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Here lies Tom Thumb,
King Arthur’s knight,
Who died by a spider’s cruel bite.
He was well known in Arthur’s court,
Where he afforded gallant sport;
He rode at tilt & tournament,
Alive he fill’d the court with mirth
His death to sorrow soon gave birth.

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2023-04-05

💫Join us for Where the theme is miniatures! Give us your microscale legends, your Lilliputian friends, nanoscopic findings, & teeny-tiny deities. Give us your   &

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2023-04-03

In Teutonic mythology, Loki is the trickster troublemaker. One time he snuck up on Thor's wife, Sif, and cut off her famous long hair while she was sleeping. Here is Loki from the Icelandic Manuscript 18th c

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2023-03-29

Baba Yaga is a wonderful trickster/sometimes villian.

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2023-03-29

If not properly cared for, brownies would first turn to pranks. They hide things—your keys, your socks, the household object you need just now—and would make things to mold and curdle. If this did not get their point across, a brownie might become a boggart.

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The Satyr peeping out of the Bush, said,
'Trust her not, you Bonny-bell,
She will Forty Leasings tell,
I do know her Pranks right well.'
Ben Jonson.
https://t.co/2iHEOunPk3

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In Welsh legend, the warrior Iddawc was so eager to witness war and slaughter that when delivering messages between King Arthur and Mordred, he made them as insulting as possible. This destroyed any chance for peace, and Arthur and Mordred killed each other.

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As Ajax heaved him up Odysseus never missed a trick - he kicked him behind the knee, clipping the hollow, cut his legs from under him, knocked him backward - pinned as Odysseus flung himself across his chest!
THE ILIAD (Book 23)

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2023-03-29


GOBLIN
..of Germanic and British folklore, believed to be the evil, and mischevious opposite of the benevolent fairies. Tricksters, pranksters, malevolent evil-doers...beware...👀

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2023-03-29

Idun/Iduna is the Norse Goddess of Spring and the keeper of the apples of immortality that the gods would eat to preserve their youthfulness.

🎨 Idun and the Apples by James Doyle Penrose (1890) https://t.co/sba16Q0CKq

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2023-03-23

One of two drawings for a Savage's gondola, in the shape of a sea monster with gremlins on the front and back; undated, possibly late 19th century.

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2023-03-18

While Narcissus is often listed as the origin of the name of the flower, Plutarch suggests it comes from the Greek narkissos, referring to its use as a narcotic used in numbing. It also relates to Persephone, a sign of her return.
🖼️: W. Crane

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2023-03-16

- The “little people” hid in flowers. A legend of the North is that bad fairies gave blossoms to the foxglove , that he might put them on his toes to soften his tread when he prowled among the roosts.

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Toadflax (Linaria Vulgaris) is also known as Trwyn y Llo, or Calf’s Nose, in Wales.
In England, 3 Toadflax seeds strung on a linen thread were said to ward off evil.

🖼️The Estate of Cicely Mary Barker

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2023-03-15

Ostara, believed to be the Goddess of spring, is depicted adorned with flowers. She is said to be joyous, but like the spring weather that quickly shifts sunny skies to rain, she can easily turn sad. Crocus, violets, daffodils, forsythia are symbols of Ostara.#legendarywednesday

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2023-03-15

💫Join us for Where the theme is flowers! Give us your blossom legends, your enchanted plants, & flowering deities.💫Give us your   &

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Anne Griffith b. 1734 was a midwife & herbalist on the Llŷn Peninsula, a pioneer in the medical uses of foxglove (Digitalis) for “weakness of the heart” before it was scientifically recognised in 1785
More info: https://t.co/k734CtZGrT

🖼️Otto Müller

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2023-03-09

"I used to meet her in the garden, the ravine, and in the manor fields. She was always picking flowers and herbs, those she knew her father could use for healing drinks and potions."

- Hans Christian Andersen's,
The Wind's Tale
🎨 Illustrated by Edmund Dulac

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2023-03-09

Miach and Airmed were the children of Dian Cecht, the great surgeon of the Tuatha de Danann. Airmed was the greatest herbalist while Miach was an innovator of technique, to the point his jealous father slew him for outdoing him.

🖼: J. FitzPatrick

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ARTEMIS🇬🇷
.... an immortal, and very powerful, Olympian Goddess. Her special strengths, included, a perfect aim with the bow and arrow, the ability to turn herself and others into animals, the power of healing, and curing disease..🏹

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