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Fun Facts about Hera!!!
1) Hera was as an independent goddess before the Greeks gave up trying to suppress her cults and married her off to Zeus, conquering both the land of Greece and a woman-centered religion.
Illustration from HanieMohd

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Long rumoured to possess magical properties in addition to being rare, in the time of King Louis the IX women were forbidden to wear diamonds, even queens, until courtesan Agnès Sorel broke the taboo centuries later.
Portrait by Jean Fouquet

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Africa: earth & water are represented by female goddesses. In Yoruba culture (Nigeria) ILE is the mother of Earth; Yemoja is goddess of water, her messengers being hippo and crocodile, and her daughter Aje, Goddess of Rivers Niger.

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"La Belle Dame Sans Merci" is a legend immortalized in the 1819 ballad by John Keats, based on a 15th century poem. It tells of a fairy woman who enchanted knights, who for years afterwards would wander in the wilderness, dazed and lovesick, in search of her.

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The Six Sillies is a Celtic Tale taken from Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book originally published in 1890. Follow the link for the full story: https://t.co/l8q0g52E6t

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The Greek goddess and witch Circe was the daughter of the sun god Helios and the nymph Perse. She was able to transform men into pigs and in one version of myth she bore Odysseus a son who later accidentally killed him.

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Bold and beautiful, the Valkyries. From Old Norse ‘valkyrja’ (fallen+choose), ‘choosers of the fallen’, would bring the slain warriors to Fólkvangr and Valhalla.

Credit: 1). E. Doepler, 1905. 2). E.R. Hughes, ca.1900. 3). S. Sinding, 1910. 4). No credit

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A favourite girl is Gerda in
After her friend Kai disappears she travels the world on a visionary quest to save him, barefoot and alone. Hans Christian Andersen’s story has been acclaimed as perhaps the first feminist fairy tale. 🎨 Dulac

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Ever wondered about the tradition of turning the sod - tradition says turn a sod, leave it overnight and if in the morning it has been turned back then the fairies disapprove - D. MacManus, Middle Kingdom, The Faerie World of

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Nimue (aka - the lady of the lake) is an enchantress associated with the legends of King Arthur. She plays a pivotal role in many stories. Giving Arthur his sword Excalibur and enchanting Merlin. She is the daughter of Dyonas and blessed by the Goddess Diana. 💕

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In 2015 14-year-old Hu Munitas hunted down and dispatched the malevolent 'Skade.' This phantom witch had lured lonely travellers to their deaths centuries underneath the Dartford Crossing, Kent.

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Día 2: Love

Tenía que hacer a mis niñas Mirella y Loretta si o si. ¿Y por qué no en un AU medieval donde son dos princesas enamoradas?

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The healing wells were especially sought after to heal eye diseases and even blindness. Those seeking a cure would rise at dawn, followed the well’s pattern or prescribed ritual actions & bathed the eyes in the well’s water.

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THREAD
For today’s here’s some insect folklore about bees & death💀🐝

In the 18th & 19th centuries in the U.S. and Western Europe, a strange ritual involving households that kept bees took place called ‘The Telling of the Bees.’

(Image by Nikolay Tolmachev)

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Small detail from a new I suppose most of you can guess who it’s for.

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In Japan, dragonflies have been treated as holy animals; believed to have medical qualities. They are also linked to abundance in rice paddies, embedding them with harvest. So naturally, they still represent Autumn. But also power, agility & victory. 

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Māui (Maui) is the great hero and trickster in Polynesian mythology. Rarely was Maui actually worshipped, being less of a deity and more of a folk hero. His origins vary from culture to culture, but many of his main exploits remain relatively similar.

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In Ulster, the cricket was called "gentle wee thing," the word gentle signifying fairy origin. Bad luck to harm one. The Irish believed crickets were hundreds of years old; and if we could understand, they would reveal the history of the world...

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Witches are said to be partial to Elder trees, often hiding their offspring beneath them. The progeny then mature into Holdikens: worms, bees, caterpillars, and butterflies that aid their parent witches in mischief.

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