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Greetings, Myth Lovers! In honour of #noshavenovember, this Monday's theme is BEARDS & BODY HAIR! Tell us a myth that features beards or body hair of any kind using the hashtags #mythologymonday for boosts. If joining from #bluesky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we […]
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#mythologymonday #celtic: `The term by which Bres is described is gormac which means „a dutiful son“, 'an adopted son' (adopted for the support of the adopter), or 'a sister's son`.
When Nuadu was no longer suitable to be their king, their wives said it would […]
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When Nuadu was no longer suitable to be their king, their wives said it would […]
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November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#mythologymonday #celtic: `The term by which Bres is described is gormac which means „a dutiful son“, 'an adopted son' (adopted for the support of the adopter), or 'a sister's son`.
When Nuadu was no longer suitable to be their king, their wives said it would […]
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When Nuadu was no longer suitable to be their king, their wives said it would […]
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#mythologymonday #celtic: `The very next day, Teirnyon set out for Narberth, taking the boy they had adopted with him. They found Rhiannon sitting, as usual, by the gate, but they would not allow her to carry them into the palace on her back. Pwyll welcomed […]
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November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#mythologymonday #celtic: `The very next day, Teirnyon set out for Narberth, taking the boy they had adopted with him. They found Rhiannon sitting, as usual, by the gate, but they would not allow her to carry them into the palace on her back. Pwyll welcomed […]
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#mythologymonday #celtic: `The older the boy they had adopted grew, the more it seemed to Teirnyon that he became like Pwyll. Then he remembered that he had found him upon the very night that Rhiannon lost her child. So he consulted with his wife, and they […]
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November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#mythologymonday #celtic: `The older the boy they had adopted grew, the more it seemed to Teirnyon that he became like Pwyll. Then he remembered that he had found him upon the very night that Rhiannon lost her child. So he consulted with his wife, and they […]
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With few exceptions across thousands of years of history, Egyptian rulers were typically clean-shaven. Occasionally rulers would be shown with false metal beards in their iconography, whether pharaohs or or their consorts, but Hatshepsut is famous for being both. #MythologyMonday
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
With few exceptions across thousands of years of history, Egyptian rulers were typically clean-shaven. Occasionally rulers would be shown with false metal beards in their iconography, whether pharaohs or or their consorts, but Hatshepsut is famous for being both. #MythologyMonday
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Keukegen (毛羽毛現) are hairy, dirty, and dubious thing. Looking like a sentient beard, it lives in seemingly abandoned, unclean places, which is fine except they bring disease and bad luck. Keep your home clean, or one might visit you. #MythologyMonday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Keukegen (毛羽毛現) are hairy, dirty, and dubious thing. Looking like a sentient beard, it lives in seemingly abandoned, unclean places, which is fine except they bring disease and bad luck. Keep your home clean, or one might visit you. #MythologyMonday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
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The Titan Atlas was cursed to hold the heavens on his shoulders in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and over time the Titan's beard and hair became deep forests full of life. If you don't properly maintain your hair, so might yours. #MythologyMonday
🖼: J.S. Sargent
🖼: J.S. Sargent
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Titan Atlas was cursed to hold the heavens on his shoulders in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and over time the Titan's beard and hair became deep forests full of life. If you don't properly maintain your hair, so might yours. #MythologyMonday
🖼: J.S. Sargent
🖼: J.S. Sargent
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The name Lombard means Longbeard, a name derived from a myth where the women joined the men and let their hair fall on their face like a beard. Frea, turning Godan (Odin)'s bed to face them, awoke and shouted "Who are these longbeards?" #MythologyMonday
🖼️: E. Doepler
🖼️: E. Doepler
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The name Lombard means Longbeard, a name derived from a myth where the women joined the men and let their hair fall on their face like a beard. Frea, turning Godan (Odin)'s bed to face them, awoke and shouted "Who are these longbeards?" #MythologyMonday
🖼️: E. Doepler
🖼️: E. Doepler
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#mythologymonday #celtic: `Llangorse Lake is said to be the site of a sunken city, the inhabitants of which were reported to be very wicked. The King of that part of Wales sent his ambassador to ascertain whether the rumour was true or not, adding that if it […]
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November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#mythologymonday #celtic: `Llangorse Lake is said to be the site of a sunken city, the inhabitants of which were reported to be very wicked. The King of that part of Wales sent his ambassador to ascertain whether the rumour was true or not, adding that if it […]
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Momotaro (Peach Boy) is a Japanese folktale where a childless couple find a young boy inside a giant peach floating down a river. They raise him as their own and he grows up to be a hero who, with the help of his animal companions, defeats a band of fierce oni.
