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In Greek mythology, Zeus appeared in the form of a swan to Queen Leda of Sparta. As a result, Leda laid two eggs. From one egg hatched Helen and Pollux (demigod children of Zeus), and from the other hatched Clytemnestra and Castor (mortal children of Leda's husband King Tyndareus).

#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #Greece #Olympus #Zeus #Egg #Bird #Swan

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻6d ago

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `To steal the redbreast's eggs was very unfortunate. The theft made the person a victim of witches or the devil.`
Source: FOLK-LORE AND FOLK-STORIES of Wales by Mary Trevelyan

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻6d ago

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `The man who was daring enough to rob an eagle's nest of its eggs could expect to be bereft of repose ever afterwards.`
Source: FOLK-LORE AND FOLK-STORIES of Wales by Mary Trevelyan

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻6d ago

#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: Here‘s an example of the Irish love of colour: "And the eagle and cranes were red with green heads, and their eggs were pure crimson and blue;"
Source: High Deeds of Finn, and other bardic romances of ancient Ireland

The Godyssey Podcast 6d ago

First recorded in 156, China's most popular origin myth says the universe was born of a cosmic egg, and from that egg was born Pangu, a perfect oneness of yin and yang. It was he who separated heaven from earth, yin from yang, setting the world in motion. #WyrdWednesday

The Godyssey Podcast 6d ago

First recorded in 156, China's most popular origin myth says the universe was born of a cosmic egg, and from that egg was born Pangu, a perfect oneness of yin and yang. It was he who separated heaven from earth, yin from yang, setting the world in motion. #WyrdWednesday

The Godyssey Podcast 6d ago

Basilisks are the King of Serpents, small but deadly, able to kill with a glance and so venomous a trail follows its slithering path. Made by cockerel hatching a snake or toad egg, it is a strange chimera. #WyrdWednesday

The Godyssey Podcast 6d ago

Basilisks are the King of Serpents, small but deadly, able to kill with a glance and so venomous a trail follows its slithering path. Made by cockerel hatching a snake or toad egg, it is a strange chimera. #WyrdWednesday

Bevan Thomas 6d ago

A Welsh method to see if fairies have replaced your child with a changeling is to hollow out an egg shell and cook a meal in it. The shocked changeling will say, "I have seen the acorn before the oak but never the likes of this before." Then, it will often vanish.
🎨 P. J. Lynch

#WyrdWednesday #GothicSpring #Mythology #Folklore #Celtic #Wales #Monster #Fairy #Changeling

Bevan Thomas 6d ago

A Welsh method to see if fairies have replaced your child with a changeling is to hollow out an egg shell and cook a meal in it. The shocked changeling will say, "I have seen the acorn before the oak but never the likes of this before." Then, it will often vanish. 🎨P. J. Lynch #WyrdWednesday