"Granny Magic Chocolates," by Nifty Buckles
Millie Butterbloom mends hearts in quiet Brindle with her granny’s enchanted truffles.
When a flashy rival appears, quiet mountain magic wins the day!
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1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
1978 Brian Froud & 2019 Simon Young
art by Wilhelm Kotarbinski
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art by Wilhelm Kotarbinski
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Indomitable Spirits
J.R.R. Tolkien warns in The Hobbit: 'Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!' (Bilbo's hard-learned proverb after taunting Smaug) Even the mightiest beasts deserve wary respect—hubris burns! #Tolkien #Dragons
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Indomitable Spirits
J.R.R. Tolkien warns in The Hobbit: 'Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!' (Bilbo's hard-learned proverb after taunting Smaug) Even the mightiest beasts deserve wary respect—hubris burns! #Tolkien #Dragons
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Today's theme was "Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas”
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1908 Arthur Rackham
Today's theme was "Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas”
This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your very last host today! Wishing you a happy Lunar New Year 🌙
1908 Arthur Rackham
Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne Shirley snaps back: 'You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair,' said Anne reproachfully. 'People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is.'
#AnneofGreenGables 👩🦰🌿 #BookChatWeekly 📖🫖🐈
Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne Shirley snaps back: 'You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair,' said Anne reproachfully. 'People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is.'
#AnneofGreenGables 👩🦰🌿 #BookChatWeekly 📖🫖🐈
Medieval lore—echoed in the Physiologus—claimed a unicorn’s horn could purify poison. When a serpent tainted a lake, the unicorn touched the waters, cleansing them so all creatures could safely drink. #EcoUnicorn #Unicorns
🎨 Remedios Varo
Medieval lore—echoed in the Physiologus—claimed a unicorn’s horn could purify poison. When a serpent tainted a lake, the unicorn touched the waters, cleansing them so all creatures could safely drink. #EcoUnicorn #Unicorns
🎨 Remedios Varo
Baba Yaga, the enigmatic Slavic witch & shapeshifter, dwells deep in the forest in her infamous hut on chicken legs—it spins, turns to face intruders, & moves on command! She flies in a mortar & pestle, iron-toothed & wild, shifting forms in tales of trickery, & dark wisdom.
Baba Yaga, the enigmatic Slavic witch & shapeshifter, dwells deep in the forest in her infamous hut on chicken legs—it spins, turns to face intruders, & moves on command! She flies in a mortar & pestle, iron-toothed & wild, shifting forms in tales of trickery, & dark wisdom.
The Scottish Kelpie: a notorious shape-shifting water horse haunting lochs & lonely rivers. 🌊
It appears as a lost dark grey or white pony, tempting the unwary to climb aboard—then drags them to a watery grave beneath the depths.
Beware the sticky hide that traps riders fast! 🏇
The Scottish Kelpie: a notorious shape-shifting water horse haunting lochs & lonely rivers. 🌊
It appears as a lost dark grey or white pony, tempting the unwary to climb aboard—then drags them to a watery grave beneath the depths.
Beware the sticky hide that traps riders fast! 🏇
In French lore, #Melusine is a fairy cursed to become half-serpent each Saturday. She weds Raymondin on one condition: never spy on her. He breaks the taboo, sees her true form, and loses her forever.
A legend of, love, & watery transformation claimed by noble lines as ancestor.
In French lore, #Melusine is a fairy cursed to become half-serpent each Saturday. She weds Raymondin on one condition: never spy on her. He breaks the taboo, sees her true form, and loses her forever.
A legend of, love, & watery transformation claimed by noble lines as ancestor.
