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An old superstition said if you saw a dead butterfly, it was a sure sign you would shed tears within a week...🦋

🎨- Richard Doyle

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2019-09-26

According to Swedish lore, dragonflies are known as "Blindsticka" or “The devil’s knitting needle.” For they can use their long bodies to pick-out your eyes & sew your eyelids shut! Also befriending the snake; if one got sliced, they'd just sew it back together.

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2019-09-26

A Mayan story:
A tyrant Jaguar once ruled the jungle. Afraid, the animals obeyed him until a Grasshopper challenged him to a duel.
Jumping inside Jaguar’s ear, Grasshopper drove him to insomnia and desperation by chirping endlessly until he surrendered.

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2019-09-26


In an old poem of J.R.R. Tolkien, called "Errantry", the hero fights against some insects:
"He battled with the Dumbledors,
the Hummerhorns, and Honeybees,
and won the Golden Honeycomb,..."

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2019-09-26

Per Plato’s Phaedrus, cicadas were once humans who lived before the muses. When the muses were born, these humans took such delight in singing they forgot to eat or drink. Thus the cicada was born—as a gift from the muses they sign without need of nourishment.

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2019-09-26

Ken'en : Comme chien et singe, T6 de Fuetsudo & Hitoshi Ichimura : du folklore, des personnages attachants, un rythme prenant, et des dessins super jolis, c'est du tout bon !

Découvrez la chronique de Soleil : https://t.co/RH2G5NbE8P

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2019-09-26

The black witch moth,the moth was known in Mexico since Aztec times as mariposa de la muerte (butterfly of death). When the moth enters a house with a sick person, that person dies.

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Grandville was a French caricaturist with an eye for the unnatural & absurd. The Flowers Personified (1847) shows a fantasy world peopled by flowers & humanised insects. His disquieting images are recognised as an inspiration to the surrealist movement.

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2019-09-26

In Irish folklore, bees are very nosey. You must tell them about all births, deaths and marriages, or they might take offence and stop producing honey.
Artist: A.L.O.E

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2019-09-26

The word for "dragonfly" in Croatian and Serbian literally means "fairy's little horse".

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There came a great spider,
And sat down beside her..

1881

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2019-09-26

In 1899 in Northern England, a newspaper reported that clothes moths were often called "ghosts" and each time one was killed, there was serious risk of a relative being injured...
🎨-public domain

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2019-09-26

Hey,
Cette semaine je parle de Ken'en - comme chien et singe paru chez
Entre amitié impossible et improbable et folklore, je me demande comment le tome 1 a pu me laisser hésiter ! https://t.co/LEKEbhiBeN

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2019-09-25

Don Bluth (Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, etc) was deep into an adaptation of 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon' set in the year 2500 and the released stills are just as amazing as you'd think. The world missed out with this one.

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2019-09-24

“If you stand in a line, you’ll marry a swine; If you stand on a a square, you’ll marry a bear.” in Secret Spells and Curious Charms. by the brilliant

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2019-09-22

Mandrake pulling in the 15th Century from "Tacuinum Sanitatis".
It is said, the scream of the Mandrake when pulled was so ghastly that death or insanity resulted, so dogs were enlisted to do the job.

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2019-09-22

Storytelling Saturday Theatre
Noon & 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28

Traditional Philippine folklore retells a long-time classic in a new way during this family-friendly, live performance of Abadeha – A Cinderella story. Included with admission.

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