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What do you think of this totally different visualization of #SnowWhite, from a pulpy 1970s retelling of the fairy tale? #vintage #picturebook #folklorethursday #fairytales #dwarves #vintagechildrensbooks
A swallow symbolizes a safe journey home—why their images are such popular pendants and tattoos for travelers, especailly sailors.
#folklorethursday
Artist: John Bauer
It's #FolkloreThursday and we wanted to talk about #Selkies. They're found in Scottish and Irish folklore. Selkies are generally known as seals that remove their skin and become humans, although there are many myths surrounding them. #WritingCommunity #Writing
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
It's #FolkloreThursday & I've always been fascinated in Banshees. Traditionally their wail heralds an impending death. Our #Banshee incorporates elements of an angered spirit, & her scream can kill! #horror #comics #indiecomics #folk #art #spooky #myth https://t.co/ZoJsPVGAjX
#Haunted by Monsters: #Top5 Wicked Creatures in #Polish Folklore by @rmromeroauthor for #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/SavbFYpwWg
Happy #FolkloreThursday! ("Sea Sprites in Flight," John Anster Fitzgerald)
We're creating a new 'Folklore Trail' which will be great fun for visitors this summer! But have we left any well known stories out? https://t.co/yG58zjXsFU
We do love a great story here on Dartmoor! 👻💀🦇
@Devon_Hour #Dartmoor #Devon #FolkloreThursday #folklore
#FolkloreThursday Fairies Rescuing a Bird from a Cage, Margaret Tempest, c. 1920-25 https://t.co/YXRDjbkP0e
Birds and our hair have a complex history. In Scottish lore, a magpie which stole a piece of your cut hair for its nest died in a year. In Appalachia, a bird that got tangled in your hair shared a piece of your soul. Here's a beautiful bird comb to get it out! #FolkloreThursday
If you see a magpie on its own, you can salute it with a cheery “Hello Mr Magpie” & that should diffuse the worst of any ill-fortune. But apparently in China a solitary magpie is a good omen #FolkloreThursday
Odin had two Ravens, Huginn and Muninn, who would fly everywhere and bring information to him. That's how he knew everything which was happening!
Huginn and Munninn, two of the greatest gossipers ever!
Art: Odin by SirGrunt (DeviantArt)
#FolkloreThursday #Odin #NorseMythology
#Leda and the #Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god #Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces the mortal woman Leda.
🖼️Leda and the Swan | François Boucher via @NatMus_SWE https://t.co/TmMjX7fAc6
#FolkloreThursday #mythology
4 April. Make offering of cream to the cuckoo to stem bad luck & cuckoldry:
"The cuckoo’s a bonny bird, he sings as he flies,
He brings us good tidings, he tells us no lies…
The grave will receive me & bring me to dust
An inconstant lover no maiden can trust”
#FolkloreThursday
#tbt to my Swan Maiden for #FolkloreThursday 🌿
This one was painted for the cover of Emma Hamm's novel, The Faceless Woman.
The pear is linked to the Greek goddess Hera, wife of Zeus, who watches over wives & fidelity in marriage. It is an ancient fertility symbol, & there is a custom in many countries of planting a pear tree to celebrate the birth of a daughter. #FolkloreThursday Img: Cicely Barker
Jenny Greenteeth lurks at the bottom of rivers and ponds. Her cold, sinewy arms reach up to grab the ankles of those who get too close to the water and drag them down to her underwater lair.
#WateryFolklore
#FolkloreThursday
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Home is Where the Heart Is. Thomas Mackenzie, from Aladdin. #FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs @HearthAndHome