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The Banshee has diff. names & forms in Celtic lore; but this female keening spirit will omit a high-pitched lamenting cry when a family member dies or is near death. This ominous herald of death is often the first warning to the family, that a loved one is gone. #FolkloreThursday
Błędne Ognie (Lost Fires)are Slavic Will-o'-the-wisps that are believed to be souls of treacherous men who in an attempt to regain their bodies made deals with serpentine bog&field demons to lure Men in so the serpents could bite, kill & take their victim's soul #FolkloreThursday
The Vroffa Tree Inn - renowned community hub of 'The League of Lid-Curving Witchery' - where creature-witches of all descriptions gather to tell tales, settle disputes and consume Grimwagel Wine in ever-impressive quantities... #FolkloreThursday
*17 January Take good care of your hounds in hard weather.
‘If it be a hard Winter, after your hounds are fed suffer them for an hour or two to stretch themselves before the fire.’ (Country Contentments, 1615)
#dogs #folklorethursday
Wassailing the apple trees takes place in the West Country, where there is cider-making. Traditionally held on Old Twelfth Night, 17th Jan, it is the custom of drinking & singing to the health of the trees so they yield plenty in the autumn.
Image: Cicely Barker #FolkloreThursday
The current demo for Floret Bond has plain sketches for the CGs. We’re now in the process of replacing those with colored CGs that closer match the normal sprite style. They’re very pretty ❤
#indiedev #gamedev #vndev #otome #visualnovel #indiegame
#China The Goddess Weaver, daughter of the Celestial Queen Mother, and Jade Emperor, floated down on a moonbeam. She wove the stars and their glow, into "Silver River" (Milky Way), to shine over heaven and earth #folklorethursday
🎨 #illustration by Honor Charlotte Appleton
The 7 lucky gods of Japan (Shichi Fukujin)each symbolise a virtue, honesty, fortune, dignity, amiability, longevity, happiness & wisdom. Derived from Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist & Shinto gods they've been grouped together in Japanese Folklore since the 17th century.
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Crones, hags & witches vilified & stereotyped as cruel, evil & wicked in most folklore & fairy tales, were in fact once the spiritual leaders, healers & midwives of their communities. Highly respected & esteemed as imparters of lived knowledge
🎨Brian Froud
New #cartoon from the brilliant @tomgauld for a #FolkloreThursday - come on parents, up your game!
Interestingly, there's no word for 'work' in Winchett Dale. The closest is 'theralush' - which loosely translates as 'loving to care'. Here's Arborella, sprite of Wand Woods contentedly 'theralushing' the trees around her... #folklorethursday #matlockhare
Traditional sea-shanties are sailors’ work songs used to coordinate labour through rhythm and to alleviate boredom. The shantyman would sing most of the song, the other sailors joining the refrain & chorus. Here is “Sailor’s Alphabet”:
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#Eire Legend tells of spectral ‘fetches’, spitting images of living mortals, (sim doppelgänger). A sighting was taken as foreboding the demise of the person they resembled, UNLESS the fetch shows up in the morning, when it signifies longevity #folklorethursday
🎨 Elinore Abbott
BEEKEEPERS have long believed that care should be taken not to upset or to offend a colony. It is said that bees will not remain with a ill-tempered keeper ... so it is considered extremely bad luck to argue or curse within earshot of hives 🐝 #folklorethursday #bees #apiary
Bees symbolise wealth attained through hard work. They belong to Hera, the Mother Goddess of the #moon, & are therefore linked to the sign of Cancer, also known for its love of hard work. Honey is the ambrosia of the Goddess, & symbolises richness & abundance. #FolkloreThursday
Harvest Moon Back To Nature Bachelors and Bachelorettes kids cuz we never saw them so here ya go :D #harvestmoon #hm #harvestmoonbacktonature #backtonature #harvest_moon
