Mastodawn

Today is a good day to buy Legends from Arctic Norway by Regine Normann. Dark folklore from the far north.

https://norwegianfolktales.net/books/legends-from-arctic-norway

#norwegianlegends #folklore #folklorethursday @norwegianfolktales @folklore #fairytales @folklorethursday #bookstodon

Ægir, the jötunn lord of the sea in Norse mythology, seeks to make his undersea kingdom as grand as any other king's. He sends his wife and nine daughters to sink ships so that Ægir can add the ships' treasures to his trove and make the drowned sailors vassals in his kingdom.
🎨 Friedrich Wilhelm Heine

#FolkloreThursday #Mythology #Folklore #Norse #Vikings #Scandinavia

Bevan Thomas 1d ago

Cadborosaurus is a sea serpent with a horse-like head that has been reported in many parts of Vancouver Island, BC - most famously Cadboro Bay, Victoria. People have claimed that various carcasses that have washed ashore are a cadborosaurus, but most turn out to be whales or sharks.
🎨 Susan Laurie-Bourque

#FolkloreThursday #Folklore #Mythology #Cryptid #Monster #SeaSerpent #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

MythCrafts 1d ago

The Asp-Turtle is a sea dwelling creature so giant, and so ancient, that trees and shrubbery have sprouted from his thick hide. Upon seeing this mass rising out of the ocean, weary sailors assume it to be land and make a fatal mistake. 🔗👇 #FolkloreThursday mythcrafts.com/2017/10/12/t...

The Asp-Turtle and Other Monst...

The Asp-Turtle and Other Monstrous Sea Islands

Now will I spur again my wit, and use Poetic skill to weave words into song, telling of one among the race of fish, the great asp-turtle. Men who sail the sea often unwillingly encounter him, dread…

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MythCrafts 1d ago

With a voice like a flute, a mouth like a monkey, tiny fish teeth, and golden, shimmering scales, the Ningyo (Japanese mermaid) were known for their sweet tasting meat, but eating a Ningyo comes with consequences. #FolkloreThursday 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2022/04/06/d...

Don’t Order the Fish: The Merm...

Don’t Order the Fish: The Mermaid and the 800 Year-Old Nun

Imagine this: The place is Japan; the time is pre-10th century C.E., and you have a friend. A friend who’s a fisherman. Having a friend who’s a fisherman is good news when you live on a…

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MythCrafts 1d ago

Li Ban was a mermaid, later canonized by the church as an Irish Saint. She was changed into a mermaid after her valley was flooded and she became trapped under the waters, and her little lap dog transformed into an otter 🩷🦦🩷 🔗👇 #FolkloreThursday mythcrafts.com/2025/01/24/l...

Li Ban, The Mermaid Saint.

Li Ban, The Mermaid Saint.

Like the famous Scottish Loch Ness, Ireland’s largest freshwater lake, Lough Neagh, had a mythological creature of its own – a mermaid known as Li Ban. However, unlike Nessie, the Catholic Church c…

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The Godyssey Podcast 1d ago

Though Siren is now the default term for mermaid in many Romance languages, originally the term meant something else: original Sirens were birds with the heads of human women (thus why their songs were so powerful!). By the time of Plato, mermaids overtake them. #FolkloreThursday

The Godyssey Podcast 1d ago

Protector of the waterways of Trinidad, Dominica, and other islands, Mama D'lo is a serpentine mermaid, defending the creatures and clarity of the water from interlopers and polluters. Careful in those waters: you are in another's home. #FolkloreThursday

The Godyssey Podcast 1d ago

In Southeast Asia, Suvannamaccha is a popular mermaid-esque figure, the daughter of Ravanna sent to stop Hanuman as the Monkey King and his servants built a bridge to Ravanna's kingdom. She found him irresistible and the two fell in love. #FolkloreThursday

The Godyssey Podcast 1d ago

Perhaps the most famous imaginary land of all, Plato invented Atlantis as a political metaphor to illustrate his ideal society, i.e. the Athens that opposes Atlantis. Poseidon is the patron god of the Atlanteans, but sinks their lands in their hubris. #FolkloreThursday