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Echidna is called the Mother of Monsters in Greek Hesiod described her as half beauty and half serpent beast, huge, brightly colored and voracious. Echidna gave birth to Cerberus and the Hydra, the Chimera and the Sphinx.

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2020-01-27

Celebrate Chinese New Years with four Chinese folklore myths.

Learn about The Tale of Painted Skin (Hua Pi 画皮), Hanged Ghost (Diaosi Gui 吊死鬼), Chinese Vampire/Zombie (Jiangshi 僵尸) & Hungry Ghost (E Gui 饿鬼)

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2020-01-26

'Monsters and me' - a blog post I wrote last year about my love of monsters on page and screen. I focus on the Balrog, Grendel and the Pale Man:

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2020-01-25

Mephistopheles is a demon featured in German folklore. He originally appeared in literature as the demon in the Faust legend, and he has since appeared in other works as a stock character. https://t.co/8wV4FpUzRF

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2020-01-24

Sakuan: Of Rice and Ruin

This is the kind of weird cute game that I tend to fall for - looks like a 2d action platformer but with some kind of rice cultivation mechanic and cute visuals. Anything steeped in japanese folklore or myth does it, really.

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2020-01-25

The blooms of a foxglove are heliotropic and they follow the light. I love that, according to folklore, if a person strongly believes in fairies, the blooms bend in their direction too. (Image: Rachel Ruijsch)

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2020-01-23

Livia's laurel tree soon became a thriving grove, and the Julio-Claudian emperors fashioned their crowns from its leaves. Under Nero, the entire grove of laurels suddenly died, which was seen as a sign of the dynasty's impending doom.

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2020-01-24

SAGE for
Did you know
-Caring for a SAGE plant makes a person wise beyond their years
-To increase your self esteem place a fresh SAGE leaf in each of your shoes
-To keep ghosts from entering your home, place 7 SAGE leaves under your door mat

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2020-01-24

Kodama are the spirits of old trees in deep forests in Japan. Rarely seen as orbs of light or tiny vaguely human shapes, they are more often heard, as echoes that are just slightly oddly delayed art

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2020-01-23

The Japanese fairy tale The Flower of the Peony (aka the Peony Princess) has a peony spirit take the form of a prince. https://t.co/r1KTV5iqL8 Pictured: Warwick Goble illustration of the story, 1910

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2020-01-24

Georgius Agricola wrote that miners considered forked twigs from hazel trees best for dowsing. ‘The moment they place their feet on a vein the twig turns and twists, and discloses the vein; when they move their feet again the twig becomes once more immobile.”

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2020-01-23

Whenever a seed sprouts, a Flower Fairy baby is born. From snow drops to blackthorns, lilacs to weeping willows, each fairy is responsible for looking after their own plant and keeping it strong and healthy throughout the years to come. 🌼🧚🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♂️🌸

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2020-01-23

Born from the blood of Dragons, are known for their sedative properties. They are ingredients for spells of abundance, love, sleep, & invisibility. Hypnos, (Greek God of Sleep & Dreaming) carried a poppy stalk, or a horn filled with poppy juice.#FolkloreThursday

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2020-01-23

Kate Greenaway's 'Language of Flowers' - an enchanting illustrated glossary of ‘the meanings of Honey Flower - Love sweet & secret. Daisy - I share your sentiments. Enchanter's Nightshade - Witchcraft & sorcery.

https://t.co/Ufop3Fo8qP

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2020-01-23

If you enter woods where rings grow beware! You will be gate crashing their party. will chant a spell and draw you into the circle to dance with them, but if you step on their toes you will turn to stone.

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2020-01-23

Hello and thank you for the last, awesome session. This is here talking about Plant Lore. Tweet away!
Image: Double Daisy by Cicely Mary Barker

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2020-01-23

Nightshade known as the "witches berry" for its said use in flying ointments. Highly poisonous it is also said to produce visions of the spirit world.
The rhyme in the image is a traditional Girl's Skipping Rhyme from Chokely in Wynterset (on-line attribution)

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2020-01-23