Etain, anonym, is licenced under CC BY-SA-NC

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `Ailell said to Etain: "Woman, it would be easy for you yourself to put my sickness from me. And my desire," he said, "is a desire that is as long as a year; but it is love given to an echo, the spending of grief on […]

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Etain, anonym, is licenced under CC BY-SA-NC

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `Ailell said to Etain: "Woman, it would be easy for you yourself to put my sickness from me.
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Image is a kylix from Attica, Greece (c. 470 BCE).

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Stephen Reid, The Courting of Emer, CC BY-SA 4.0

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: „Fair is this plain, the plain of the noble yoke,“ said #Cuchulaind.
„No one comes to this plain,“ said she, "who has not achieved the feat of slaying three times nine men with one blow (genid grainde), oh calf of […]

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Stephen Reid, The Courting of Emer, CC BY-SA 4.0

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: „Fair is this plain, the plain of the noble yoke,“ said #Cuchulaind.
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Return of a mercenary to Gaul, ca. 300 BC, pictorial reconstruction based on the grave goods of a warrior grave from Saint-Triphon, commune of Ollon, western Switzerland, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `Diodorus like Cato, notices something peculiar about the kind of speech which the educated Gauls cultivated: “they are not a talkative people, and are fond of expressing themselves in enigmas, so that the hearer has […]

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Return of a mercenary to Gaul, ca. 300 BC, pictorial reconstruction based on the grave goods of a warrior grave from Saint-Triphon, commune of Ollon, western Switzerland, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `Diodorus like Cato, notices something peculiar about the kind of speech which the educated Gauls cultivated: “they are not a talkative people, and are fond of expressing themselves in enigmas, so that the hearer has to divine the most part of what
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Etain, anonym, is licenced under CC BY-SA-NC

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `Etain goes to visit the brother; she inquires the cause of his illness; he speaks to her in enigmas, but at last, moved beyond control by her tenderness, he breaks out in an avowal of his passion. His description of […]

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Etain, anonym, is licenced under CC BY-SA-NC

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `Etain goes to visit the brother; she inquires the cause of his illness; he speaks to her in enigmas, but at last, moved beyond control by her tenderness, he breaks out in an avowal of his passion.
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Stephen Reid, The Courting of Emer, CC BY-SA 4.0

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `While they were thus conversing, Cuchulaind saw the breasts of the maiden over the bosom of her smock. Then he said`: „Fair is this plain, the plain of the noble yoke.“
Then the maiden spoke these words: „No one […]

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Stephen Reid, The Courting of Emer, CC BY-SA 4.0

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `While they were thus conversing, Cuchulaind saw the breasts of the maiden over the bosom of her smock. Then he said`: „Fair is this plain, the plain of the noble yoke.“
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🌊🌟🌊'Evening Star Over the Sea' - by Evelyn De Morgan.
#MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

Wednesday #
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4/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Wednesday

#WildlifeWednesday
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Image is a limestone sculpture from 5th century BCE showing Helen of Troy being born.

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Easter egg; photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `To steal the redbreast's eggs was very unfortunate. The theft made the person a victim of witches or the devil.`
Source: FOLK-LORE AND FOLK-STORIES of Wales by Mary Trevelyan

Easter egg; photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `To steal the redbreast's eggs was very unfortunate. The theft made the person a victim of witches or the devil.`
Source: FOLK-LORE AND FOLK-STORIES of Wales by Mary Trevelyan

Easter egg, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `The man who was daring enough to rob an eagle's nest of its eggs could expect to be bereft of repose ever afterwards.`
Source: FOLK-LORE AND FOLK-STORIES of Wales by Mary Trevelyan

Easter egg, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `The man who was daring enough to rob an eagle's nest of its eggs could expect to be bereft of repose ever afterwards.`
Source: FOLK-LORE AND FOLK-STORIES of Wales by Mary Trevelyan

Easter egg, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: Here‘s an example of the Irish love of colour: "And the eagle and cranes were red with green heads, and their eggs were pure crimson and blue;"
Source: High Deeds of Finn, and other bardic romances of ancient Ireland

Easter egg, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: Here‘s an example of the Irish love of colour: "And the eagle and cranes were red with green heads, and their eggs were pure crimson and blue;"
Source: High Deeds of Finn, and other bardic romances of ancient Ireland

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With Goodly Greenish Locks, All Loose - Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble With Goodly Greenish Locks, All Loose - Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale From "English Book of Songs" Please look in my shop for more work by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

The color green represents nature, life & fertility. In ancient Egypt green represented the god Osiris, god of resurrection & fertility. redbubble.com/shop/ap/3465... #illustrations #art #homedecor #LegendaryWednesday #WyrdWednesday #mythology #folklore #Passover2026

The Annunciation - John William Waterhouse by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble The Annunciation - John William Waterhouse

In Christian #folklore the #Easter lily represents purity and Christ's resurrection.
🎨John William Waterhouse
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Easter eggs, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `If a goose or a duck lay one soft and one hard egg, or two eggs in a day, misfortune in the family is foretokened.
Farmers' wives will not allow eggs to be brought into or taken out of the house after dark, for it […]

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Easter eggs, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `If a goose or a duck lay one soft and one hard egg, or two eggs in a day, misfortune in the family is foretokened.
Farmers' wives will not allow eggs to be brought into or taken out of the house after dark, for it is unlucky.
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Cleopatra - Maxfield Parrish by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble Cleopatra by Maxfield Parrish

1/2 In Egyptian #mythology, the god Gengen Wer, which translates to 'Great Honker', is a goose who laid the cosmic egg from which hatched the sun god Ra.
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Falling Stars - Franz Von Stuck by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble Falling Stars, or Franz and Mary Stuck 1912 Franz von Stuck was a German painter, sculptor and architect. His work is symbolic and beautifully dark.

2/2 The top half of the egg became the sky & the bottom the earth, separating yin and yang. As Pangu grew, he pushed them further apart. When he died, his body became parts of the earth, moon, wind and sun.
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