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#FolkloreThursday Once in a while – maybe once every one hundred years – one appears among us who is different, somehow enlightening our lives bringing joy and easing our tired minds. This is the story of Yannik, the Mad Thing of the Woods https://t.co/w4jWGCRpe5 #ChildrensDay!
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The dwarves made the gods many treasures. One of the most striking was Freya's fiery necklace, Brísingamen.
She got it in exchange for a night with each of its creators. It became so linked with her that Thor wore it to impersonate her to steal back mjolnir.
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#FolkloreThursday When the cook of the monastery of Caaveiro (#Galicia) opened the belly of that salmon, he found a ring inside. It was the ring that the Abbot Saint Rosendo, years before, had thrown into the #Eume river, as a sign of repentance for having sinned.
The fuchsia first arrived in England in 1788, having been discovered in the Caribbean c.1696. It is known as the Virgin Mary’s earrings & when worn by a bride on her wedding day can bring great blessings. It is also a favourite hiding place of fairies. #FolkloreThursday Img: CMB
Lady Edgecombe’s ring glistened in lamplight as she lay in her tomb. As the sexton took the knife to her ring finger, the lady screamed , she was alive!
This tale is well travelled it’s told in #Cornwall and Aberdeen!
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Huldra, the wood nymph in Norwegian folklore, is known to make silver jewelry, called 'huldresølv'. The jewelry Huldra makes, is so ravishingly beautiful that no human could ever make anything similar. Anyone who steals huldresølv, is forever cursed.
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#FolkloreThursday Pearls are an essentially feminine gem associated with the moon and Venus. In Ancient Greece pearls were thought to lead to a happy and harmonious marriage, representing love, purity & innocence and as such are worn by brides.
Thr staple crop of most of the Americas, the Three Sisters were maize, squash, and beans, often grown together to keep the soil fertile. Myths from the Maya to the Haudenosaunee involve these three crops, be they represented by gods or their shenanigans. #FolkloreThursday
Fairy food is complicated. If in a fairy realm, do not touch the food - you’ll get trapped there. However, if offered fairy food as a gift in the human realm, you should eat it or suffer a punishment like being pinched or, in the worst case scenario, death. #FolkloreThursday
The silver and golden apples of wonder: https://t.co/1TaagJDTcc #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday food themed post!
Cornish pasties feature prominently in the folklore of the mine spirits ‘Knockers’. Named for knocking to alert miners of danger or to lead to the best ore veins. This comes with a price…and that price is…mutual respect and PASTY crusts!
#FolkloreThursday The sacred woods include holly, laurel, pine and spruce, and cedar These trees “stayed awake during all seven days and were blessed to stay green. Burning cedar is important to Cherokee spiritual beliefs. “Cedar is used to cleanse an area of negative energy.
Black Annis is described as a hideous witch with iron claws and a taste for human flesh. She stalks the countryside of Leicestershire, England. Venturing out at night to look for unsuspecting victims, before wearing their skins around her waist. #FolkloreThursday #Folklore #Food
The beech tree has always been associated with knowledge & learning. In Welsh lore Henwen, a white sow, eats the nuts of the beech tree & gains the gifts of wisdom & prophecy. #FolkloreThursday Img: Cicely Mary Barker.
It is important to not just respect your house spirits but reward them. It is common in folklore to leave food out for house spirits like brownies and tomte, thanking them for a job well done cleaning the house. Not doing so has dire consequences #FolkloreThursday
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In Zoroastrian myth, Ahura Mazda, who was the god of light,smelled wonderful, but Ahriman his evil equivalent, smelled like a garlic bulb, 'fetid and rotten.'
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They thought me, once, a magic tree of wondrous lucky charm, And at the door they planted me to keep the house from harm..
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#FolkloreThursday To appease & keep the fairies sweet, it is advisable to make them offerings of food & drink, known as libations. A happy, well-fed fairy is less likely to be cantankerous or mischievous. They are rather partial to milk, fruit, cakes & ale.
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