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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · 2h ago
In Shakespeare's play, Cordelia dies before her father King Lear. However, in British folklore, she outlives him and becomes Britain's ruler. Cordelia is a warrior queen who leads armies. Sadly, she is overthrown by her two nephews, who resent being ruled by a woman. 🎨 Pierce Francis Connelly #FolkloreSunday #Mythology #Folklore #Literature #Theatre #Poetry #WilliamSakespeare #Shakespeare #KingLear
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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus · 7h ago
Both Emer and Fand loved Cuchulainn; when a wasting disease came upon him the two women put aside their differences. Fand, Queen of Tir na nOg, made her husband Manannan make it impossible for Cuchulainn and Fand to see each other, healing him. #FolkloreSunday 🖼: G. Gaudenzi
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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus · 7h ago
Most famous of the female warriors called onna-musha is Tomoe Gozen (巴 御前), a hero of the Genpei War that began Japan's tradition of shoguns. She was fierce, skilled in bow and sword, and made a habit of bringing heads to her beloved lord. #FolkloreSunday 🖼: T. Yoshitoshi
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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 19, 2026
In Welsh folklore, King Arthur's foster-brother Kay has a heart cold as ice but fire in his veins. This lets him pass unharmed through fire and ice. Also, when out in the freezing snow and rain, Kay's comrades stay close to him to be warmed by the intense heat radiating from his body. #FolkloreSunday #Mythology #Folklore #Wales #Celtic #KingArthur #Arthurian #Arthuriana
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1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻 @NeuKelte@hear-me.social · Jul 19, 2026

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: #Fionn and a few Fians had left the Hill of Allen a few days before, thinking how much pleasanter the sea and mountains of Donegal would be than the sun-baked bog-country of the midlands. Source: Heroes of the Dawn by Violet Russel

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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus · Jul 19, 2026
The creation of the water closet coincided with the a London heat wave in 1858 with an unfortunate side effect: they threw waste into the Thames, where sweltering heat made the smell intolerable and poison London's river-drinking poor. This was the Great Stink. #FolkloreSunday
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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com@bsky.brid.gy · Jul 12, 2026
Blooming in summer, folklore's Elder Mother represents the power of elder trees in bloom. Protector of her trees, if English and Scandinavian loggers were going to take from an elder tree, they would need to ask her permission first. #FolkloreSunday 🖼️: A. Rackham
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1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻 @NeuKelte@hear-me.social · Jul 05, 2026

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: #Ceridwen represents the human subconscious as a water goddess. The legend of Ceridwen teaches us that one must dive deep into the realms of the subconscious before the doors of true creativity are opened to one. She is associated with the colour silver and the star of the moon, as well as the symbols of the cauldron, boat and ear of grain. Which of her manifestations and symbols she chooses to appear to the willing is her decision and cannot be predetermined. Source: Murray Hope Magic and Mythology of the #Celts

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 05, 2026
In Welsh folklore, the great bard Taliesin claimed to be the embodiment of the Awen, the spirit of creativity and inspiration. He claimed that as a spirit, he had been with Jesus at his crucifixion and Noah on his arc. Though it is ambiguous how literally Taliesin meant this. 🎨 Jenny Dolfen #FolkloreSunday #Mythology #Folklore #Celtic #Wales #Poetry #Literature #Taliesin
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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus · Jul 05, 2026
Awen is inspiration, the gift of creativity given to bards and diviners who make beauty and speak truth to power. While today called an "energy", historical Welsh use is closer to instinct or genius, though occasionally divine in origin. #FolkloreSunday
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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy · Jun 28, 2026
⛅️⚖️☁️An old Cornish belief claimed that the sun would never shine upon a perjuror - or even if it did, they would not be able to feel its warmth or see its light. #FolkloreSunday
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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus · Jun 14, 2026
Most feared of all winged creatures is the Roc or Rukh, the massive bird of prey that stalks the Indian Ocean in the folklore of the Middle East and East Africa. Marco Polo wrote it was believed to feed on elephants, such was its size. #FolkloreSunday 🖼️: R. Bull
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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus · Jun 14, 2026
The Bennu Bird flew over the waters before Creation, and soon after the first Sun rose. A resident of Heliopolis, the bennu bird would periodically leave and return, often at times of great change. Herodotus first mentions it under a different name: the Phoenix. #FolkloreSunday
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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus · Jun 14, 2026
Why do bats fly? According to a Nigerian tale, bat jokingly told his friend bushrat his soup tasted so good because he bathed in it; bushrat tried this and boiled himself alive. Blamed for his death, bat became a convict: he flies from justice. #FolkloreSunday
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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus · May 03, 2026
A May wedding as bad luck has two origins: one, that May was the month of Lemuria, the Feast of the Dead, meaning a marriage would end with a widow; the other is Gaelic, with women leaving home to watch the livestock after Beltane while the men farmed. #FolkloreSunday
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