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Hermes - son of Zeus and Maia, messenger of the gods, guide to the Underworld, god of trade, thieves, travelers, and border crossings. A trickster, within hours of birth, stole his brother Apollo’s prize cattle, invented the lyre and gifted it to Apollo to make amends.

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2019-06-21

In Aztec babies come from a store of unborn souls in the 13th heaven (the highest heaven) where the gods hold them until they decide to place them in a mother's belly. This was the first step in the Aztec birth culture, focused on hygiene and ritual.

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2019-06-20

This week’s theme is the lore of births & birthdays! Continuing with the theme of magical happenings following weird cravings during pregnancy, here is a positively gorgeous by the great

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2019-06-20

In Germany it is believed that you should not lie a newborn baby on its left side first or it will grow up clumsy.

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2019-06-20



is popular in folklore. Some say that if you see bats flying on a June evening, it's a sign hot weather's on its way. Also, if swallows fly near to the ground, it means rain is due, + 'a swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon'

🎨 Edmond Dulac

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2019-06-20

20 June. Remembering Jane Sharp, 17thC midwife author of The Midwives Book, in English rather than Latin. Female-centred, her book saved lives & was open about sex: "the clitoris being nervous & of pure feeling, when rubbed & stirred causeth lustful feelings"

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2019-06-20

Hey it's what a good day for another 4 fairies! Mostly plants. I think the squirrel fairy looks more and more like a squirrel the longer she lives with them.

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2019-06-20

The magical birth of Princess Kaguya in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japan 10thc): A childless bamboo-cutter finds a baby girl inside a glowing bamboo stalk (He & his wife raise her but when grown she returns to her people on the moon) (Print:Yōshū Chikanobu)

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2019-06-20

Honeysuckle (woodbine) is the birth flower for June, along with the rose. Twining around the front door it will protect your house from harm, & put into a vase it will attract money. To Chaucer “wodebyne” symbolised steadfastness in love. Image: Cicely Barker

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Leto gave birth to the children of Zeus on Delos which, unattached to the ocean floor, was neither ocean nor land. Artemis was born first, and then helped her mother give birth to her brother, Apollo, whereupon she became the goddess of childbirth & midwives.

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2019-06-20

Valkyries (from Old Norse "valkyria" meaning "chooser of the slain") are female spirits from the retinue of the father of the gods Odin. They are fate bound and choose between the ones, who stay alive in battle or those who are supposed to die.

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2019-06-20

helloo!! thank you for this thread!

i'm aven and i make illustrations inspired by nature, folklore, and fantasy.

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2019-06-19

I'm glad the folklore monster, nøkken approves of me dating dr habit

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2019-06-19

The tiny to whom a cowslip is tall, have a miniature perfection which is charming.

They delight in all beautiful and dainty things, and war with things that creep if they be un-comely.

Their lives are gay with fine frolic and delicate revelry.

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2019-06-17

My take on the Manananggal, a vampire-esque monster in Philippine folklore who flies around, detached from the lower half of their body.

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2019-06-16

Tomorrow's episode is all about... Loki! Let's learn about a Norse shapeshifting trickster!

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2019-06-16