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10 months ago

Medieval mapmakers labeled unknown waters with “Here Be Dragons,” but in truth, sea monsters were the Yelp reviews of the 1400s. “Avoid this area. Tentacled, bitey. 0/10.” #MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025

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10 months ago

#Canada has 243,000 KM of coastlines and this map really highlights how much of Canada is covered by rivers and lakes, each ultimately connected to the ocean 🌊 🌎

It’s been such a great week filled with ocean events thanks to @colcoalition.ca and @oceanweek.ca 🇨🇦

#worldoceansday2025 #oceanweekcanada

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10 months ago

Sailors once believed eating cabbage on board warded off scurvy and evil spirits. Ghosts may be scary, but apparently, nothing haunts you like a vitamin deficiency. #MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025

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Kenneth Allen, Manannán mac Lir sculpture, Gortmore (geograph 4107287), cropped by 1.Neu-Kelte, CC BY-SA 2.0

#MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025: `Manannán‘s boat Sguaba Tuinne or wave sweeper could sail itself, and his horse Aonbharr could ride over land and sea with equal facility. He loaned both to Lugh.` #Celtic
Source: https://emeraldisle.ie/manannan-mac-lir

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Manannan; House of Manannan, Peel; photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025: `There is a long association between the Isle of Man and Manannán, and many are the stories the Manx tell of this spirit, although whether he was named after the isle or the isle was named after him isn't clear. They say […]

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Some New England whalers carried "witch bottles"—filled with pins, nails, and hair—to ward off ocean curses. Not all storms were natural. Some, they believed, were sent. #MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025

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The honey road, the path made by the sun through Moy Mell, the Plain of Honey; photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025: `The enchanted isle of Tír na nÓg could be reached through burial mounds or caverns, travelling over the sea for three days, whether on a boat or on Manannán's magical horse Aonbharr which could travel over land and sea […]

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10 months ago

In coastal towns, fishermen once nailed hag stones (stones with a natural hole) to boats to protect them from sea witches and storms. A hole in a stone kept a hole out of your hull. #MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025

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Justin McCarthy, Salmon-of-Knowledge-1904, public domain

#MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025: `There were many wonders on the fabled #Otherwordly island of Tír na nÓg, such as a well where salmon swim under a grove of nine hazels, from which hung an enchanted drinking horn. A huge tree with birds singing beautiful […]

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10 months ago

https://x.com/FinnFolklorist/status/1696120155678310816
#MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025: `Tír na nÓg or the land of the young was one of Manannán’s realms, an island paradise of everlasting youth, beauty, joy and abundance. It was also called the Land of Promise or Tír Tairngire.
Here the […]

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In the Caribbean, tales of Mama Dlo (short for "Maman de l’eau") describe a seductive water spirit with long hair and the tail of a serpent. She's said to protect her rivers and seas—and punish polluters. #MythologyMonday #WorldOceansDay2025

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