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The water bull, called tarbh usige in Scottish Gaelic, is a mythological creature, resident of the moorland lochs.

Capable of shape-shifting into a human, it's more amiable than the water horse, but still fearful.



Art by SantosArt (DA)

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"Witches...believed to have the power...to don the bodies of certain animals, notably hares...Such, according to local superstition, are easily distinguishable by their size & colour, which approaches jet black." - Folklore of the North-West Highlands

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Animal tales are perhaps the oldest of all folktales. They are part myth, part fable, and part fairy tales. Talking animals appear in many European folktales. For example, “The Three Little Pigs” and “Little Red Riding Hood”.

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The bishop-fish is a 16th century sea monster apparently taken to the King of Poland who meant to keep it. When a group of Catholic bishops saw it pleading to be free they obliged. The bishop fish made the sign of the cross and escaped back into the sea…

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Foxglove gets its name from the legend that the Fae gave the fox the blossoms to pad its feet so it would be a more silent hunter.

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‘Airy mouse, airy mouse, fly over my head,
And you shall have a crust of bread,
And when I brew and when I bake,
You shall have a piece of my wedding cake.’

A song for children to sing to protect themselves from the bad luck that bats might bring. 🦇 1/2

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Good morning friends, thank you for a fabulous and furry first hour, this is rushing in (late as usual) to share your animal lore for the next hour! (illustration The White Rabbit by John Tenniel from Alice in Wonderland)

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Stag God. The symbol and reverence of the stag amongst the Anglo-Saxons is a tradition that is very likely to be rooted in the most ancient of Germanic culture and religion.

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Horse skulls have a prominent feature in folklore, as a good luck charm, preventing witchcraft and fae folk from causing mischief as well as a guide of the boundary between the living and the dead.

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In Germany it was said that mice were created by witches who fashioned them from scraps of cloth.

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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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A siren/kelpie style this morning fits with I suppose

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