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#FairyTaleTuesday: `It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the north-west of Connacht they landed. But the Firbolgs, the Men of the Bag, that were in Ireland before them, and that had come from the South, saw nothing but a mist, and it lying on the hills.
Eochaid, son of Erc, was king of the Firbolgs at that time, and messengers came to him at Teamhair, and told him there was a new race of people come into Ireland, but whether from the earth or the skies or on the wind was not known, and that they had settled themselves at Magh Rein.
They thought there would be wonder on Eochaid when he heard that news; but there was no wonder on him, for a dream had come to him in the night, and when he asked his Druids the meaning of the dream, it is what they said, that it would not be long till there would be a strong enemy coming against him.
Then King Eochaid took counsel with his chief advisers, and it is what they agreed, to send a good champion of their own to see the strangers and to speak with them. So they chose out Sreng, that was a great fighting man, and he rose up and took his strong red-brown shield, and his two thick-handled spears, and his sword, and his head-covering, and his thick iron club, and he set out from Teamhair, and went on towards the place the strangers were, at Magh Rein.` #Celtic
Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook
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Irish mermaids are sometimes called merrow and are often related to selkie stories, to the point it is taboo for members of the Conneely family of the Connemara to kill a seal, some even changing their name. Whatever the case, merrow are not to be crossed. #FairytaleTuesday
: K. Sheheen
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If kissing a toad makes a prince, what about beheading it?
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While King cake is ubiquitous around the world during Ephiphany, in North America it is most associated with Mardi Gras. Whoever should break their teeth on baby Jesus is treated like a king for the rest of the day but has to buy or bake next year's King cake. #FairytaleTuesday
A fusion of indigenous American, African disapora, and Catholic beliefs have led to the New Orleans tradition (and elsewhere) of Mardi Gras and in particular of krewes, masked and costumed individuals who represent wards, often led by chiefs. #FairytaleTuesday
Hawks have a special place in Egyptian mythology, being both the head of Ra and of Horus. Indeed, more birds are important too: part of the soul, the Ba, is a human-headed bird; and the Benu Bird, roughly the Phoenix, is a major symbol of the Heliopolis cult. #FairytaleTuesday
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: D. Valeriani
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Ever angered a pet so bad it squeezed you to death while you slept?
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Because the girl refused to play Lady Daji's game of frolicking in the Shang palace nude, Lady Daji had her executed. Because her father protested, Lady Daji had the girl's father killed and cut into steaks, then fed to his own men. #FairytaleTuesday
Efnysien fab Euroswydd is one of the great anti-heroes of Welsh myth, a proud and foolhardy man who causes more problems than he solves. Loyal to his family, he sacrifices by destroying the Cauldron of Resurrection from within. #FairyTaleTuesday
: T. Prytherch
In the Goetia, Shax is a marquis of Hell who commands 30 legions of demons on evil horses. He can be summoned by a sorcerer to rob a person of anything - from money to horses to their own sight and hearing. Shax is also skilled at lying, and can see through other people's lies. Louis Le Breton
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What if a troll consumed the innocent AND found them wives?
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Why is chocolate, a New World commodity, associated with Valentine's Day? Mesoamericans included chocolate in their marriage ceremony and believed it to be an aphrodisiac; whether Cadbury knew that when in 1868 they marketed the first heart-shaped box is unknown #FairytaleTuesday
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: F. Dicksee
Valentine's Day was an unremarkable saint day until the High Middle Ages, when bird-watchers remarked that bird breeding season began in mid-February, and Valentine's Day was chosen: birds remain a key motif of this day for love birds. #FairytaleTuesday
In some Japanese folktales the villain is a type of #yokai known as yama uba, which can be translated as mountain hag or witch. In one tale the yama uba pretends to be the grandmother of two young children in order to lure them to her home. Once there she... #FairyTaleTuesday #DontGoIntoTheWoods 1/2
The land becomes brutal for man and beast in the wake of Pondese, the Old Man Winter of Great Lakes folklore. Snow and ice are his cloak and contempt, and he has no love for things that grow, for animals in need, or for people. #FairytaleTuesday