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Sun goddess Amaterasu,guardian of the Japanese people,shut herself away,but people set up a mirror for her to see her own beauty. As she was dazzled,they tied the door open so she remained with them.Her emblem--the rising sun on the Japanese flag

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To ward off evil on the summer solstice, wear garlands of flowers to prevent evil spirits from overtaking you, and especially St. John's wort. Adapted to Christianity, this superstition supposedly has pagan origins.

🖼: L. Garland

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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely, more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
Summer’s lease hath too short a date.
So long as men can breathe &eyes can see,
So long lives this,& this gives life to thee.
Shakespeare

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The summer solstice marks both the year's longest day w/ the Sun in its full power & the start of its descent into darkness that peaks at winter solstice w/ its renewal. Thus, solstices are "a divine rotation of ascent & descent that makes light & darkness one."

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☀️'Summer' by Alphonse Mucha

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In Pagan folklore evil spirits appear on the summer solstice. To protect themselves from them, folks would wear garlands of herbs and flowers fashioned as crowns upon their heads.‘Chase-devil’or St John’s Wort, is an effective herb used in the garland.

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Last night on the eve of Solstice was the night to gather fern-seed, for today it conveys invisibility...

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The Inuit of North America / Greenland tell the tale of the trickster, Raven, who was instrumental in returning the light to the sky.



🎨Jamie Strassenburg

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Originally these traditions were associated w/ the longest day (21 June when the veil is thinnest between the Huldufólk world & ours. To be safe, roll in dew, celebrate & watch for Huldufólk on both 21 & 24 June!
🎨 John Bauer

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According to Icelandic folklore, on night, seals change into humans, cows have the ability to speak, and elves come out to walk among men.

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In the Algonquin legend "How Glooscap Found the Summer," a deadly winter threatens the lives of the hero Glooscap's people. So he goes on a journey to capture the Summer Giantess, promising to release her once she defeats the Winter Giant.

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„And the summer comes, when the sun does not go to sleep at all and Dusk gives the Sun straight to Dawn, who relights its dimmed glow again. It is the time of summer solstice, when the world is filled with flowers and song, light and joy…

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“You’re the best thing I never knew I needed.” – The Princess and the Frog
🖼Eri Kamijo

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In the early modern era, a long life was rare. High mortality rates meant second marriages & stepmothers abounded. Fairy tales, like Perrault’s Cinderella, offered young people the emotional blueprint to survive such familial pain -enter the wicked stepmother 🗝#FairytaleTuesday

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The theme for is love ♥️! I'm picking the Norwegian tale, EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON - a tale about a girl who is forced to marry a terrifying bear, whom she later finds out is actually a prince. She goes to great lengths to rescue him from his curse!

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The Steadfast Tin Soldier where a one-legged tin soldier falls in with a paper ballerina. But the goblin jack-in-the-box makes sure he falls out the window landing in a storm drain & eaten by a fish. The fish is caught & brought back to his love.#FairyTaleTuesday

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Jorinde and Joringel were two lovers engaged to be married. One day they went for a walk in the forest and came too near to a witch's lair. She turned Jorinde into a nightingale and petrified Joringel to the ground.

Grimms Fairy Tales

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I recall a version of this story that I loved as a girl, The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who rescues her 11 brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen. The tale was first published on 2 October 1838.  https://t.co/NCVV4DFGO8

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Sophie Hatter, a young milliner turned 90 year old woman by the curse of the Witch of the Waste, meets egotistical wizard Howl in her journey to break the spell.But course of true love never runs smooth till they realize how much they’re crazy about each other.

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