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The #hawthorn is the #May tree & is a symbol of the fire festival #Beltane. The cutting of hawthorn (May blossom) is sacred to the goddess Brighid, & signifies new life & fertility. Known as a faery tree, the hawthorn should never be harmed. #FolkloreThursday Img: Cicely Barker
OC for a cursed "harvest moon but the MCs are all space entities, and they're planting lovecraftian looking vegetables in a sentient outer space farm"
the bachelorettes, Necrome and Lytalia
Donkey cabbages - here is the hero using the magic cloak to fly the witch's daughter to the jewel mountain - after he throws up the magic bird heart and before he eats the magic cabbage and turns into a donkey. #the100dayproject #grimmsfairytales #donkeycabbage #FolkloreThursday
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On April 30th it will be Walpurgisnacht (Witches’ Night), known as the ‘other Halloween’ — a night that belongs to WITCHES.
#FolkloreThursday
Sinbad made seven voyages throughout the seas around Africa and Asia. During these travels, he meets many beasts and monsters, some magical, including giant snakes, cannibals, and huge terrorizing birds. #FolkloreThursday
3rd Voyage in 'Arabian Nights' (1917) Charles Folkard
Yosuzume are yokai birds that appear in eerie swarms around travelers at night. They bring bad luck, so chant to scare them away: "Chichichi calls the bird - maybe it wants a branch - if it does, hit it with one.” #folklorethursday art by @matthewmeyerart https://t.co/qJtKtgnNNo
Obariyon lurks at roadsides then jumps out at travelers and demands a piggyback ride. It grows heavier with each step and in some tales the person is crushed, in others they get home to discover they're carrying a big sack of money. #FolkloreThursday art by @matthewmeyerart
The Zbruch (WorldSeeker) Idol is a 9th-century sculpture or bałwan ('idol' in old idiom, today meaning 'snowman')& one of the few monuments of pre-Christian Slavic faith. The 3 tiers represent the levels of the world: underworld, mortal world & world of the gods #FolkloreThursday
In Manawydan fab Llŷr, Manawydan & Pryderi see their kingdom transformed into a wasteland. They find a mysterious fort & Pryderi enters, drawn to a golden bowl--his hands stick to it. His mother Rhiannon enters too, and both are imprisoned as the fort vanishes.
#FolkloreThursday
GREAT SILKIE OF SULE SKERRIE Old Orkney Ballad. A girl romances a seal man; after 7 years the selkie returns & gives their son a gold chain. She marries a human who 1 day shoots 2 seals, round the neck of the youngest dying seal is a gold chain #WateryFolklore #FolkloreThursday
#Limerick has a long #Fashion history, home to companies such as Cannocks and Loretta Bloom. Read more in this history of Limerick industries, trade and commerce, ed by David Lee and Debbie Jacobs, published by @LmkCivicTrust in 2003 #Archive30 #SpecialCollections @ULLibrary
In 1968, #AdrienneAdams #illustrated an edition of the #Grimm #fairytale Jorinda and Joringel. #vintage #picturebook #childrensbook #vintagechildrensbook #art #folklorethursday #brothersgrimm
Happy #FolkloreThursday! [Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, "Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld."]
The Bard of Cumberland - stories, folklore, mythology, & other strange tales from #Cumbria - The Shadow Giant
https://t.co/myI372OOYb
#storytelling #folklore #folklorethursday
#giants #ghoststories #LakeDistrict #Ulverston
Rick from harvest moon🐔🐤
Maybe another enamel pin idea, all the harvest moon bachelors & bachelorettes
Beautiful illustrations of the enchantress Ceridwen chasing Gwion Bach, who transformed into—among other things—a hare while fleeing her wrath. Artist Jonjo O’Connor: https://t.co/cFny8n2oE4
#FolkloreThursday
Reposting some of these Unicorn Prince sketches for #FolkloreThursday ✨
The original celebration of the vernal/spring equinox was called #Easter, honoring the Germanic goddess Ēostre or Ostara. Goddess of #spring, dawn, renewal & fertility. Often depicted with a #Rabbit-spirit, #eggs & rabbits are sacred to her, as is the full moon. #FolkloreThursday