crafty and his ostentatiously obtained riches. Accompanied by charming illustrations from Honor C. Appleton, Walter Crane, and Albert Guillaume
https://t.co/7FAvadnrh4

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In Slavic folklore, firebird is a brightly coloured bird reminiscent of flames, hence the name. In tales, written by Alexander Afanasyev, Karel Jaromír Erben, and others, the bird is a part of a difficult quest.

Art by Olga Zakis

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An old Polish tale tells of a mother cat crying at a river bank as her kittens were drowning. A willow tree at the river’s edge swept its long branches into the water & rescued them. Now at springtime the willow sprouts tiny furry buds where the kittens clung.

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Oh, also! Another one of my faves:

The Flock, by

https://t.co/LE58YGWMfO

Which featured this cutie

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Painting of Helios (as Personification of Midday,c. 1765), Greek God and personification of the Sun by Neoclassical German painter Anton Raphael Mengs. He was the son of the Titans Hyperion&Theia and brother of the goddesses Selene (the Moon) and Eos (the dawn).#FolkloreThursday

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Easter Bonnets originated during the late 19th Century with the tradition of Easter parades. It represented the tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the renewal of the year, the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption.

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Celtic mythology features numerous magical cauldrons—Brân’s cauldron restores life, Cerridwen’s grants poetic inspiration & the Cauldron of Plenty magically replenishes with food or drink. All are likely precursors of the Holy Grail.

🖼 Waterhouse/Rossetti

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A fiery dragon hath bynne often seene to flye between these hills in the night, whereby it is supposed ther is a great treasure hydd in each hill, and the dragon is the trusty treasurer and sure keeper thereof.

[Cadbury Castle & Dolbury Hill]

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Albanian folklore: when the winged Drangue battles the demon serpent Kuçedra a return of the watery and chthonian world of death will occur, accomplishing the cosmic rebirth of all being. Heavy thunderstorms & rains will be the result of their battle.

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