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The Banshee has diff. names & forms in Celtic legend; but this female keening spirit will omit a high-pitched lamenting cry when a family member dies or is about to die. The wailing of the Banshee is often the 1st warning to the family, that a loved one is gone. #folklorethursday
'As Above - So Below' - the creed of the tzorkly creature-witches of Winchett Dale - black-hatted sisters of 'The League of Lid-Curving Witchery'.... https://t.co/SHZDUIuono #folklorethursday
If your Christmas tree comes from a Welsh forest, please check it VERY carefully for small, unexpected guests! Wild, Welsh, woodland Dragons do NOT make good decorations...
#dragon #folklorethursday #ChristmasTree #xmas #Christmas2017 #FantasticBeasts
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An ancient custom saw children dressed up in holly & ivy to bring light & life to the darkest part of the year. #FolkloreThursday #Victorian
In Celtic lore, to strain potatoes over the threshold of a Faerie door, would bring horrible luck. But burying a potato outside on the first of the year, insured good luck and fortune from the faeries. #FolkloreThursday
The Elder is known as the Queen of Trees. Its berries protect & break spells cast against you.
#FolkloreThursday. Illust: Cicely Barker.
“I meet the biggest most giant doll i have ever seen. She was made of gold. She sings when she talks and she was the Queen of other dolls in the kingdom.
“Loretta' s Quote”
Story is availabe on amazon for $0.99. As an E-book
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@MJ_loves_books @StoryasB
Aztec god Chalchiuhtotolin (Precious Night Turkey) was a plague god that had the power to change an individual's fate. Turkeys were sometimes eaten on important festival days or used in rituals, including funeral feasts & as burial offerings #FolkloreThursday
this is a truly wonderful resource: a sort of Hopi & Pueblo kachinas catalogue from 1903 (Kachina - spirit or personification of a thing or concept)
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images via @PublicDomainRev https://t.co/CXLVwhqkCS #FolkloreThursday
In 1907, when #AliceInWonderland came into the public domain, Arthur Rackham #illustrated a new edition #Edwardian #FolkloreThursday
In European tradition, swiftly changing weather or rushing winds often portend the Wild Hunt. The hunt's participants vary between cultures, but often include fairies or elves, Woden and his valkyries, dead souls, or the Devil. #FolkloreThursday
Tiny Bird Garden by @SuperRetroDuck is the CUTEST, I had to draw lovely Loretta and some birbs 💖 it's out now on iOS and Android!
The Cailleach Bheur, bringer of Winter snows and storms and mother of all gods and goddesses in Scottish mythology #folklorethursday
Image ©Andy Paciorek @andypaciorekart
Japan: Yuki-onna ("Snow-Woman") is a spirit with white skin, white kimono & long black hair. She appears in snowfall, gliding around like a ghost. She feeds on human essence. She blows cold air on her victims to freeze them to death, then suck out their souls. #FolkloreThursday
Ullr is the Norse hunting deity of everything snow; including snow-shoes and skiing. Ullr sometimes uses his shield, to ski down the mountains, like a modern-day snowboard. There are still festivals held in his honor, to bring heavy powder to the mountain tops. #FolkloreThursday
For #FolkloreThursday., we celebrate the beautiful #illustrations of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen for the 1914 book 'East of The Sun and West of the Moon'. Mysterious, and other wordly Norwegian folktales brought to life.
Raijū (Thunder Beast) is Japanese wolf made of lighting. It cry sounds like Thunder. When agitated it leaps on fields and trees (trees struck with lighting are said to be scratched by Raiju's claws.) #FolkloreThursday