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50 years of bloody civil war were the price the Merovingian Franks had to pay for the feud between Fredegund of Neustria & Brunhilda of Austrasia during the 7th century. It may well be echoed in the Nibelungenlied's queenly quarrel of Kriemhild & Brunhild.

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2020-03-05

Arianrhod is a magic figure in the Mabinogion. Claiming to be a virgin, she delivers 2 magical sons. Dylan who seeks the ocean & becomes a sea spirit as well as great & handsome hero Lleu Llaw Gyffes on whom she places a tynged (spell) influencing his destiny.

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2020-03-05

In Greek mythology, Terpsichore is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance. Here is a classic image and images of women she has inspired...



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Images from Pinterest

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2020-03-05

Sláinte chuig na fir & go mairfidh na mná go deo
Health to the men & may the women live forever! Pic1 Women by Harry Furniss. Illustrated London News, 31 Jan 1880, p. 116 & Pic2 Clifton R. Adams NatGeographic 1927

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2020-03-05

“The Romans and Greeks used to call her a Dryad; but we don’t understand that: out in the sailors’ quarter we have a better name for her; there she’s called Elder Tree Mother...' A tale from Hans Christian Andersen https://t.co/X1YGHycMdi

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2020-03-05

In a valkyrie from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live.
Here are some beautiful images from Pinterest:
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2020-03-05

"You may gaze at her reflection
In still waters of the lake
But do not look at her directly
Or death will be your fate"

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2020-03-05

Time to sow herbs:
“In March & in April from morning to night
In sowing & setting good housewives delight,
To have in a garden or other like plot
To physic their house, or to furnish their pot.”
(Good husbandry 1753,🎨Waterhouse)

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2020-03-05

A favourite poet's simple lines for children:

‘Bread and milk for breakfast,
And woollen frocks to wear,
And a crumb for robin redbreast,
On the cold days of the year.’
(🖊️Christina Rossetti 🎨 Walter Crane)

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2020-03-05

Slow start, so had time to think about - & how Gabriel Rossetti was drawn to eerie subjects,
like the Doppelgängers in ‘How they met themselves’ (1864) or his many images of ‘Angel footfalls’ from Poe’s ‘The Raven’.

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2020-03-05

🌬️⛈️🌬️If a woman ever whistled a tune she was seen as a bringer of bad luck - this stemmed from the belief that Witches could summon storms by whistling up the wind.

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2020-03-05

Méabh,
queen of Connacht in Irish mythology, was strong-willed, ambitious, cunning & promiscuous - an archetypal warrior queen whose warriors fought bravely for her. They were willing to die for her because of her beauty, passion & strength.
🎨JimFitzpatrick

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2020-03-05

LILITH
In rabbinic texts Adam's first wife - created his equal - who fled Eden refusing subservience.
Demonised for defying patriarchy.
Vilified for insolent independence.
Feared for her innate feminine power.
So it began.
🎨R. Ferri

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2020-03-05

Good morning! here to start this folklore of themed in celebration of (Fox Women, by Bertha Boynton Lum)

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2020-03-05

Godiva is remembered for a legend in which she rode naked through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the taxation that her husband imposed on his tenants. In later versions of the legend, a man named Thomas watched her ride and was struck blind/dead.

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2020-03-05

“That was the most awkward Wednesday he ever remembered.” ( J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit)

So, we have , & ... but Wednesday? Any idea what to do with a Wednesday? Or am I missing something?

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2020-03-03

I really wanted to draw just something simple with all the bachelors in it, I might do the same thing but with all the bachelorettes

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2020-03-02

Anyone out there fans of Flashlight? Boy, I remember all the rage it caused back in the day. 2013 was a fun year...
Artwork by Loreto-arts, find them below!
https://t.co/nKkjhiKGa5

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2020-02-28

In Newfoundland, setting sail on a Friday is "universally feared", according to an article in The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 10. [David Blackwood, 'Fire Down on the Labrador', 1980. Etching and aquatint.]

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2020-02-28