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The word for "dragonfly" in Croatian and Serbian literally means "fairy's little horse".

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2019-09-26

There came a great spider,
And sat down beside her..

1881

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2019-09-26

In 1899 in Northern England, a newspaper reported that clothes moths were often called "ghosts" and each time one was killed, there was serious risk of a relative being injured...
🎨-public domain

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2019-09-26

Hashtags to follow if you want a bit more magic in your life:



Also, check out these profiles for current hashtags:
(#GothicFairies)
(#FiendsAndGhouls)
Very happy to hear of anything I've missed.#ff

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2019-09-20

In mythology Yavanna is the Giver of Fruits. She is robed in green and loves “all things that grow in the earth”. There are clear resonances with Demeter from classical myth, but who is who? 👇
Art by Yannis Stephanides + EPH-SAN1634

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2019-09-19

King Erysichthon cut down one of Demeter's sacred trees. She punished the king by calling upon Limos, the spirit of insatiable hunger, to enter his stomach. The more the king ate, the hungrier he became. Eventually, Erysichthon ate himself.#FolkloreThursday

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2019-09-19

Before refrigerators, blocks of ice were cut from frozen rivers and ponds, and preserved in straw. [L: 'The Ice Harvest', Clarence Gagnon, ca. 1926. Private collection. R: 'Ice Cutting, Quebec City', Maurice Cullen, 1906, via .]

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2019-09-20

Spirits live everywhere: homes and every place outside of the home have or had its guardian spirit: springs, old trees, fields, vineyards, boundary lines, and so forth. Deadliest of all was the water spirit, the Vodyanoy.
https://t.co/265UExCAtv

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2019-09-19

In European folklore is a tale of an old hag who turned into a hare to steal cow's milk. Driven until the last field in the village The hag could go no further and it was the unfortunate lot of the tardy farmer that he must support the hag or hare for a year.#FolkloreThursday

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2019-09-19

Púcaí, small creatures of Celtic are shape changers, though their natural form is said to be says they run about harvested fields after Samhein, as is their due, for all that is left after harvest belongs to them.

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2019-09-19

In Old French romance, a faie or fee was a woman skilled in magic, and who knew the power and virtue of words, of stones, and of herbs. Faie became Modern English fay, while faierie became fairy.

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2019-09-19

The apparition of autumn..
Autumn and the Poet 1948-60

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2019-09-19

Since today's theme is for & have a hell hound that harvests eye's for visions.

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2019-09-19

Myths come to life!
Following our last post, one of our readers took their copy of out to the sea and tried searching for the 'Beast Jasconious'!


https://t.co/5PoUdAMh7w

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2019-09-17

Freyja- goddess of fertility, passion, battle and magic. Captain of the Valkyrie. Master of the art of Seidr, which she taught to Odin.

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2019-09-13

As a child, the samurai Minamoto no Yoshitsune was exiled to Mount Kurama after his father was assassinated. He learned swordsmanship from the tengu Sojobo and used his skills to avenge his father's death and become a famous warrior hero.

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2019-09-13

In Blendasägnen, Blenda of Småland saves her country from invasion by inviting the warriors to a feast. She sees to it that the invaders are plied with alcohol. Alongside her army of women, she kills the men after they fall into drunken slumber.

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2019-09-12

Before becoming the hero of the Grail quest, Perceval was raised away from court and unaware of his noble blood. As a typical “Fair Unknown,” his heroism shone through nonetheless, and he eventually joined the Round Table fellowship.

Art:Arthur Hacker

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2019-09-12