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Prometheus Carrying Fire (1630s) by Jan Cossiers (Flemish, 1600 – 1671). Prometheus stole fire from the gods so that he could give it to mankind, thereby leading to the development of civilisation.

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2021-06-24

Today is so here are a few illustrations by the inimitable Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Tomorrow, the 25th of June, just so happens to be the 61st anniversary of her death.

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2021-06-24

In Arab & Islamic folklore, Jinn are spirit creatures who can assume numerous shapes & can be good or evil. They are not immortal but hold significant supernatural powers. In the Quran, it's stated that jinn were created from smokeless fire.

🖼: Charles Folkard

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2021-06-24

In Finnish, the aurora borealis is called revontulet, meaning “fox fires." The mythical tulikettu, or firefox, runs through the snowy hills of the far north, its tail whipping colorful sparks into the sky. No hunter can catch the firefox, as it's fast as wind.

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2021-06-24

The Korean tale of Princess Bari tells the story of a girl abandoned by her parents after birth. She took a journey into hell to collect life-saving flowers and became a shamanic goddess, turning her unlucky birth story into powerful one.

A birthday thread for

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2021-06-18



The fertility tree (1265)
A tree with dozens of penises hanging from it. A crowd of women waits for them to fall and two of them are clearly fighting over one in particular

Fresco. Massa Marittima 🇮🇹

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2021-06-18

The Mazzamurello or Mazzamuriello is a whimsical fantasy creature of the Italian fairy-folk tradition, that scares bad people but is generous with good ones. This Italian goblin is known under different names in the various parts of Italy.

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2021-06-17

In Javanese lore, the afterbirth was set adrift at night to please the crocodiles, as it was believed to be their sibling. Crocodiles were thought to be the ancestors of the people and so a "twin" was returned to them...

🎨De Morgan

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2021-06-17

A 'chime child' is a baby born as the clock strikes 3, 6, 9 or 12. They might be unlucky in life but they will have the gift to see things others cannot.

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2021-06-17



6 years of fun "dedicated to gathering, sharing & preserving folklore from around the world"

my 2018 & needs an update!
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Old Canadian Postcard & Alphonse Mucha

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2021-06-17

Happy Birthday ! Midwives of London in 1554 were instructed ‘a mydwyfe shall not use or exercise any witchecrafte, charmes, sorcerye, invocations or praiers other than suche as be allowable and may stand with the lawes and ordinances of the Catholic Churche’

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2021-06-17

tp262 Birth of Yggdrasil acrylic and oil on paper 22x14 inches.

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2021-06-17

A human-like changeling may display intelligence far beyond their apparent years, as well as possess uncanny insight. A common way such a being could identify itself is through displaying unusual behaviour when it thinks it's alone…

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2021-06-17

In Celtic folklore, the birch tree known as ‘The Lady of the Woods’, is the 1st tree of the Ogham, the Celtic tree alphabet. It symbolises promise, light, new beginnings & birth. Babies cradles were often made of it, drawing on the symbolism of new beginnings.

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2021-06-17

In Babylonian & Sumerian myth, the primordial ocean goddess Tiamat took the form of a sea serpent & gave birth to the first generation of deities. When she was slain, her divided body parts formed the heavens & earth. Her tail became the Milky Way.

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2021-06-17

The knocker is a being from cornish folklore which haunts mineshafts, tapping on the walls to warn miners of impending collapses. In other folklore, however, it is the very being that causes these cave-ins.

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2021-06-11

1888
In various places of Scotland, the peasants point out large flat stones under which they suppose the pestilence to be buried, and which they are anxious not to raise, lest it should emerge, and again contaminate the atmosphere.

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2021-06-10

Have you heard of Geat the Builder? He was the son of Gogmagog and a human girl on the -- He helped the people of the Island build what became the Longstone.

The whole story here: https://t.co/w8LV3JqYnu

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2021-06-10

Yonaki ishi are stones that cry loudly at night. In some tales they are possessed by the spirit of a murder victim, in others it is the stone itself that is crying out. art by
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2021-06-10

Jotuns are the giants of Norse myth, and are tied to the Earth and natural elements of the Nine Worlds. Natural disasters were blamed in the Jotuns, whether landslides, tornados, or floods, and thus were feared accordingly in Midgard.

🖼: J. Rozalski

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2021-06-10