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Happy [Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, "Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld."]

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2019-04-25

The Bard of Cumberland - stories, folklore, mythology, & other strange tales from - The Shadow Giant

https://t.co/myI372OOYb

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2019-04-25

Spring 🌸
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Watercolor from my first self-published book 'Omoiyari', inspired by Japanese folklore. More about the book on my website if you're curious :)
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https://t.co/3pUUmFqC09

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2019-04-25

Summoner:
Noun - Someone who wields power magic that can summon forth magical beasts. Many ancient cultures world wide has folklore and legends of Summoners and their abilities.

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2019-04-24

"The genealogy or birth of the Gods" also known as "Theogony" is a narrative poem of the writer Hesiod. It's a synthesis of religious traditions and one of the oldest sources of greek and cosmogony.

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2019-04-24

24 April. St Mark’s Eve. Maidens strip naked & hang their smock by the fire to foresee future husbands:
“On St Mark’s Eve, at 12 o’clock
The fair maid she will watch her smock
To find her husband in the dark,
By praying unto good St Mark.”
Ill Bell

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2019-04-24

Carta Marina, completed in 1539 by Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), was drawn from various cartographic sources and included monsters of the seas allegedly based on the observations of sailors who believed seeing or catching such creatures brought bad luck.

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2019-04-23

This week's episode is all about... Trolls! Join Kaitlin and Bernadette as they learn about these Scandinavian mountain dwellers! (This week's episode will go up on Monday night due to the holiday weekend)

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2019-04-21

19 April Hang an loaf in your home all year to protect against disease:
"Good Friday comes; the old woman runs
With 1 a penny, 2 a penny hot cross buns
Whose virtue is if you believe what’s said,
They’ll not grow mouldy like the common bread" (1733)

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2019-04-19

Beautiful illustrations of the enchantress Ceridwen chasing Gwion Bach, who transformed into—among other things—a hare while fleeing her wrath. Artist Jonjo O’Connor: https://t.co/cFny8n2oE4

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2019-04-18

Reposting some of these Unicorn Prince sketches for ✨

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2019-04-19

The original celebration of the vernal/spring equinox was called honoring the Germanic goddess Ēostre or Ostara. Goddess of dawn, renewal & fertility. Often depicted with a & rabbits are sacred to her, as is the full moon.

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2019-04-19

A (who ate fish!).
The Wulver was a creature like a man with a wolf’s head. He had short, brown hair all over him. His home was a cave dug out of a steep knowe [hillock].
He fished from a rock known to this day as the ‘Wulver’s Stane’.

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2019-04-19

VESTIGE

The first book in an epic story arc. A grand tale inspired by folklore and history alike. A hero thrust into a shadow war between good and evil, but even then not everything is what it seems. Intrigue, mystery, death. A new beginning.. Coming to Indiegogo on 4/20.

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2019-04-18

In Sweden & parts of Finland, a mini-Halloween takes place on either the Thurs or Sat before Easter. Little girls dress up in rags & old clothes, too-big skirts & shawls & go door to door with a copper kettle looking for treats, in homage to the Easter Witch 🧙‍♀️

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2019-04-18