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1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻 @NeuKelte@hear-me.social · Aug 04, 2026
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney in #Ireland: When Becfhola attempted an assignation to the hero Crimthann, the queen of Tara instead met Flann ua Fedach and spent an enchanted night with him on an island in Lough Erne. When she returned to Tara, it was as if no time had passed, for she was living in the #Otherworld in #fairy time with Flann, who soon came to take her away. Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore` #discoverireland #failteireland #ireland_gram #thisisireland #insta_ireland #wanderireland #roadtripireland #discoverireland #tourismireland #irelandphotography #beautifulireland #Celtic

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Aug 04, 2026
In Greek mythology, the witch Medea falls in love with the hero Jason and helps him win the Golden Fleece. Though the two marry and produce two sons, Jason later abandons Medea to marry the princess of Corinth. In revenge, Medea murders her own sons and the princess, and leaves in a chariot pulled by flying serpents. #FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #Greece #Roman #Literature #Theatre #Euripides #Medea
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Ododo Press @ododopress@bookstodon.com · Aug 03, 2026
Free book! The Myths and Legends of the Bantu and Other Africans is now available for download to email subscribers, and will be free until the end of the month. This is an entertaining book that brings you a wonderful world of legends, folklore, and amazing creatures that will fuel your imagination. It might be of interest to #academia Get it here https://www.ododopress.com/non-fiction/myths-and-legends-of-the-bantu/ #freebook #books #bookstodon #mythology #folklore
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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Aug 03, 2026
In Greek mythology, when Zeus and his brothers freed the Cyclopses, they each received a magical item in thanks. Zeus got thunderbolts, Poseidon got a trident, and Hades got a helmet of invisibility. Ironically, the god of death was the only one who didn't get a weapon. #MythologyMonday #Mythology #Folklore #Hades #Greece #ClashoftheTitans
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Mythology Monday 🐣 @mythologymonday@wandering.shop · Aug 03, 2026
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The Gods and Their Croziers @godsandcroziers@pagan.plus · Jul 30, 2026
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The St.Déaglán / #Dagda issue of The Gods and their Croziers is (finally) out!

https://buttondown.com/godsandcroziers/archive/july-24-the-dagda-as-sts-deaglan-earc-dubhthach/

In this issue:

  • Exploration of several alternate Dagda names in hagiography, including Earc, Dubhthach, and Fergus.
  • Some of The Dagda's key godly domains, including as Sky Father and Thunderer
  • Some Cosmogonic and Narrative roles of the Sky Father and Thunderer gods
  • Deeper thought about exactly what Sky he represents, and a model where he's more specifically the God of the Liminal sky of Dawn and Dusk

#IrishMythology #CelticMythology #Mythology #Paganism #Pagan

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 29, 2026
Herne the Hunter is mentioned in William Shakespeare's play "The Merry Wives of Windsor" as the ghost of a gamekeeper who has antlers and haunts Windsor Forest. Later people have claimed Herne was originally a British pagan god, but no references to him before Shakespeare survive. 🎨 Alfred Concanen and Thomas Lee #WyrdWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #Shakespeare #WilliamShakespeare #Literature #Poetry #Theatre
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Ododo Press @ododopress@bookstodon.com · Jul 29, 2026
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Cover reveal! So finally getting ready to finally share this book with you in a day or two, and in this blog I give hints on what inspired the cover artwork. (I don't know if it is an improvement from the previous version, but hope you enjoy it!) https://www.ododopress.com/blog/cover-reveal-myths-and-legends-of-the-bantu-and-other-african-people/ PS. I'll release the book for free to subscribers of our newsletter by 1st August, so be sure to sign up! #blog #writing #writingcommunity #book #books #bookstodon #mythology #folklore
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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 28, 2026
The manticore is a man-eating monster of Persian and European folklore that resembles a lion with a human head, shark teeth, and a tail full of poisonous spines. Despite the manticore's human features, its intelligence is that of an animal. When it speaks, it is only parroting words in a high-pitched falsetto. #FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #Persia #Monster #Bestiary #Manticore
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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib@mas.to · Jul 28, 2026

Everyone is suddenly interested and cashing in on 'The Odyssey,' including the #LibraryOfCongress. Anyhow, learn a bit of the history that goes along with the epic.

Two Thousand Years of “The Odyssey” at the Library https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/07/two-thousand-years-of-the-odyssey-at-the-library/

#libraries #history #TheOdyssey #mythology

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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 28, 2026
The Welsh Arthurian knight Owain had a special bond with wild beasts. He commanded 300 magical size-changing ravens, and his most loyal companion was a black lion he had saved from a giant serpent. Afterwards, the lion constantly followed Owain around like an friendly dog. #FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #Wales #Celtic #KingArthur #Arthurian #Animal #Lion
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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 27, 2026
In Welsh folklore, Bedwyr (Bedivere) is one of King Arthur's two best friends, and one of his best warriors (despite being one-handed). Bedwyr lost his hand battling Gwrgi Rough-Grey, a dog-headed man (strangely reminiscent of how the Norse god Tyr lost his hand to the wolf Fenris). 🎨 Margaret Jones #MythologyMonday #Folklore #Mythology #Wales #Celtic #KingArthur #Arthurian #Arthuriana #MargaretJones
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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 27, 2026
In Irish mythology, Nuada was the first king of the supernatural Tuatha Dé Danann, but lost his hand in battle. As a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann must be physically perfect, Nuada could not remain king until the divine physician Dian Cecht made him a working silver hand. 🎨 Jim FitzPatrick #MythologyMonday #Mythology #Folklore #Ireland #Celtic #Fairy #Faerie
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Bevan Thomas @bevanthomas@mstdn.ca · Jul 26, 2026
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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Mythology Monday 🐣 @mythologymonday@wandering.shop · Jul 26, 2026
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