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A castle in the sky at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
#WaltDisneyWorld #MagicKingdom #CinderellaCastle #Disney #DisneyWorld #ThemePark #Florida
Nüwa, daughter of the Flame Emperor, tragically drowned while swimming in China's Eastern Sea. However, she was reincarnated as the spirit-guardian bird Jingwei and began regularly carrying twigs and stones to the sea that took her life to attempt to fill it up. #FolkloreSunday
📷: Hussain Zidhan
#Folklore #Mythology #Jingwei #Bird #China #ChineseMythology #TheClassicOfMountainsAndSeas
According to Irish folklore, the banshee is a type of female spirit whose terrible, mournful cries serve as a warning that a death will soon occur. The name banshee can be translated as "woman of the mound" or "fairy woman." #MythologyMonday
🎨 : William Henry Brooke
#Folklore #Banshee #Ireland #IrishFolklore #WilliamHenryBrooke
Sometimes it’s nice to stop and just enjoy the view for a little while.
According to Swedish folklore recorded in Benjamin Thorpe's 1852 book 'Northern Mythology,' Trolls celebrate Christmas Eve with plenty of music, dancing and drinking. It was said to be dangerous for Christians to be about while these festivities were going on. #FairyTaleTuesday
🎨:John Bauer
It's that time of year at EPCOT, which means Olaf from 'Frozen' is once again collecting seasonal traditions from around the world (including these gingerbread men from the Canada Pavilion) as part of Olaf's Holiday Tradition Expedition Scavenger Hunt. #EpcotHolidays
#WaltDisneyWorld #Epcot #Frozen #Olaf #Christmas #Gingerbread #Disney #ThemePark #Florida
At EPCOT's Norway Pavilion, the Holiday Storyteller is a mischievous Barn Santa inspired by the #folklore of the fjøsnissen, gnome-like house spirits that protect Norwegian farms. He spends much of his presentation playing tricks on his human co-host, Sigrid. #EpcotHolidays
#WaltDisneyWorld #Epcot #Nisse #Fjøsnissen #BarnSanta #Christmas #ThemPark #Florida
Happy Winter Solstice! Seems like an appropriate day to share this photo I took of the Merry Menagerie at Disney's Animal Kingdom, which utilizes puppetry to celebrate a variety of cold-weather creatures.
#WaltDisneyWorld #DisneysAnimalKingdom #MerryMenagerie #Reindeer #Puppet #ThemePark #Florida
