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Cherokee lore2/2: A possum& her kin tried to steal the fruit but their tails singed. A buzzard tried but its head-feathers fell off. Eventually a spider tried, she spun a web-Milky Way-across the sky reaching the Sun Fruit & threw it to the sky for all to share.

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2018-06-21

A "natural history" approach to the spiritual protectorates of Japan's forests and mountains, the Tengu.

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2018-06-21

In Slavic myth Zorya Utrennjaja is the Morning Star, linked to protection, hope, light. She opens sun god Dažbog's palace gates for his chariot each morning.
Zorya Vecernjaja is the evening star who protects lost travelers & closes the gates on Dažbog's return

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2018-06-21

Happy Summer Solstice have some Solar folklore by Deborah Scherrer and some warm sunny wishes! https://t.co/k9HkC1cmWj

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2018-06-21

Love-in-Idleness & Heart’s-ease are folk names for the Wild Pansy. This flower is the basis of Oberon’s love potion in A Night’s Dream, causing fairy queen Titania to fall in love with the first thing she sees after sleeping. Image: Cicely Barker

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2018-06-21

Watercolour by William Blake for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' with a train of dancing fairies in a woodland setting. The fairies dance in a ring, evocative of the traditional English folk dances associated with midsummer.
https://t.co/Uqq1YaizPy

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2018-06-21

The Bean Nighe is related to the Bean Sidhe (banshee). Both of them are ominous heralds of death. More on the blog -> https://t.co/NUmkIKliSa

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2018-06-15

According to John Milton's "Paradise Lost," Pandæmonium is the capital of Hell. Built by the fallen angels at the suggestion of demon Mammon in about an hour. It was designed by the architect Mulciber, who was the designer of palaces in Heaven before his Fall.

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2018-06-14

The ever-debated Agartha is a group of cities residing in Center Earth; the capital being Shambhala. A civilization composed from the remnants of the utopias Lemuria & Atlantis. Entrances exist at the Poles& in mountainous caverns honeycombed through the planet.

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2018-06-14

The Swansea Devil is a Victorian wood carving which watches over the city's St Mary's Church. According to legend, it was created by a spurned architect who prophesied: "When your church is destroyed and burnt to the ground my devil will remain laughing."

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2018-06-14

BIRTHDAY CANDLES

The first candles on cakes ware by the Greeks. They offered moon-shaped cakes to Artemis as tribute. To symbolize her moonly radiance, they lit candles on them so they'd glow.

📷 Michael-C-Hayes

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2018-06-08

The pagan plant mistletoe, was much revered by our ancestors. It was so sacred that it was cut with a golden sickle. Holly & other evergreens were also respected, in the belief that they provided refuge for woodland spirits 'til other trees regrew their leaves.

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2018-06-08

Bacchanalia, also called Dionysia, one of the several festivals of Bacchus (Dionysus) the wine god. The Great Dionysia had dramatic performances in the theatre of Dionysus. There was also the Lenaea, which included a procession and dramatic performances

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2018-06-08

The 1st rule of the Eleusinian Mysteries, was don’t talk about... but it’s believed the secretive ancient Greek cult let most anyone attempt initiation. Those who passed enjoyed a 9-day party-The Greater Mysteries-w/ singing, dancing & sacrifices, to celebrate.

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2018-06-07

Happy third birthday to one of the best bits of Twitter! We offer you this festive image from the 12th night celebrations on Hopeless, Maine

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2018-06-07

🎂The custom of blowing out candles marking your age on a birthday cake, originates in Germany, where a larger candle called the Lebenslicht (Light of Life) was set in the centre of all the others, and was the one that granted your wish.🕯️

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2018-06-07

Just some flowery Dragons to start your day. 🐉

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2018-06-07