Fleurish Folk
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Comparative #myth, researching women in #fairytales & #folklore 🌸 🇨🇦 #amwriting * No DM's thx.
The kingfisher, known as the "Halcyon" bird by Socrates was described as: A bird, not great, but honoured by the gods because, while making its nest, all the world shares in happy days, aka the halcyon days, that excel all others in their calm & happiness. 🪹 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #mythology
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The kingfisher, known as the "Halcyon" bird by Socrates was described as: A bird, not great, but honoured by the gods because, while making its nest, all the world shares in happy days, aka the halcyon days, that excel all others in their calm & happiness. 🪹 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #mythology
There was an owl liv'd in an oak
The more he heard, the less he spoke
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
O, if men were all like that wise bird.
🦉 #LegendaryWednesday #owls #wisdom #birds
The more he heard, the less he spoke
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
O, if men were all like that wise bird.
🦉 #LegendaryWednesday #owls #wisdom #birds
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
There was an owl liv'd in an oak
The more he heard, the less he spoke
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
O, if men were all like that wise bird.
🦉 #LegendaryWednesday #owls #wisdom #birds
The more he heard, the less he spoke
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
O, if men were all like that wise bird.
🦉 #LegendaryWednesday #owls #wisdom #birds
A proud heron stands in the water surrounded by a rich choice of fish, but he ignores them. 🐟 In the afternoon he rejects smaller fish as unworthy, preferring to wait for better pickings. But by the evening he is so hungry he settles for a one small, lowly snail. 🐌 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #fable
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A proud heron stands in the water surrounded by a rich choice of fish, but he ignores them. 🐟 In the afternoon he rejects smaller fish as unworthy, preferring to wait for better pickings. But by the evening he is so hungry he settles for a one small, lowly snail. 🐌 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #fable
"The dragon flew out and caught the #queen on the road and carried her away". 🐉 #FairyTaleTuesday
🎨 Arthur Rackham, The Allies Fairy Book, ca 1916
"The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apple"
🎨 Arthur Rackham, The Allies Fairy Book, ca 1916
"The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apple"
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"The dragon flew out and caught the #queen on the road and carried her away". 🐉 #FairyTaleTuesday
🎨 Arthur Rackham, The Allies Fairy Book, ca 1916
"The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apple"
🎨 Arthur Rackham, The Allies Fairy Book, ca 1916
"The Nine Peahens and the Golden Apple"
The princess holds three apples, to deliver to her liberator. 🍎
🎨 Kay Nielsen - East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North (ca 1914). #FairyTaleTuesday
🎨 Kay Nielsen - East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North (ca 1914). #FairyTaleTuesday
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The princess holds three apples, to deliver to her liberator. 🍎
🎨 Kay Nielsen - East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North (ca 1914). #FairyTaleTuesday
🎨 Kay Nielsen - East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North (ca 1914). #FairyTaleTuesday
The Caladrius was a #bird who'd stand at the end of a sick person's bed. 🛌 If the bird met a patient's gaze, it would inhale any illness, rise to the sun burning that sickness away, & the patient would heal. But, if the bird averted its gaze, the patient would not recover. 🪶 #Mythology #Folklore
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Caladrius was a #bird who'd stand at the end of a sick person's bed. 🛌 If the bird met a patient's gaze, it would inhale any illness, rise to the sun burning that sickness away, & the patient would heal. But, if the bird averted its gaze, the patient would not recover. 🪶 #Mythology #Folklore
The twelve boys were changed into twelve crows, & flew off.
🎨 Henry Ford Justice, ca 1899, Grimm’s Fairy Tales
#folklore #Fairytales #birdsky
🎨 Henry Ford Justice, ca 1899, Grimm’s Fairy Tales
#folklore #Fairytales #birdsky
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The twelve boys were changed into twelve crows, & flew off.
🎨 Henry Ford Justice, ca 1899, Grimm’s Fairy Tales
#folklore #Fairytales #birdsky
🎨 Henry Ford Justice, ca 1899, Grimm’s Fairy Tales
#folklore #Fairytales #birdsky
In Slavic #mythology a Raróg is a #fire demon sometimes depicted as a fiery falcon. According to Czech #folklore it hatches from an egg incubated on a stove for 9 days & nights, then appears either as a fiery falcon or a fire breathing dragon. 🥚 🔥 🐉 #WyrdWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In Slavic #mythology a Raróg is a #fire demon sometimes depicted as a fiery falcon. According to Czech #folklore it hatches from an egg incubated on a stove for 9 days & nights, then appears either as a fiery falcon or a fire breathing dragon. 🥚 🔥 🐉 #WyrdWednesday
Sól, the Sun & Máni the Moon are chased by the wolves Sköll & Háti - Norse #folklore states the wolves will chase them across the skies until Ragnarök, at which point the wolves with catch up & devour the celestial beings.
J. C. Dollman (1909) #FairytaleTuesday
J. C. Dollman (1909) #FairytaleTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Sól, the Sun & Máni the Moon are chased by the wolves Sköll & Háti - Norse #folklore states the wolves will chase them across the skies until Ragnarök, at which point the wolves with catch up & devour the celestial beings.
J. C. Dollman (1909) #FairytaleTuesday
J. C. Dollman (1909) #FairytaleTuesday
"Wise Owl hoots off in the shadow!
Jack Pumpkin’s eyes are burning yellow
(but, he’s a very decent fellow)
Will-o’-the-wisp flies in the meadow."
- John Martin's Book, The Child's Magazine, ca 1912
🪄 Happy Halloween, everyone. 🦉🎃👻
#Halloween #Samhain #poem
Jack Pumpkin’s eyes are burning yellow
(but, he’s a very decent fellow)
Will-o’-the-wisp flies in the meadow."
