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The old form of Capricorn, the goatfish, is taken from Pricus, father of the sea goats in Greek mythology.

Sea goats could reason, speak and travel in time. If they spent too long on land, they became ordinary, non sapient goats 1/2

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2019-06-28

The constellation Cassiopeia (my favorite growing up) holds the story from of the vain queen who was thrown into the sky for thinking she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs, or as my mother told me: for looking in the mirror too often...

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2019-06-27

According to Slavic Zorya is a magnificent star goddess. Guardian of the 'Doomsday Hound' & servant to the Sun God (Dazbog). She is represented by 2 the Morning & Evening Star. Responsible for opening & closing the gates to the Sun's Palace.

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2019-06-27

Excited to share the latest addition to my shop: Son of Anubis Original Wandering Egypt Folklore Pagan Spirits Dark Woods Elven Ancient Egyptian https://t.co/cabAugJ1Uw

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2019-06-27

The faces of the Pleiades, the 7 daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pursued by Orion, Zeus transformed them into doves, then When Orion himself was killed, he was turned into a constellation himself and placed behind them
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Image Harley MS 647

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2019-06-27

Boshin (Civil) War between Tokugawa Shogunate & Imperial faction ended 1869. Shogun forces surrendered. British & French Imperial rivalry - supported different sides & featured in such (romanticised) depictions as 1880 painting.

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2019-06-27

13th century Turkish folklore:
–What do they do with the old moons Hodja?
–They cut them in pieces to make stars.

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2019-06-27

It's again! Which means I'm late, oops. There's another house fairy in this lot, my favourite mythical creature! The fact that they appear in folklore all over the world suggests to me that there's some truth in the idea.

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2019-06-27

✨💖✨An old English charm to discover who you would marry...
Count seven stars on seven consecutive nights, and the first person to shake your hand on the eighth day will be your future wife or husband!

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In Finland, the Northern Lights are called "revontulet" or "fox fires". One old folktale tells of an Arctic fox running and scampering in the far north, throwing fire coloured lights up into the dark sky by sweeping frozen snow crystals upwards with his tail.

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Tanabata is a star festival meaning ‘evening of the 7th.’ It marks the annual meeting on 7th July of the celestial star-crossed lovers, Orihime & Hikoboshi, who, according to Japanese legend, live on opposite sides of the Milky Way & are forbidden from meeting.

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2019-06-27

For this week’s theme of the skies and the stars, here’s a little moon-gazey dragon from the depths of the northern Welsh forests.

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In astrology the sign of Cancer rules bees, which adore the flowers of the linden or lime tree (tilia). Ruled by Freya, goddess of love, the flowers are used in love spells, & the linden is a symbol of fertility, luck & prosperity, as are bees. Img: C. Barker

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Good evening everyone! Tonight’s Dino of the day is jinfengopteryx! Jinfengopteryx was a theropod discovered in China 🇨🇳. It’s name means “golden Phoenix feather”, taken from “Jinfeng” in Chinese folklore. See you explorers tomorrow! 🤠
Credit: Emily Willoughby ()

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2019-06-27

The Vanga Gedmantaite-Galkuviene seems to speak her own visual symbolic language in these fascinating for the Lithuanian “The Sun Princess and the Prince.” It appears in Folk Tales from the Soviet Union (1986).

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2019-06-27

Barghest is the grumpiest puppy. Depending on your lore he might be the herald of death or he might be the cause, as he snacks on the innocent. But only once a month, he's got a very strict diet.

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2019-06-26

Hi I'm Kuura, enby artist from Finland!! I draw ocs and I love nature, sci-fi, folklore, and mysterious things.

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2019-06-25

Týr
- you just really like knights and medieval fantasy
- you dont give a SHIT about what people say about power imbalances in ships. can a knight fuck his king? HELL YEAH HE CAN
- you like folklore
- tropes of loyalty and honor never bore you
- To Die In Battle is Peak Romance

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2019-06-26

Hi! I'm Maou, a one-man team who makes artworks of Phil. folklore creatures, pop culture icons, and heroes with a spin, like mostly, making mecha versions. I also have an ongoing comic series, "The Propaganda Project BETA" and sometimes I make 2D animation 😊

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2019-06-24