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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 #folklorethursday
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. #FolkloreThursday
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. #folklorethursday
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 @deviantart #happybday #FolkloreThursday #ancientgreece
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. #FolkloreThursday
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 #FolkloreThursday
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. #FolkloreThursday
Happy third birthday to one of the best bits of Twitter! #FolkloreThursday! We offer you this festive image from the 12th night celebrations on Hopeless, Maine
🎂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.🕯️
#HappyBirthday #FolkloreThursday
Just some flowery #folklorethursday Dragons to start your day. 🐉
me: what r the rune factory 4 bachelorettes like
dolce: *reaches out of the screen* you are my wife now.
L. van Beethoven woke at dawn & would immediately work. According to his secretary, #coffee was the most important part of his diet. He prepared it methodically: counting 60 beans per cup. His routine gave birth to 9 symphonies, 32 piano sonatas & an opera. #FolkloreThursday
Greeks &Roman philosophers invoked concept of an external & invisible creative force called the "daemon" which often appeared in the form of a divine or malevolent voice that inspired passion/madness. Hence, bad deeds were seen as caused by something beyond Man. #FolkloreThursday
Can't find the text but there is a version in which Rapunzel is taught all the arts (& given fine quality EVERYTHING - including a talking parrot) when tower-ified. In many versions she's either fairy-gifted with singing or naturally sings unnaturally-well too! #FolkloreThursday
At the Theatre Royal, the famous ghost
is The Man in Grey.
In tricorne hat and cloak, he walks
along the 4th row of the Upper Circle
and disappears through the wall.
In the 1840s, a hidden cavity was
found there - and a skeleton with a dagger
in its chest.
#FolkloreThursday
In Aztec Myth the god Xochipilli is a personal fav! This artistic god's name literally means "Flower Child." A Twin god responsible for creativity, painting, writing, dancing &other pleasures of the soul. Statutes depict him in pure ecstasy with 'dream' flowers. #FolkloreThursday
In Irish/Scottish myth ''cohuleen druith'' is a magical cap worn by mer-people that enables them to breathe underwater. It is described as red with feathers. If stolen the merrow could not return beneath the waves. It is unknown who creates this garment...
#FolkloreThursday
Famed & troubled artist, Edvard Munch painted "The Dead Mother" sometime in the early 20th century, since then, claims from owner to owner profess that it's cursed. There are even reports that the girl would emerge from the canvas, as an apparition of torment. #FolkloreThursday
Fraktur: a Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of decorative folk art often used to illuminate milestone documents like birth certificates & marriage blessings.
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