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In Celtic lore, the Queen of the Fairies is represented as beautiful & seductive, but also terrible & deadly Paying a tithe to Hell every 7years, with her mortal lovers as the sacrifice. Even though she may show kindness, she is quick to seek revenge!

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In the legend of Ragnarok, the Norse foretelling of the Apocalypse, Hel (ruler of the eponymous underworld) role was to lead an army of the dead in a ship made from the fingernails of corpses. She literally brings the end of the world with her.

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In Slavic folklore Rusalki are women who died violent deaths and dwell in bodies of water luring men to their deaths, in early June it is 'Rusalki week' where they are especially active, swimming is forbidden during this week as it will result in certain death

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After Zeus’ extramarital affair with Lamia, Hera, his wife, punishes her with sleeplessness and by killing her offspring. Zeus offers Lamia the ability to remove her own eyes and she becomes a Greek part-serpent monster with an appetite for children.

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The wilis are the spirits of betrothed girls who died before their wedding night. They use their otherworldly allure to seduce men and dance them to death.

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In Catalan folklore, women deemed to be witches had the mark of the Devil on their buttocks. He would bite them, creating a mark in the shape of two crossed horns, a ram, a toad, or a circle.

Image: Dali

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50 years of bloody civil war were the price the Merovingian Franks had to pay for the feud between Fredegund of Neustria & Brunhilda of Austrasia during the 7th century. It may well be echoed in the Nibelungenlied's queenly quarrel of Kriemhild & Brunhild.

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Arianrhod is a magic figure in the Mabinogion. Claiming to be a virgin, she delivers 2 magical sons. Dylan who seeks the ocean & becomes a sea spirit as well as great & handsome hero Lleu Llaw Gyffes on whom she places a tynged (spell) influencing his destiny.

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In Greek mythology, Terpsichore is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance. Here is a classic image and images of women she has inspired...



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Images from Pinterest

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Sláinte chuig na fir & go mairfidh na mná go deo
Health to the men & may the women live forever! Pic1 Women by Harry Furniss. Illustrated London News, 31 Jan 1880, p. 116 & Pic2 Clifton R. Adams NatGeographic 1927

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“The Romans and Greeks used to call her a Dryad; but we don’t understand that: out in the sailors’ quarter we have a better name for her; there she’s called Elder Tree Mother...' A tale from Hans Christian Andersen https://t.co/X1YGHycMdi

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In a valkyrie from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live.
Here are some beautiful images from Pinterest:
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"You may gaze at her reflection
In still waters of the lake
But do not look at her directly
Or death will be your fate"

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Time to sow herbs:
“In March & in April from morning to night
In sowing & setting good housewives delight,
To have in a garden or other like plot
To physic their house, or to furnish their pot.”
(Good husbandry 1753,🎨Waterhouse)

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A favourite poet's simple lines for children:

‘Bread and milk for breakfast,
And woollen frocks to wear,
And a crumb for robin redbreast,
On the cold days of the year.’
(🖊️Christina Rossetti 🎨 Walter Crane)

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Slow start, so had time to think about - & how Gabriel Rossetti was drawn to eerie subjects,
like the Doppelgängers in ‘How they met themselves’ (1864) or his many images of ‘Angel footfalls’ from Poe’s ‘The Raven’.

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🌬️⛈️🌬️If a woman ever whistled a tune she was seen as a bringer of bad luck - this stemmed from the belief that Witches could summon storms by whistling up the wind.

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Méabh,
queen of Connacht in Irish mythology, was strong-willed, ambitious, cunning & promiscuous - an archetypal warrior queen whose warriors fought bravely for her. They were willing to die for her because of her beauty, passion & strength.
🎨JimFitzpatrick

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LILITH
In rabbinic texts Adam's first wife - created his equal - who fled Eden refusing subservience.
Demonised for defying patriarchy.
Vilified for insolent independence.
Feared for her innate feminine power.
So it began.
🎨R. Ferri

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Good morning! here to start this folklore of themed in celebration of (Fox Women, by Bertha Boynton Lum)

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