Bevan ThomasAug 27

Jack in the Green is an English folk custom, part of the May Day festival. A person is covered in a framework of green foliage, and then marches in a procession with musicians. It began in the 18th century, though some folklorists connect it with earlier imagery (such as the Green Man).

#LegendaryWednesday #Folklore #Mythology #Britain #England #MayDay

Rosalind AhmedAug 27
#LegendaryWednesday The Wild Hunt cavalcade: "The hoof-beats drew near & the earth throbbed...Now the cloud raced over the ground, breaking into separate glories that whispered & sharpened to skeins of starlight, & were horsemen, & at their head was majesty, crowned with antlers, like the sun"
Bevan ThomasAug 20

The "Sefer Raziel HaMalakh" (the "Book of Raziel the Angel") was a medieval Kabbalistic spellbook that claimed to be the words given by the angel Raziel to Adam to teach him the universe's spiritual laws. This book was condemned as a source of black magic by many scholars, though greatly influenced later occult texts.

#LegendaryWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #Book #Spellbook #Grimoire #Occult

Bevan ThomasAug 20

In Egyptian mythology, the Book of Thoth contains all the knowledge of the universe, including spells to raise the dead and perceive the gods themselves. When Prince Neferkaptah stole the book, the gods killed his wife and son, and forced the prince's mummy to guard the book forever. The gods' knowledge is not meant for humans.

#LegendaryWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #Egypt #Book #Occult

The Godyssey PodcastAug 20
In 213-212 BCE, Qin Shi Huangdi ordered the burning of most of the texts of the Hundred Schools of Thought and the burning and live burial of their scholars, including Confuscian and Daoist scholars, perceiving diverse thought as a threat to the state of Qin. #LegendaryWednesday
The Godyssey PodcastAug 20
The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was a book of banned books, curated by the Catholic Church from 1560 to 1966 regarding books that broke canon law. They included Protestant works, children's hymns, scientific texts (but not Darwin?), and secular philosophy. #LegendaryWednesday
The Godyssey PodcastAug 20
One of the earliest examples of a banned book is Arius' Thalia, a poetic verse about the transient nature of the Christian God. It rejects Trinitarian Christianity and depicts God as a malleable, changing being, and so was banned. It exists in fragments. #LegendaryWednesday
Nifty Buckles FolkloreAug 13

This #LegendaryWednesday, meet the Tooth Fairy, a Western folklore icon who swaps kids’ lost teeth for coins! πŸ§šβ€β™€οΈπŸ¦·πŸ’°

🦷Rooted in early 20th-century traditions to ease tooth-loss fears, she may tie to older European rituals of burning teeth to thwart #witches πŸ§™β€β™€οΈ
#ToothFairy πŸ¦·πŸ§šβ€β™€οΈπŸ’° #NiftyBucklesFolklore 🍁

Nifty Buckles FolkloreAug 13

#LegendaryWednesday

In ancient myth, Cadmus slew the Ismenian dragon of Ares and, on Athena’s advice, planted its teeth.
From them sprang armed warriorsβ€”the #Spartoi

After infighting, five survived and helped Cadmus found Thebes. πŸ²βš”οΈπŸŒ±πŸ›‘οΈπŸ›οΈ

#GreekLegends #FolkloreSunday

🎨 by Hendrik Goltzius, 1615

Nifty Buckles FolkloreAug 13

#LegendaryWednesday 🦷 #VikingsTeeth

Some Viking warriors filed grooves into their front teethβ€”expertly done and possibly filled with pigment. These fierce smiles may have marked elite status or battle honors, but their true meaning is still a mystery! πŸͺ“βš”οΈ #FolkloreSunday