People with a certain strength or fixity of purpose may have ghosts of a certain strength and fixity of purpose--most haunting ghosts, you know, must be as one idea'd as monomaniacs and as obstinate as mules to come back again and again. H.G. Wells, 1902
People with a certain strength or fixity of purpose may have ghosts of a certain strength and fixity of purpose--most haunting ghosts, you know, must be as one idea'd as monomaniacs and as obstinate as mules to come back again and again. H.G. Wells, 1902
Img: Siren statuette from The Met
Img: Siren statuette from The Met
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~Rosalie K. Fry
art by Tristan Elwell
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~Rosalie K. Fry
art by Tristan Elwell
#FolkloreThursday #BookologyThursday
—A spider inspires Robert the Bruce to persevere against the English
#BookologyThursday
—A spider inspires Robert the Bruce to persevere against the English
#BookologyThursday
(de la Motte-Foqué “Undine”)
German Romantics had a certain fondness for elemental beings, with, being German, the ideological superstructure from Paracelsus et al.
🎨 Rackham
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(de la Motte-Foqué “Undine”)
German Romantics had a certain fondness for elemental beings, with, being German, the ideological superstructure from Paracelsus et al.
🎨 Rackham
#folklorethursday #bookologythursday
a 'waff' in Northumberland, and a 'swarth' in Cumbrian dialects
#bookologythursday #folklore
art: Vera Violetta
a 'waff' in Northumberland, and a 'swarth' in Cumbrian dialects
#bookologythursday #folklore
art: Vera Violetta
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
#BookologyThursday
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~Charlotte Brontë
(Jane Eyre)
Welcome to #BookologyThursday
Join us today for our theme:
✨Indomitable Spirits of All Kinds✨
In literature, myth, folklore and art.
At Camlann's bloody field, King Arthur falls mortally wounded, the mighty Pendragon breathes his last breath.
Yet death is no end: by ancient Celtic enchantment (some say Morgan le Fay's craft), his soul shifts into raven form
over Britain, to reclaim his realm again. #KingArthur 👑
At Camlann's bloody field, King Arthur falls mortally wounded, the mighty Pendragon breathes his last breath.
Yet death is no end: by ancient Celtic enchantment (some say Morgan le Fay's craft), his soul shifts into raven form
over Britain, to reclaim his realm again. #KingArthur 👑
Ragnarök: the ultimate final curtain in Norse lore. Odin devoured by Fenrir, Thor slain by Jörmungandr's venom, Loki & Heimdall mutually destroy each other. ⚔️
The World burns under Surtr's flame, drowns in flood—yet renews. 🔥
Ragnarök: the ultimate final curtain in Norse lore. Odin devoured by Fenrir, Thor slain by Jörmungandr's venom, Loki & Heimdall mutually destroy each other. ⚔️
The World burns under Surtr's flame, drowns in flood—yet renews. 🔥
Orkney's Muckle Mester Stoorworm, monstrous sea serpent, devoured maidens & poisoned lands. Humble Assipattle crept into its maw, lit its liver with burning peat. The beast convulsed in agony, died exploding—teeth formed Orkney/Shetland/Faroes isles, corpse became Iceland.
Orkney's Muckle Mester Stoorworm, monstrous sea serpent, devoured maidens & poisoned lands. Humble Assipattle crept into its maw, lit its liver with burning peat. The beast convulsed in agony, died exploding—teeth formed Orkney/Shetland/Faroes isles, corpse became Iceland.
The Maneki-neko beckons prosperity.
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The Maneki-neko beckons prosperity.
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In Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, the spider becomes a fate-weaver. Like the Norns of old, Charlotte spins destiny into her web—words as spells, silk as salvation. A barnyard tale, yet steeped in ancient myth: that language itself can alter the threads of life. 🐖🕷️ #Charlottesweb
In Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, the spider becomes a fate-weaver. Like the Norns of old, Charlotte spins destiny into her web—words as spells, silk as salvation. A barnyard tale, yet steeped in ancient myth: that language itself can alter the threads of life. 🐖🕷️ #Charlottesweb
#Dragonflies shimmer between worlds. In Japanese lore they were emblems of courage & victory; in parts of Europe they were called “devil’s darning needles,” feared yet fascinating. Born in water, rising to air, they embody transformation, illusion & the magic of midsummer light. 💫
#Dragonflies shimmer between worlds. In Japanese lore they were emblems of courage & victory; in parts of Europe they were called “devil’s darning needles,” feared yet fascinating. Born in water, rising to air, they embody transformation, illusion & the magic of midsummer light. 💫