- John Martin's Book, The Child's Magazine, ca 1912
🪄 Happy Halloween, everyone. 🦉🎃👻
#Halloween #Samhain #poem
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Wise Owl hoots off in the shadow!
Jack Pumpkin’s eyes are burning yellow
(but, he’s a very decent fellow)
Will-o’-the-wisp flies in the meadow."
- John Martin's Book, The Child's Magazine, ca 1912
🪄 Happy Halloween, everyone. 🦉🎃👻
#Halloween #Samhain #poem
Jack Pumpkin’s eyes are burning yellow
(but, he’s a very decent fellow)
Will-o’-the-wisp flies in the meadow."
- John Martin's Book, The Child's Magazine, ca 1912
🪄 Happy Halloween, everyone. 🦉🎃👻
#Halloween #Samhain #poem
It'll sound cliche, but there's so much more in the book than either on stage or movie, tho' both are fantastic.
More illustrations by André Castaigne, too. I think you'd really enjoy it: archive.org/details/the-...
Below: Masque of the Red Death, by Harry Clarke ca 1919 for Poe. 🪄🦇
More illustrations by André Castaigne, too. I think you'd really enjoy it: archive.org/details/the-...
Below: Masque of the Red Death, by Harry Clarke ca 1919 for Poe. 🪄🦇
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It'll sound cliche, but there's so much more in the book than either on stage or movie, tho' both are fantastic.
More illustrations by André Castaigne, too. I think you'd really enjoy it: archive.org/details/the-...
Below: Masque of the Red Death, by Harry Clarke ca 1919 for Poe. 🪄🦇
More illustrations by André Castaigne, too. I think you'd really enjoy it: archive.org/details/the-...
Below: Masque of the Red Death, by Harry Clarke ca 1919 for Poe. 🪄🦇
In the book, the Phantom of the Opera, Erik the #phantom is described as corpse-like & with "death's-head". He has no nose, & his eyes are so deep within his skull that all one can see are the actual sockets, except when his yellow eyes glow in the dark. 😬 #PhantomsFriday #ghosts #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In the book, the Phantom of the Opera, Erik the #phantom is described as corpse-like & with "death's-head". He has no nose, & his eyes are so deep within his skull that all one can see are the actual sockets, except when his yellow eyes glow in the dark. 😬 #PhantomsFriday #ghosts #Halloween
Iris, by Van Gogh, National Gallery, Ottawa. (A larger version is in the LA Getty).
October 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Iris, by Van Gogh, National Gallery, Ottawa. (A larger version is in the LA Getty).
"With Spells & Charms I break the Viper's jaw,
Cleave solid Rocks, Oakes from their seizures draw,
Whole Woods remove, the lofty Mountains shake,
Earth for to groan, and Ghosts from graves awake,
Thee, O Moon, I draw" #Witchsky
🪄 The Wonderful Power of Enchantments
sacred-texts.com/eso/pnm/pnm8...
Cleave solid Rocks, Oakes from their seizures draw,
Whole Woods remove, the lofty Mountains shake,
Earth for to groan, and Ghosts from graves awake,
Thee, O Moon, I draw" #Witchsky
🪄 The Wonderful Power of Enchantments
sacred-texts.com/eso/pnm/pnm8...
October 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"With Spells & Charms I break the Viper's jaw,
Cleave solid Rocks, Oakes from their seizures draw,
Whole Woods remove, the lofty Mountains shake,
Earth for to groan, and Ghosts from graves awake,
Thee, O Moon, I draw" #Witchsky
🪄 The Wonderful Power of Enchantments
sacred-texts.com/eso/pnm/pnm8...
Cleave solid Rocks, Oakes from their seizures draw,
Whole Woods remove, the lofty Mountains shake,
Earth for to groan, and Ghosts from graves awake,
Thee, O Moon, I draw" #Witchsky
🪄 The Wonderful Power of Enchantments
sacred-texts.com/eso/pnm/pnm8...
Circe, renowned for her knowledge of potions & herbs, transforms her enemies, (& those who offend her) into animals. 🐖 The best known example is from Homer's Odyssey when Odysseus visits her island on the way back from the Trojan War & she changes most of his crew into swine. 🪄 🐷 #FairytaleTuesday
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Circe, renowned for her knowledge of potions & herbs, transforms her enemies, (& those who offend her) into animals. 🐖 The best known example is from Homer's Odyssey when Odysseus visits her island on the way back from the Trojan War & she changes most of his crew into swine. 🪄 🐷 #FairytaleTuesday
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it... always.”
- Mahatma Gandhi #oligarchs #America #fascism
- Mahatma Gandhi #oligarchs #America #fascism
July 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it... always.”
- Mahatma Gandhi #oligarchs #America #fascism
- Mahatma Gandhi #oligarchs #America #fascism
Yeah, well balls are what got us into this mess. Too much goddamn testosterone these days.
Betty White said it right:
Betty White said it right:
June 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Yeah, well balls are what got us into this mess. Too much goddamn testosterone these days.
Betty White said it right:
Betty White said it right:
Once Upon a Time - The Brothers Grimm, & the Lure of Fairy Tales. #Folklore #fairytales #mythsky
🎨 The #Witch tests the apple for Snow White. - Gustaf Tenggren, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” 1923
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🎨 The #Witch tests the apple for Snow White. - Gustaf Tenggren, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” 1923
web.archive.org/web/20140831...
May 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Once Upon a Time - The Brothers Grimm, & the Lure of Fairy Tales. #Folklore #fairytales #mythsky
🎨 The #Witch tests the apple for Snow White. - Gustaf Tenggren, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” 1923
web.archive.org/web/20140831...
🎨 The #Witch tests the apple for Snow White. - Gustaf Tenggren, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” 1923
web.archive.org/web/20140831...
