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#FolkloreSunday
In Celtic mythology deer are connected to the fairy realm or Otherworld. They are messengers associated with spirits, or gods who may shape shift into the form of deer. Some tales say they are “fairy cattle" herded and milked by an otherworldly woman.
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November is the month of 'Holy Souls.' Some believe that butterflies & moths are transmigrating souls on their way from this world to the next so treat them kindly should they pass. (art Frank McNab, contemporary) #FairytaleTuesday
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#FairyTaleTuesday
Norse myth tells of valkyries riding battlefields gathering the heroic dead to lead them to Valhalla. Observe the image, the poppies at the Valkyrie’s feet, symbols of Remembrance worn in November to honour and respect the sacrifice of our own fallen heroes.
#FairyTaleTuesday
In Norse mythology the god Odin known as the Allfather, ruler of Asgard, is a master of wisdom, war and magic. Legend tells that he sacrificed one of his eyes that he may drink from the well of wisdom and improve his knowledge.
🖼️Georg von Rosen.
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#MythologyMonday
Will-o’-the-wisps, ghostly orbs of light seen in the darkness of night. Fairies, or lost souls who could enter neither Heaven nor Hell fated to wander the earth forever. Appearing as a welcome light, they seek to lead the unwary to their death.
🎨Frank C. Papé.
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Owls & other creatures of the night forest, by Clara McCallister.
#MythologyMonday #OwlishMonday
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The Erinyes, or the Furies, pursued people who had done wrong. 'Sophocles calls them the daughters of Gæa and Scotos (darkness of night). Æschylus simply terms them the daughters of the Night.'
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#MythologyMonday
ALT Altemps, sleeping Erinyes. From wikipedia
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#FolkloreSunday
Welsh lore tells of “Y Tylwyth Teg” — the fairies. Within there exists “y bwabach” a household fairy whose appearance is goblin like, similar to the English brownie. Mostly helpful, he assists with the daily chores of the household for a clean, comfortable home.
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#ShakespeareSunday
Let not light see my black and deep desires.
Macbeth, Act I Scene 4.
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If the world is getting a little too much may I recommend the inexplicably obsolete word ‘latibulating’, from the 17th century? To latibulate is to find a cosy corner somewhere and hide in it.
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👻 “I can’t go through the Haunted Wood, Marilla,” cried Anne...There’s a white lady walks along the brook just about this time of the night and wrings her hands and utters wailing cries. 💀 And there’s a headless man stalks up and down the path and skeletons glower at you . 👀
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Wishing you all a wonderful #Samhain. May your ancestors protect & bless you.
#Art: Hannah Willow #Halloween #FolkloreSunday
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#WordsOnWednesday
“And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling–my darling–my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea–
In her tomb by the sounding sea.”
– Edgar Allan Poe, Annabel Lee
🎨Edmund Dulac
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✨🎃 Here's some lovely vintage Halloween card art for today. 🎃✨
#FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash
🎨 by John Winsch (1911)
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#NationalBlackCatDay🐈⬛
Halloween beckons, today is dedicated to black cats. With links to the devil & witchcraft superstition says it is unlucky should a black cat cross your path. However, on the flip side,
ailurophiles attest to their loyalty and charm
#FairyTaleTuesday
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#FairyTaleTuesday
“Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve. Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet or gold or orange velvet.”
– Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree.
🎨Chris Davidson.