🎨Yoshisuke Kurosaki
#MythologyMonday
🎨Yoshisuke Kurosaki
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November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Momotaro (Peach Boy) is a Japanese folktale where a childless couple find a young boy inside a giant peach floating down a river. They raise him as their own and he grows up to be a hero who, with the help of his animal companions, defeats a band of fierce oni.
🎨Yoshisuke Kurosaki
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🎨Yoshisuke Kurosaki
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In this Japanese folktale a bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl in a glowing bamboo plant and takes her home where he and his wife raise her as their own. It turns out she actually came from the moon & eventually she has to leave her earthly parents to return home.
🎨Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
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🎨Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
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November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In this Japanese folktale a bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl in a glowing bamboo plant and takes her home where he and his wife raise her as their own. It turns out she actually came from the moon & eventually she has to leave her earthly parents to return home.
🎨Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
#MythologyMonday
🎨Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
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#mythologymonday #celtic: `Lord Teirnyon heard wailing, and opened the door, and found a baby in swaddling clothes, wrapped in a satin mantle. He took it up and brought it to his wife, and they decided to adopt it. They called the boy Gwri Wallt Euryn, that is […]
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November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#mythologymonday #celtic: `Lord Teirnyon heard wailing, and opened the door, and found a baby in swaddling clothes, wrapped in a satin mantle. He took it up and brought it to his wife, and they decided to adopt it. They called the boy Gwri Wallt Euryn, that is […]
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The foster son of a farmer had to kill a dragon in order to win the woman he loved.
#mythologymonday #austria #folktale #folklore #dragon
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dragon_of_R%C3%B6thelstein
#mythologymonday #austria #folktale #folklore #dragon
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dragon_of_R%C3%B6thelstein
The Dragon of Röthelstein
wiki.sunkencastles.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The foster son of a farmer had to kill a dragon in order to win the woman he loved.
#mythologymonday #austria #folktale #folklore #dragon
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dragon_of_R%C3%B6thelstein
#mythologymonday #austria #folktale #folklore #dragon
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Dragon_of_R%C3%B6thelstein
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November 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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In the year 1605, a fostered girl in Löwenburg was possessed by the Devil.
#mythologymonday #poland #folktale #folklore #devil
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Possessed_Girl_at_L%C3%B6wenberg
#mythologymonday #poland #folktale #folklore #devil
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Possessed_Girl_at_L%C3%B6wenberg
The Possessed Girl at Löwenberg
wiki.sunkencastles.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In the year 1605, a fostered girl in Löwenburg was possessed by the Devil.
#mythologymonday #poland #folktale #folklore #devil
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Possessed_Girl_at_L%C3%B6wenberg
#mythologymonday #poland #folktale #folklore #devil
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Possessed_Girl_at_L%C3%B6wenberg
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Greetings, Myth Lovers! This Monday's theme is ADOPTION! Tell us a myth that features an adoption of any kind using the hashtags #mythologymonday for boosts. If joining from #bluesky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you on Monday! […]
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November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Greetings, Myth Lovers! This Monday's theme is ADOPTION! Tell us a myth that features an adoption of any kind using the hashtags #mythologymonday for boosts. If joining from #bluesky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you on Monday! […]
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Greetings, Myth Lovers! This Monday's theme is ADOPTION! Tell us a myth that features an adoption of any kind using the hashtags #mythologymonday for boosts. If joining from #bluesky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you on Monday! […]
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November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Greetings, Myth Lovers! This Monday's theme is ADOPTION! Tell us a myth that features an adoption of any kind using the hashtags #mythologymonday for boosts. If joining from #bluesky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you on Monday! […]
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#mythologymonday: In this video Dr Gwilym Morus-Baird from #celtic Source looks at the peculiar phenomena of the Giant's Beard and what it could have stood for in the ancient past.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwyO2Ml6KCo
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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwyO2Ml6KCo
Visit https://celticsource.online/!
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November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#mythologymonday: In this video Dr Gwilym Morus-Baird from #celtic Source looks at the peculiar phenomena of the Giant's Beard and what it could have stood for in the ancient past.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwyO2Ml6KCo
Visit https://celticsource.online/!
