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The fable of "The Crow and the Pitcher" has a very thirsty crow unable to reach the water inside a pitcher.

Thanks to his ingenuity, he drops pebbles inside the pitcher to make the water raise, a proof to his cunning and hard work.

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The Tailor of Gloucester by was based on a true incident.
A tailor named Pritchard, making a suit for the new mayor, returned to his shop to find the suit finished save for one buttonhole. He encouraged the belief that it was fairywork.

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symbolise wealth attained through hard work. They belong to Hera, Mother Goddess of the & are therefore linked to the sign of Cancer, also known for its love of hard work. is the ambrosia of the Goddess, & symbolises richness & abundance.

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Norwegian fishermen used to believe that one of the greatest dangers associated with working at sea was Draugen, a sea monster thought to be the ghost of a drowned fisherman. If they heard eerie screaming at sea, Draugen was nearby and someone would drown.

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Un encargo muy que acabo de terminar par aun museo.
¿Alguien sabe quién es esta señora?
Pista 1: Tiene siete piernas.
Pista 2: la conoce desollá.

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similar to a Brownie, a Hob-thross appears in Cumbrian folklore. One, nicknamed Tawney Boy lived with a family at Overthwaite. Hob-thross will do a great deal of work for a family if treated well.

art: Spiderwick Chronicles

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Yacatecuhtli is the Aztec god of commerce & business travelers. His symbol is a bundle of sticks. To honor him, merchants would travel with sticks. At night they'd tie them together & sprinkle them with blood from their ears. This guaranteed success in sales.

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Many fairy tales feature babies that appear in unexpected places. In the Japanese fairy tale Momotarō, an old couple finds a baby boy inside a giant peach.

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In Chinook mythology, the first humans hatched from eggs laid by the thunderbird T'soona on the mountain Kaheese. Some versions say a giantess broke some & was punished for it. Others say the giantess just rolled them down the mountain, where they hatched.

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In a Flemish tale a fisherman stumbles upon six newborn, abandoned swans. He takes them with him and they change into skulls. He returns the skulls to where he found them and they transform back into swans. The man had only bad luck since that day.

🎨Nunques

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Meng Po, the goddess of forgetfulness in Chinese myth, resides in Diyu, the realm of the dead. When a soul is ready to be reincarnated, she serves them the Five-Flavored Tea of Forgetfulness, which erases memories of their previous life & lets them begin anew.

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The Chinese zodiac Year of the Tiger transitions from the Ox on February 1st. This year is a water tiger, bringing good fortune in relationships and family life.🐅


▫️Ashley Chaw

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Midwives are often said to have frequently been accused of witchcraft. There is actually only one verified case of an English woman coming before the courts on witchcraft related accusations. Here’s an article I wrote on the matter for https://t.co/xm5w058AHs

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Celsia, a Roman governor's wife, is said to have had 9 daughters after drinking from a magical spring in (#Galicia). Since the girls were Christians, they were martyred.
One of them, Santa Liberata or Santa Librada, is venerated for favoring childbirth.

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In the Finnish Mythology the air goddess Ilmatar comes down to primal waters, when a bird lands on her knee and lays six eggs. When the eggs become too hot, she moves her leg, causing the eggs to crash into the water and form the earth, moon, stars, and sun.

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In Slavic mythology, in the beginning, there was darkness, inhabited by Rod, and an egg that contained Svarog. The egg opened, and Svarog climbed out; the dust from the eggshell formed the sacred tree which rose to separate the heavens from the sea and the land.

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The is one of the birth flowers of January. Blooming through the frozen earth early in the new year, it is a symbol of rebirth, renewal & hope, as its arrival in the depths of winter means other flowers will soon follow. Image: Cicely Mary Barker.

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Eos, is the Goddess of Dawn and patron of new beginnings in Greek Mythology.

She was the sister of Helios and Selene. She had wings, and a deep passion for adventure.

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...birth, rebirth & resurrection feature prominently in the stories from my selection of five fave characters of the Mabinogion for

A YEAR & A DAY : https://t.co/CB5gGQj9Yh

new life, birth, beginnings &

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