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Naglfar, a ship fated to sail during Norse end times, was to to be built entirely from the finger/toe nails of corpses. To deprive the otherworld of materials & delay the ships construction, funerary tasks often included trimming the nails of loved ones.

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Hecate was the Greek goddess of crossroads, doorways, boundaries, thresholds & city walls. This eclectic deity was also linked to the home, magic, necromancy, dogs, polecats, yews, light, ghosts, herbs, medicines & poisons.

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hey i'm danny and i draw comic art and caribbean folklore. here are some commissions and a toonme i did recently!

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hey i'm danny and i draw comic art and caribbean folklore. here are some commissions and a toonme i did recently!

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hey i'm danny and i draw comic art and caribbean folklore. here are some commissions and a toonme i did recently!

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hey i'm danny and i draw comic art and caribbean folklore. here are some commissions and a toonme i did recently!

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hey i'm danny and i draw comic art and caribbean folklore. here are some commissions and a toonme i did recently!

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hey i'm danny and i draw comic art and caribbean folklore. here are some commissions and a toonme i did recently!

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hey i'm danny and i draw comic art and caribbean folklore. here are some commissions and a toonme i did recently!

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Fenrir, a monstrous wolf of Norse mythology, was the son of the demoniac god Loki & a giantess, Angerboda. Fearing Fenrir’s strength the gods bound him w/ a magical chain and gagged him w/ a sword, the spell breaking only on Ragnarök (Doomsday), releasing him.

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Myth of Sisyphus who had to eternally roll a colossal boulder for his crafty deceit directed at Zeus. Today Sisyphean task is one that requires large and futile volumes of work.

Sisyphus (1548–49) by Titian, Prado Museum, Madrid

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When a 16th century Dutch fisherman refused to release a mermaid caught in his net, the dikes burst and his island home vanished, becoming the Drowned Land of Saeftinghe. On foggy days, they say you can still hear the town's bell ringing.

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Mahuika is a fire goddess in Māori mythology. Māui tricked her into giving him her flaming fingernails one by one, stealing the secret of fire for humanity.

Read the whole story: https://t.co/r1VkQkiNtj

🖼️E. Mervyn Taylor

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The Sidhe ('She') are the Fair Folk of the Hollow Hills. They were Angels once, cast forth from Heaven for their pride. There are those who say they are the Neutral Angels that took no part in the War in Heaven and bore the healing Grail to Earth!

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The myth of the Wild Hunt is present in the folklore of numerous European regions, from Scandinavia to Britain and Germany, with various leader such as King Arthur, Odin and King Amerdag of Denmark

Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo with Odin in charge of the Hunt

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Our collective understanding of Norse mythology is primarily documented in the Eddas: two from medieval Iceland and a more recent one from Massachusetts. The scribes illuminated them well. https://t.co/knKhZmFiIM

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All was dark when the sun used to live as a man among the San of the Kalahari; he was unusual only in that when he lifted his arms bright light escaped from beneath. Eventually he was flung into the sky to light the entire world.
Brian Froud Illustration

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This we're remembering all of the myth story books that captured our imaginations as kids! offers a whole collection of world myth books, more than enough to get the next group of little ones just excited!

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