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwyO2Ml6KCo
Visit https://celticsource.online/!
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#mythologymonday #celtic: `While Nacrantal made his way to the other side of the hill, #cuchulain came to Laeg, his charioteer. “Smear me a false beard with blackberry juice,” he said. “No warrior of fame will fight with me, because I have no beard.” Laeg took […]
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November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#mythologymonday #celtic: `While Nacrantal made his way to the other side of the hill, #cuchulain came to Laeg, his charioteer. “Smear me a false beard with blackberry juice,” he said. “No warrior of fame will fight with me, because I have no beard.” Laeg took […]
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#mythologymonday #celtic: `Lough Erne has two origin stories (here’s the link to the first: https://hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/114552148881782730).
The second story concerns Érne, who was ‘chieftainess of the girls of Cruachan and keeper of Queen] Medb's combs […]
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The second story concerns Érne, who was ‘chieftainess of the girls of Cruachan and keeper of Queen] Medb's combs […]
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November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#mythologymonday #celtic: `Lough Erne has two origin stories (here’s the link to the first: https://hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/114552148881782730).
The second story concerns Érne, who was ‘chieftainess of the girls of Cruachan and keeper of Queen] Medb's combs […]
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The second story concerns Érne, who was ‘chieftainess of the girls of Cruachan and keeper of Queen] Medb's combs […]
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A strange, bearded figure haunts the Dhünn river valley.
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Squinter_in_Schlebusch
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Squinter_in_Schlebusch
The Squinter in Schlebusch
wiki.sunkencastles.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A strange, bearded figure haunts the Dhünn river valley.
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Squinter_in_Schlebusch
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Squinter_in_Schlebusch
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#mythologymonday #celtic: `Ysbaddaden's hair must be cut and washed and his beard shaved. For this, Kulhwch must obtain the tusk of Yskithyr-wyn Chief Boar as a razor, the blood of the Black Witch to dress the beard, and the shears and the comb that are […]
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November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#mythologymonday #celtic: `Ysbaddaden's hair must be cut and washed and his beard shaved. For this, Kulhwch must obtain the tusk of Yskithyr-wyn Chief Boar as a razor, the blood of the Black Witch to dress the beard, and the shears and the comb that are […]
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While Tolkien's dwarves are not necessarily representative of their folkloric predecessors, it _is_ true that they were often portrayed as bearded.
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Silver_Fir_Cone
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Silver_Fir_Cone
The Silver Fir Cone
wiki.sunkencastles.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
While Tolkien's dwarves are not necessarily representative of their folkloric predecessors, it _is_ true that they were often portrayed as bearded.
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Silver_Fir_Cone
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Silver_Fir_Cone
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#mythologymonday #celtic: `It was believed from an Arthurian legend, that there lived a giant (the then King of Wales) at the top of the mountain called Rhitta Gawr (listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcDjbcuPC3I) who made himself a cloak from the beards of the kings he had killed […]
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November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#mythologymonday #celtic: `It was believed from an Arthurian legend, that there lived a giant (the then King of Wales) at the top of the mountain called Rhitta Gawr (listen to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcDjbcuPC3I) who made himself a cloak from the beards of the kings he had killed […]
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When three miners were imprisoned within Kuttenberg Mountain for seven years, their beards reached such a spectacular length that their own wives no longer recognized them.
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Miners_in_Kuttenberg_Mountain
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Miners_in_Kuttenberg_Mountain
The Three Miners in Kuttenberg Mountain
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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
When three miners were imprisoned within Kuttenberg Mountain for seven years, their beards reached such a spectacular length that their own wives no longer recognized them.
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Miners_in_Kuttenberg_Mountain
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Miners_in_Kuttenberg_Mountain
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A common element of "Sleeping Emperor" tales is that the sleeping ruler's beard has grown through a stone table - though this doesn't necessarily impede their mobility.
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Within_the_Karlsberg_Hill
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Within_the_Karlsberg_Hill
Within the Karlsberg Hill
wiki.sunkencastles.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A common element of "Sleeping Emperor" tales is that the sleeping ruler's beard has grown through a stone table - though this doesn't necessarily impede their mobility.
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Within_the_Karlsberg_Hill
#mythologymonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Within_the_Karlsberg_Hill