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what if we kissed when It happened under the moonlight 😳👉👈

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I think this pic is the first time I've seen an accurate representation of Andromeda in any visual medium.

For two years the people of Sweden sacrificed first bulls then men to end the famine that devastated the land. On the third year, they seized their King, Domalde, and sacrificed him to the gods. The next year was prosperous. #MythologyMonday 🖼️: E. Werenskiold

Rare for Greek heroes, Perseus falls for and remains true to Andromeda, the two marrying into a happily ever after and ruling as monarchs of Mycenae, their line lasting until the coming of the sons of Atreus. Rare are Greek happily ever afters! #MythologyMonday 🖼️: J. King

A king who served himself, not his subjects, learns what true kingship is after losing his friend, seeking immortality, and realizing true immortality is giving people a reason to remember you: The Epic of Gilgamesh is humanity's first tale, and least heeded. #MythologyMonday

The Aztec god Quetzacoatl, on the verge of starvation, was saved by Rabbit, who offered her own body and blood to save him. In return, he placed her on the Moon itself: the Aztec saw Mētztli the Rabbit on the moon, not a man. #FolkloreSunday

The jackalope is a North American rabbit with antlers found primarily in Wyoming. Extremely aggressive, they only breed in lightning storms and can be tamed with whiskey. Able to imitate human voice, there's one problem: they were only invented in 1932. #FolkloreSunday

While bakeneko are tricksters, nekomata are truly cat yokai malevolent. The magic stored in their two tails allow them to commit to truly cruel and often fatal trickery against humans. #FolkloreSunday 🖼: M. Meyer

Marching in Alabama… same bridge, same fight, different century… (H/T @memphisforall )

I love and respect this scientist. Carl Sagan answers a question about creation vs evolution.

Disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Ah, made it to #ForestFriday

This is the only surviving long shield from the Roman Empire still in existence. Original post

I don't really want them to do it because they'd make it racist or something, but I'm genuinely surprised that there's never to my knowledge been a Hollywood Cú Chulainn

Test your smoke alarms!

The most famous ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, is said to have looked for safe harbor in a storm but found none off the Cape of Good Hope. Some say they were fleeing an egregious crime and that is their curse, and seek to give messages to land. #PhantomsFriday 🖼: A.P. Ryder

The Ghost Girl of Auberge Le Saint-Gabriel is a tragic figure, the daughter of a young innkeeper whose father could not save her from a fire. She still haunts the Old Montreal landmark, begging for her father's help from the flames. #PhantomsFriday 🖼️: JA Hernandez

This is the Ife Head, a medieval Yoruba brass head found in 1938 in Ife (Nigeria). When the British Museum acquired it in 1939, it caused a huge uproar, because it is a beautifully carved naturalistic bust, but scholars didnt want to believe it was made by African people.

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My bachelor’s degree in a nutshell. 😆

Somewhat comedic but more truthful than Marvel Comics' approach, the classic series Valhalla adapts Norse myth in all of its weird glory, not shying from the gods' natures despite the cartoony style. It's a must-read. #WyrdWednesday

Anime and manga culture literally saved Japanese yōkai: the 1960s saw a series of manga like GeGeGe no Kitaro, which focused on yōkai and bakemono, the monsters of Japanese myth. This led to a revival in their study and to new stories, as well as moral panics. #WyrdWednesday

Wyrdlings! With amber-chronicling, myth-processing classic fantasy author Riger Zelazny’s 89th birthday falling on a #WyrdWednesday, we give you: “Old wine in a new bottle: Ancient myths that inspired modern stories!” as this week’s topic – come, join us and tell them!

Jacek Yerka, Polish (1952- ), Złotoujście, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 81 x 70 cm, private collection

Claude Monet

Morning layers in Slovenia

“’Tis Lilith. Who? Adam's first wife is she. Beware the lure within her lovely tresses, The splendid sole adornment of her hair;” (Goethe) 🎨 Mike Mignola

The Purcell Principle: the sacred legal doctrine stating that courts must never change election rules close to an election… unless the Supreme Court feels like it.

The Japanese mermaid, the Ningyo, is much more fish-like than the European imagining, but with an extra caveat: its flesh gives those who eat it immortality. Yet this comes at an untold, often tragic price: will you pay it? #FairytaleTuesday 🖼️: P. Piereth

Korea's Geomun Island is served by a divine mermaid, Sinjike, who warns of coming storms by throwing rocks and singing to her people, telling them to prepare for the coming tempest. #FairytaleTuesday

In the Aegean, modern sailors may encounter a wonder of the ancient world: Alexander the Great's sister, Thessalonike, who now lives as a mermaid. She asks sailors, "What of King Alexander?" and those who say he conquers the world still are allowed to live. #FairytaleTuesday

Hair of seaweed, long and gaunt: called an Inuit mermaid by some, the Qalupalik seeks children to devour below the surface and gain beauty and immortality, both it gains through a child's essence. Be careful close to the sea, children. #FairyTaleTuesday 🖼: J. Ang

While also feared for the storms and hale he could bring, the Aztec and their neighbors worshipped Tlaloc is the god of rain and where water is kept, in caves and cenotes. Lord of fertility and a benevolent god more often than not, the Mexican marigold was his. #MythologyMonday

Poor ravens

Happy Mother's Day! Mythology and folklore has mothers of all types: divine mothers, mothers of God, mothers of monsters. Motherhood is transformation, and it touches us all. To all mothers out there: we would be nothing without you. To those who grieve, we are with you.

The Tower of London keeps ravens because of a Victorian belief that if ever the Tower is without its ravens, Britain will fall and the Crown with it. Despite only appearing in 1883, this myth may connect back to the Welsh tale of Brân the Blessed #FolkloreSunday 🖼: M. Collins

Among the first mermaids in history is Kulullû, half-man, half-fish, from Mesopotamia. Victorian archeologists wrongfully stated he was the agriculture god Dagon, leading writers like H.P. Lovecraft to wrongfully make Dagon a fish man. But is Kulullû Cthulhu? #FolkloreSunday

When we think of fairies today, wings immediately come to mind, but this was not always the case: in folklore itself, fairies rarely need wings to fly, instead using magic. It was not until Victorian artists gave them wings that fairies grew wings. #FolkloreSunday 🖼️: G.A. Kay

Always found this to be inspirational. 🦋🦋🇺🇦🇺🇦📎📎⚓️⚓️

"Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth. And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, With windlasses and with assays of bias, By indirections find directions out." —Hamlet #ShakespeareSunday

They gave him an award and called him an environmental activist lmaooo