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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus
· 1mo 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
· 1mo 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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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus
· 2mo ago
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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1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻 @NeuKelte@hear-me.social
· 2mo ago

#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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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus
· 2mo ago
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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The Godyssey Podcast @Godyssey@pagan.plus
· 3mo ago
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
· 3mo ago
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
· 3mo ago
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
· 4mo ago
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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