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Bye, baby bunting,
Daddy's gone a #hunting,
He'll never get this rabbit's skin,
To wrap the baby bunting in.
This nursery rhyme dates to 1784 but is believed to have been part of an earlier oral tradition. [ Note Rabbits hunting in the Rackham illustration] #folklorethursday
Arawn is the King of the Otherworld in Welsh Mythology, encountered in the First Branch of the Mabinogion by the hero Pwyll when both were hunting. Pwyll finds himself in Annwn, the realm of Arawn & meets the Otherworld King’s hounds (white dogs with red ears)
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For #folklorethursday- sport and leisure on the island of Hopeless, Maine part one. Adventures with pets and local fauna. (art self and @Nimue_B )
Veles & Perun, the Slavic god of thunder, always battled: representing chaos & order. The myth was cyclical, repeating each year. The death of Veles was never permanent; he would reform himself as a serpent who shed its old skin to be reborn in a new body. #FolkloreThursday
Veles is a Slavic god of nature, dragons, cattle & the underworld. His tree is the willow. After the advent of Christianity, he was split into several characters & identified with the Devil. His more benevolent sides were transformed to several Christian saints. #FolkloreThursday
Fun Facts about Hera!!!
1) Hera was as an independent goddess before the Greeks gave up trying to suppress her cults and married her off to Zeus, conquering both the land of Greece and a woman-centered religion. #FolkloreThursday
Illustration from HanieMohd
HUGINN & MUNINN
Odin's spirit ravens. Fly out each day to gather info for him. Commonly called Thought & Memory, they translate more effectively to Spirit/Soul (from hugr) & Mind (from munr). Insinuating Odin used astral projections?
📷 @NatasaIlincic #FolkloreThursday #Norse
I adore the Norse #goddess Freya, who brought the human world black magic! Riding on a chariot drawn by cats, she brought the #gods "Seidr" (witchcraft/shamanism). The magic of altering the course of destiny by re-weaving part of destiny’s web itself! #FolkloreThursday #mythology
Hel was the daughter of Loki and a giantess. Half dead and half alive, she was sent by Odin to host an eternal feast for the dead. While not as regarded as Valhalla or The Summerlands, going to Hel was a good thing.
#amwriting #FolkloreThursday #pagan #heathen
In Greek myth Demeter was goddess of agriculture, growth, harvest & fertility. She also presided over the cycle of life & death. Persephone, her virgin daughter, was abducted to the underworld by Hades. Here Evelyn de Morgan depicts Demeter mourning her loss #FolkloreThursday
I never turned anyone into a pig. Some people are pigs. I make them look like pigs. ~Louise Gluck, Circe's power
Complete poem: https://t.co/jhkfKyjUUd ]
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HEKATE
Goddess associated w/ crossroads, magic, herbalism, ghosts, necromancy, & sorcery. Her shrines were built at crossroads & offerings were made on full moons for protection. She was 3-formed: new moon, half moon, full moon.
#FolkloreThursday #Greekmythology #Greeklegends
Ryujin is a Japanese Dragon God. Often honoured as the god of the Sea, he controls the tides using magical jewels. He lives in a palace built out of red and white coral and his servants consist of sea turtles, fishes & jellyfish. His jewels appear in many myths
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The #Celtic tree month of Hawthorn begins on 13 May. The May tree, it gifts love & healing to the heart & is sacred to the goddess Brighid when she brings new growth & fertility. Known as a faery tree, the hawthorn should never be harmed. Illust: Cicely Barker
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@LOKawamura our #voiceactor Yingping character Bachelorettes
in game #MemoryTrees #RPG fantasy game
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Hearth & Home Folklore for #FolkloreThursday
In English lore - When the flame in the hearth fire turns blue, an otherworldly presence has entered the room.
Ekwensu is an evil deity of the Igbo people of Nigeria. Possession by Ekwensu can lead a person to commit acts of great evil against humanity. Without excusing the person, the Igbo acknowledge that there are levels of inhumanity humans cannot reach on their own. #FolkloreThursday
'Anyone who gathers the first dew of May will be protected against the evil eye'. May folklore from Maypoles, Mandrakes & Mistletoe: A Treasury of British Folklore by @DeeDeeChainey #FolkloreThursday #newbooks https://t.co/7V85OrHtp0