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Parsley germinates so slowly, it was said it visited Satan nine times before appearing! If parsley is transplanted on any day other than Good Friday, a family death especially that of the gardener, was once believed to follow... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Hugo Simberg

Olivia 6d ago

Daisies are protective plants. A child wearing daisy chains was reportedly safe from fairy kidnappings... #FolkloreThursday 🎨Hugh Cameron

Olivia 6d ago

The glorious Japanese Spring festival Hina matsuri or Dolls’ Festival, is held on the 3rd March. An urban festival, it derives from a rural ceremony of making coloured paper dolls and setting them adrift on water to carry sickness and evil away... #FolkloreThursday 📷Lam Museum of Anthropology

Bevan Thomas 6d ago

In Greek mythology, Persephone is the goddess of spring, vegetation, and death She spends half the year underground as queen of the underworld and half the year on the surface (representing the changing seasons). Though Persephone's time is supposedly split evenly, most of her appearances in myths feature her in the underworld.

#FolkloreThursday #Mythology #Folklore #Greece #Spring #Persephone #Hades

Bevan Thomas 6d ago

In Greek mythology, Persephone is goddess of spring, vegetation, and death. She spends half the year underground as queen of the underworld and half the year on the surface. Though her time is supposedly split evenly, most of her appearances in myths feature her in the underworld. #FolkloreThursday

Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐6d ago

In English folklore, some prehistoric sites were associated with dragons, including Drakestone at Stinchcombe in Gloucestershire, a natural stone by an ancient earthwork; Dragonhoard and Brokenbarrow, at Garsington, Oxfordshire; and Drake Howe at Bilsdale and Midcable, Yorkshire. #FolkloreThursday

The Swamp Wytch 6d ago

"In the beginning, there was only water and fog. Then, Hesaketvmesē—the Maker of Breath—blew the mists away to reveal the world." Every green shoot and blossoming tupelo is a reminder of that first life-giving breath. #Muscogee #Spring #Okefenokee #SuwaneeRiver #FolkloreThursday

The Swamp Wytch 6d ago

Sacred Harp singing is the "original" folk music of the South. As the dogwoods bloom, the "hollow square" rings out with songs of rebirth and hope. A true southern tradition of renewal. #FolkloreThursday #SacredHarp #Folklore #Spring #Georgia

The Swamp Wytch 6d ago

In the heart of the Okefenokee lies a 'Terrestrial Paradise.' Muscogee legend tells of the Daughters of the Sun, beautiful women who rescued lost hunters on a vanishing island. A story of the swamp's hidden grace and the renewal of hope. #FolkloreThursday #Muscogee #Okefenokee #Spring #WitchSky

The Swamp Wytch 6d ago

The Okefenokee Swamp, "Land of the Trembling Earth", is home to myriad peat islands/hammocks that move & sway when walked upon. This is a landscape of rebirth & renewal, and now is a time of greening and blossom! #FolkloreThursday #Okefenokee #Spring #WitchSky