According to legend, Bladud was a king of Britain who founded the city of Bath. He was also a wizard, and created magic wings to fly. However, like Icarus, Bladud flew too high, and his wings failed, so he fell to his death. His son was Shakespeare's King Lear.
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Sulis, a goddess of healing and curses, is one of the few deities mentioned in surviving British folklore. When Bladud (Britain's mythical wizard-king) discovered some hot springs with healing powers, he built the city of Bath over them, along with a temple to Sulis.
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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).
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Sulis (a goddess of healing and cursing) is one of the few Celtic deities mentioned in surviving British folklore. When Bladud (Britain's mythical wizard-king) discovered a group of hot springs with healing powers, he built the city of Bath over them, along with a temple to Sulis.
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British wise women and cunning men used many techniques to heal people. One wise woman would trap a live spider inside the shell of a small nut, sew the nut in a bag, place the bag around the client's neck, and "as the spider wasted, so would the fever leave him."
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But dogs seemed less trivial.
It wasn’t helped by the fact that my grandparents had a large black dog that liked me, so would follow me around silently from room to room when I went to visit them, to be fair.
The number of times I’d see it out of the corner of my eye and be like, ThisisnotEastAnglia. ThisisnotEastAnglia.
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In the original version of Merlin's story, his only supernatural power is prophecy, and he otherwise relies on medieval "science." He uses "machinery" to move Stonehenge and "medicine" (presumably potions) to make King Uther Pendragon look like Duke Gorlois.
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