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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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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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An old superstition said if you saw a dead butterfly, it was a sure sign you would shed tears within a week...🦋

🎨- Richard Doyle

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According to Swedish lore, dragonflies are known as "Blindsticka" or “The devil’s knitting needle.” For they can use their long bodies to pick-out your eyes & sew your eyelids shut! Also befriending the snake; if one got sliced, they'd just sew it back together.

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A Mayan story:
A tyrant Jaguar once ruled the jungle. Afraid, the animals obeyed him until a Grasshopper challenged him to a duel.
Jumping inside Jaguar’s ear, Grasshopper drove him to insomnia and desperation by chirping endlessly until he surrendered.

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In an old poem of J.R.R. Tolkien, called "Errantry", the hero fights against some insects:
"He battled with the Dumbledors,
the Hummerhorns, and Honeybees,
and won the Golden Honeycomb,..."

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This weeks theme insects/ creepy crawlies 🕷

I love the myth of Arachne, a talented weaver who challenged the goddesses Athena to a weaving contest.
Arachne’s boasting got her transformed into a spider

Here is my artwork inspired by the myth

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Per Plato’s Phaedrus, cicadas were once humans who lived before the muses. When the muses were born, these humans took such delight in singing they forgot to eat or drink. Thus the cicada was born—as a gift from the muses they sign without need of nourishment.

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Grandville was a French caricaturist with an eye for the unnatural & absurd. The Flowers Personified (1847) shows a fantasy world peopled by flowers & humanised insects. His disquieting images are recognised as an inspiration to the surrealist movement.

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In Irish folklore, bees are very nosey. You must tell them about all births, deaths and marriages, or they might take offence and stop producing honey.
Artist: A.L.O.E

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