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A wicked redcap grasps his halberd. An illustration by Alan Lee.
The redcap (or powrie) is a murderous goblin from Anglo-Scottish folklore. They inhabit ruined castles along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially ones infamous for wicked deeds, and dye their caps red with their victims' blood. While most fairies fear iron, redcaps wear iron shoes.
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In some traditions, yellow is the color of both sunlight and warning. It can signal joy and abundance, or deceit and sickness, depending on the story being told. #MythologyMonday
Art: Van Gogh
The coming of the terrible lindwurm at Oberwölz was heralded by a "tiny, red-clothed little man with a copper-colored face".
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Relief from the Sebasteion depicting the Three Graces in a typical Hellenistic style. Dated to the 1st century AD. Aphrodisias Museum, Turkey.
Mosaic of the Three Graces from Caesarea. Dated to the 4th century AD. Archaeological Museum of Cherchell, Algeria.
The Three Graces, Roman copy of the first half of the 2nd century AD after a Hellenistic original. Cabinet of Masks, Vatican Museums, Rome.
Mosaic floor depicting the Three Graces dancing around an altar with offerings. Found in a Roman villa in Patras and dated to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. Archaeological Museum of Patras, Greece.
#MythologyMonday – The Three Graces, or Charites, are Greek goddesses of beauty, charm, and joy, often described as daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. They symbolise life's pleasures and harmony, depicted in Greek art as clothed and dancing, while later art often shows them nude and intertwined.
Albert Herter, artist, Pryderi and Rhiannon from Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic 1899, public domain
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `One day Pryderi and Manawyddan started a wild white boar, and chased him in vain until he led them up to a vast and lofty castle, all newly built in a place where they had never seen a building before. The boar ran into the castle […]
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Readers of my #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology would notice that Tang Sai'er is the Chang'e incarnate as well as a real historical figure! What inspired me to connect the immortal with the mortal? Well, it's the Qing novel "Unofficial History of the Female Immortal" 女仙外史!
Albert Herter, artist, Pryderi and Rhiannon from Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic 1899, public domain
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `One day Pryderi and Manawyddan started a wild white boar, and chased him in vain until he led them up to a vast and lofty castle, all newly built in a place where they had never seen a building before.
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The Devil is frequently interrupted in his labors by the crowing of three roosters:
First a white rooster, then a red rooster, and finally a black rooster.
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A troupe of fairies ride by the water, all decked out in gold. Painting by John Duncan.
In Welsh folklore, fairies wear white and gold, making them seem akin to beings of light. However, light doesn't always mean good. Hafgan ("Summer White") battles the hero Pwyll while Gwyn ap Nudd ("White, son of Fog") tempts saints and drives people insane.
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Plague spirits sometimes appear as a strange blue mist.
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A mounted St George thrusts his lance into the mouth of a green dragon in a landscape of parched fields as a medieval lady looks on.
St George is sometimes associated with the colour green, vegetation and fertility. This links to the dragon, as these beasts were blamed for making land barren by obstructing or poisoning water sources. #MythologyMonday #folklore #mythology #history
Hermann Habben - constructed and added by Jürgen Krause, DEU Wardt COA, public domain
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Beara, the daughter of the King of Spain, was very shining and beautiful, and her father had a mind to know who would be her husband, and he sent for his Druid and asked the question of him. "I can tell you that," said the Druid […]
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Hermann Habben - constructed and added by Jürgen Krause, DEU Wardt COA, public domain
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Beara, the daughter of the King of Spain, was very shining and beautiful, and her father had a mind to know who would be her husband, and he sent for his Druid and asked the question of him. "I can tell you that," said the Druid, "for the man that is to be her husband
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Golden staters with the inscription Biatec found in present-day Bratislava, SNM, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `One day, as the Dagda was in the trench, he saw his son, Angus Og, coming to him. "That is a good meeting," said Angus; "but what is on you, for you have no good appearance to-day?" "There is a reason for that," said the Dagda, "for […]
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Golden staters with the inscription Biatec found in present-day Bratislava, SNM, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `One day, as the Dagda was in the trench, he saw his son, Angus Og, coming to him. "That is a good meeting," said Angus; "but what is on you, for you have no good appearance to-day?" "There is a reason for that," said the Dagda, "for every evening, Cridenbel, the blind
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A yellow dog haunts the road between Sergen and Gablenz.
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White often symbolizes purity, but in many traditions it is also the color of death and mourning. Spirits, ghosts, and wandering souls are often described in pale, light-washed forms. #MythologyMonday
A depiction of the Roman god Luna holding the alchemical symbol of silver/the moon, standing on a lobster likely representing Cancer.
In Western alchemical color theory, silver represents the full moon, a color of purity and crisp clarity, contrasting the brilliant sun's gold. Despite this its symbol is the crescent, but no one can deny the moon's brilliance in any visible phase. #MythologyMonday
A young boy in a pink dress, holding a whip, from the early 19th century.
Gender and meaning changes over time: pink was once a boy's color and tied to red, for passion and energy. Blue belonged to girls, as it was calming; during the last century the colors flipped. White was the color of babies and color came in at age six. #MythologyMonday
A red cow was frequently spotted on the pastures near Warlin.
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Rosemania, Ornamental gold mounts on the Schwarzenbach Bowl, Germany, that probably served as a drinking horn mount, CC BY 2.0
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `…Grania called her serving-maid to her, and bade her bring the great golden cup that held drink for nine times nine men from the sunny house.
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Rosemania, Ornamental gold mounts on the Schwarzenbach Bowl, Germany, that probably served as a drinking horn mount, CC BY 2.0
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Diarmuid was used to keep his cap always over the love-spot the woman had left on his forehead, for no woman could see that spot but she would give him her love. And it chanced, while he was driving the dogs apart, the cap fell from […]
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2/2 She finds a falcon grieving her unfaithful lover who has left her for a kite and heals the bird, building it a coop painted blue outside for faithfulness and green inside with images of deceitful birds. The tale is unfinished. redbubble.com/shop/ap/3473... #MythologyMonday #art
1/2 In Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', the story of 'The Squire's Tale, Ghengis Khan has a daughter named Canace. A knight gives him a ring that allows the wearer to talk to birds, which he gives to his daughter. redbubble.com/shop/ap/3580... #art #MythologyMonday #bookchatweekly #decor #fairytale
2/2 He locked her away, but Zeus came to her in the form of a golden rain. She gave birth to Perseus & the king put them in a barrel thrown in the sea. They washed up on an island & Perseus was raised by the king. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3548... #MythologyMonday #art #gifts #mythology
1/2 King Acrisius had a single daughter & when he consulted an oracle about sons, was told he would have none, but his daughter Danae would have a son who would kill him.
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A green iron pig with a shrub on its back haunts the town of Sankt Andreasberg.
Personally, I suspect an heretofore unclassified #Pokémon .
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2/2 The dragon Ladon also guarded the tree, as Hera did not trust the Hesperides. Eating an apple imparted immortality. Hercules's 11th labor was to steal the apples.
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1/2 The Hesperides were the daughters of Hesperus & guarded a tree bearing golden apples. The tree was given to Hera by Gaia on her wedding to Zeus.
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