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If the #Tanabata #Festival gets rained upon, it is known as "the tears of Orihime & Hikoboshi." For it is said, if rain falls on the "Star-Festival," the magpies cannot form a bridge over the Milky Way & the two lovers must wait another year to see each other. #FolkloreThursday
In the tangled trees of Tirambyth.
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Enjoying the mythical with #writecbc on #FolkloreThursday Here’s Aion, my fiery-haired heroine
Eros & Psyche. #FolkloreThursday (Art by Irenhorrors, Mohtz, Queenbean3, Antonio Canova)
Visions of Arcadia # 1
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The Floralia was an ancient Roman festival in honour of the goddess Flora. Celebrated in lavish fashion from the end of April to the first of May, the festival included Ludi Florae, the "Games of Flora". #FolkloreThursday #FolklorePlants #PlantLore #Botanical
The 1st rule of the Eleusinian Mysteries? Don’t talk about them... but it’s believed the secretive ancient Greek cult let most anyone attempt initiation. Those who passed enjoyed a 9-day party-The Greater Mysteries-w/ singing, dancing & sacrifices, to celebrate. #FolkloreThursday
One of the most bittersweet love stories is #Tanabata. Where "star-crossed" lovers Orihime & Hikoboshi (stars: Vega & Altair) are forced apart & separated by the Milky Way. Only permitted to see each other once a year; #festivals celebrate this annual rendezvous #FolkloreThursday
Lord Peter is the transformation tale of beheaded cat who becomes a human princess. This #illustration is that story in McCall’s Read Me a Story Book (1961). #Art by Leonard Weisgard. #leonardweisgard #art #vintage #kidlitart #picturebook #animalbride #folklore #folklorethursday
A pig that lays eggs? 🤥 That can't be true! This gorgeous creature is in a Hungarian folktale featured in our latest issue of Storytime (issue 56). Art by Jesús López. #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/yztsAHEJmW
During Bealtaine, farmers would drive their cattle between two bonfires. This would purify and protect them from disease before they were sent out to their summer pastures. The ritual may date back to Iron Age Ireland, where cattle were the measure of wealth. #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday Flesh eating demons from Indian mythology, the Pishacha loves darkness and it haunts cremations grounds. They are said to have a dark, black skin with bulging veins and protruding red eyes.
The #hawthorn is the #May tree & is a symbol of the fire festival #Beltane. The cutting of hawthorn (May blossom) is sacred to the goddess Brighid, & signifies new life & fertility. Known as a faery tree, the hawthorn should never be harmed. #FolkloreThursday Img: Cicely Barker
Known as wowog, ungga-ungga, kalibadot in Visayas & Mindanao; magtatanggal among precolonial Tagalogs, this creature from Filipino folklore is the flying head variant of the manananggal & related to the penanggal of Malaysia/Indonesia & the krasue of Thailand. #maynananggal
Top 5 Wicked Creatures in Polish #Folklore – https://t.co/phFSV2ff0p (via @folklorethur) #myth
No question about it, Amy Cutler is an artistic mixologist. In her drawings and paintings, folklore, fairy tales, and personal iconography all vie for attention—and presence on the page: https://t.co/3tORnKqKl0 #myartistsnetwork #amycutler #gouache
Koschei the Deathless and Zmey Gorynych 💀🐲 - the main antagonists of Slavic folklore.
@BubbleBree1 I'm Mar! Illustrator and Animator from Portugal who loves working with my own Culture and Folklore Myths as well as I love Fantasy, Witches, Wolves and Werewolves 🐺💕
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