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#folklorethursday The old form of Capricorn, the goatfish, is taken from Pricus, father of the sea goats in Greek mythology.
Sea goats could reason, speak and travel in time. If they spent too long on land, they became ordinary, non sapient goats 1/2
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The constellation Cassiopeia (my favorite growing up) holds the story from #Greek #Mythology of the vain queen who was thrown into the sky for thinking she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs, or as my mother told me: for looking in the mirror too often...
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According to Slavic #mythology, Zorya is a magnificent star goddess. Guardian of the 'Doomsday Hound' & servant to the Sun God (Dazbog). She is represented by 2 #stars: the Morning & Evening Star. Responsible for opening & closing the gates to the Sun's Palace. #FolkloreThursday
The faces of the Pleiades, the 7 daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pursued by Orion, Zeus transformed them into doves, then #stars. When Orion himself was killed, he was turned into a constellation himself and placed behind them #folklorethursday
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Image @BLMedieval Harley MS 647
Boshin (Civil) War between #Japan Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial faction ended #OTD 1869. Shogun forces surrendered. British & French Imperial rivalry - supported different sides & featured in such (romanticised) depictions as 1880 painting. #ThursdayThoughts #FolkloreThursday
13th century Turkish folklore:
–What do they do with the old moons Hodja?
–They cut them in pieces to make stars.
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It's #FolkloreThursday again! Which means I'm late, oops. There's another house fairy in this lot, my favourite mythical creature! The fact that they appear in folklore all over the world suggests to me that there's some truth in the idea.
✨💖✨An old English charm to discover who you would marry...
Count seven stars on seven consecutive nights, and the first person to shake your hand on the eighth day will be your future wife or husband!
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In Finland, the Northern Lights are called "revontulet" or "fox fires". One old folktale tells of an Arctic fox running and scampering in the far north, throwing fire coloured lights up into the dark sky by sweeping frozen snow crystals upwards with his tail. #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday Tanabata is a star festival meaning ‘evening of the 7th.’ It marks the annual meeting on 7th July of the celestial star-crossed lovers, Orihime & Hikoboshi, who, according to Japanese legend, live on opposite sides of the Milky Way & are forbidden from meeting.
For this week’s #FolkloreThursday theme of the skies and the stars, here’s a little moon-gazey dragon from the depths of the northern Welsh forests.
In astrology the sign of Cancer rules bees, which adore the flowers of the linden or lime tree (tilia). Ruled by Freya, goddess of love, the flowers are used in love spells, & the linden is a symbol of fertility, luck & prosperity, as are bees. #FolkloreThursday Img: C. Barker
Expect a monster dating sim game... eventually.
Actually not a joke, I'm doing this forreal.
Check out the eligible bachelors/bachelorettes!
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In Aztec #folklore, babies come from a store of unborn souls in the 13th heaven (the highest heaven) where the gods hold them until they decide to place them in a mother's belly. This was the first step in the Aztec birth culture, focused on hygiene and ritual.
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This week’s #FolkloreThursday theme is the lore of births & birthdays! Continuing with the theme of magical happenings following weird cravings during pregnancy, here is a positively gorgeous #Rapunzel #illustration by the great #trinascharthyman. #vintage #fairytales #art #book
In Germany it is believed that you should not lie a newborn baby on its left side first or it will grow up clumsy. #FolkloreThursday
A #PiedPiper Mystery by @boneandsickle for #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/Tl6iybNz5H