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The Mists parted and they took him to the Isle of Apples: and there the priestesses and druidesses said they could not save him save to put him in a deep sleep. And he would slumber, until needed: Arthur sleeps at Avalon, the Once and Future King!

🖼: J. Archer

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2021-07-23

Ayakashi in Japanese literally means, "strange phenomenon of the sea," and is a term used for yokai who appear in the liminal spaces between the surface of the sea/ocean and the air.

https://t.co/uTHQR30wit

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2021-07-23

The Romans wrote that those German tribes who worshipped Nerthus had a small island on the coast they would take prisoners to, and there sacrifice them to their goddess by drowning them in the sea.

🖼: ErebusOdora

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2021-07-23

The island of Crete is deeply rooted in ancient Greek mythology as the Diktaean Cave at Mount Dikti was believed to be the place of Zeus' birth. In Crete Hercules captured the Cretan bull & where the labyrinth of the Palace of Knossos was built. Map by Piri Reis

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2021-07-23

Waking up to folks talking about the importance of languages on twitter. And today is also , really has me missing going to festivals. 😣

I haven't been to the Irish Festival in a long time & the Italian Festival either. I miss the food & music! 😭

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2021-07-23

I love imagined places. The island of Avalon, of Arthurian legend, is ripe with magic & lore. The chronicler, Geoffrey of Monmouth, wrote in 1136 that it was the island where King Arthur’s sword, Excalibur, was forged, & where his body was taken after battle. 🗡#FolkloreThursday

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2021-07-22

The island is a 'split-off portion of consciousness' in the sea of unconsciousness inhabited by divine forces; a place of transition in one's journey where the true self can be found. On Calypso's island, Odysseus has to decide between an immortal & mortal life.

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2021-07-22

It's been a while but here's some badgery This week's theme: islands.

The tanuki Danzaburō was travelling to Sado island when he met a fox who begged to go with him.

"They won't like you looking like that," the tanuki said and advised the fox to transform...

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2021-07-22

A siren/kelpie style this morning fits with I suppose

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2021-07-22

In Greek mythology the Lotus Eaters are islanders addicted to eating the apathy inducing lotus. They try to entice Odysseus’s men into joining their carefree life by feeding them the fruit, after which they lose all desire to continue their voyage.

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2021-07-22

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In lore, the Faerie King Eveling holds his court at Harknott Pass. Eveling is an interesting character, perhaps connected in mythology to Avalloc, putative ruler of the Island of Avalon
🎨 James Archer: The Death of King Arthur

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2021-07-22

The Hiyoribō (日和坊) is an obscure weather yōkai of Ibaraki Prefecture, wandering the mountains and rarely seen. He brings good weather, and is said to resemble a little Buddhist monk. If you can find him, he may yet bless you with sunshine.

🖼: M. Meyer

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2021-07-16

In Penobscot and Abenaki lore the Pamola is the Snow Bird, large enough to carry off a moose (and has a moose head) bring deadly snowstorms. It lives on mountains in Maine and the surrounding areas, and no soul should climb those peaks in winter.

🖼: S. Centore

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2021-07-16

At the age of only 10 years old, Fionn Mac Cumhaill defeated Áillen Mac Mídhna, a wicked fairy who burned the fort at Tara down every Samhain. For this deed, he was given leadership of the Fianna, taking it from Goll Mac Morna, the man who killed his father.

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2021-07-16

2/2...There are various proverbs about March's weather relating to Lions and Lambs, which may have originated from Astronomy as the constellation Leo rises in the East to start March, and the month ends with Aries setting in the West

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2021-07-15

Do you ever wonder what those faceless phantoms are trying to tell you when they knock your window? Voices, rising... But you can't catch the wind (From The Wind song, part of my illustrated music book "The Underliving"). My own art too https://t.co/xRl8A1zyaI

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2021-07-15

It's [Ukko, Finnish god of sky, weather, harvest, and thunder, by Robert Ekman]

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2021-07-15

The Shipwreck (1772) by Claude-Joseph Vernet (French, 1714 - 1789). National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. “Lightning never strikes the same place twice.” It's folklore, but is it true?

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2021-07-15

In Slavic folklore Płanetnik was a creature who filled the clouds with water or hail and moved them around the sky. Depending on how people treated them and on their own whim, płanetniks brought favourable weather or a natural disaster.

Art by Paweł Zych

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2021-07-15