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Stories from world mythology, every Monday. Founded 2019 by Elisabeth M @independentpen, @AimeeMaroux and @ClassicalMyths@twitter.com. JOIN US! Every [β¦] π bridged from β https://thefolklore.cafe/@mythologymonday, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
The living and the dead CAN co-exist, if everyone puts in just a little bit effort.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Haunting_Housekeeper
A group of dead farmers regularly meet at a crossroads near Mettmann in order to continue their bowling games as they did in life.
And since they lack proper bowling gear, they use their own bones instead.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Bowling_Farmers
Necklace made of bone beads with bear tooth from BΓ½ΔΓ skΓ‘la Cave, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte
#MythologyMonday: The man, who turned out to be Manannan, said: βThe pig is one of seven, and with them I could feed the whole world. When one is eaten, I place its bones in the sty, and next day it is alive again.β
Source: Mythology of All Races, vol.3 [β¦]
[Original post on hear-me.social]
For many years, a bone that was given as a participation trophy by the Wild Huntsman was kept in the St. Johannis Church in Magdeburg.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Huntsman_%28Magdeburg%29
When the ferryman of Wipfeld could not name a price for his services, the Wild Hunt left him a bone.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wild_Hunt_at_Wipfeld_in_Lower_Franconia
Replica of the Tandragee Man in the National Museum of Ireland - Archeology, thought to represent Nuada, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte
#MythologyMonday: `In E. OβCurryβs version (Atlantis, iv. 159 (1863)) of the events, Miach made a new arm for Nuada with a swineherdβs arm-bone.`
Source: Mythology of All Races, vol.3 #Celtic Mythology by John A. MacCulloch
Hereβs the backstory: https://hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/114111394439542815
Stick dice, bone, MAMUZ Mistelbach, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte
#MythologyMonday: `Two gifts given to Conn by a princess who was with the god Lug were a boarβs rib and that of an ox, twenty-four feet long, forming an arch eight feet high; but nothing further is told of the animals which owned these huge bones.`
Source [β¦]
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During witches' festivals, glamours are placed on bones and skulls to make them appear as fantastic objects.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Witches%27_Ball_of_Osenau
The Night Folk of Vorarlberg know how to regrow the meat of a cow for their feasts - but not their bones.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Cow
Hag cropped from Arthur Rackhamβs Hags in the enchanted Caves of Kesh Corran, creator QS-P170,Q314938, Irishfairytales01step 0271, public domain
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Glasan came to a large house. He looked in and saw the floor full of dead bodies, and he thought to himself: "There must be some great wonder here. And if I lie down on the floor and put some of the bodies over me," he said, "I will [β¦]
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The Wildg'fahr is an alpine monster which makes a rustling noise like dried furs when it moves. This is because its skin rasps across its bones β it does not have any flesh.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Wildg%27fahr
A Maori carving depicting Maui entering Hine-nui-te-pΕ via her vulva, in the moments before Maui's death; photo taken by Charles A. Lloyd, courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library
In Maori tales Maui faced death by teeth.... vaginal teeth. Seeking the secrets to immortality, he entered the goddess of the Underworld without permission by turning into a worm; she clenched, crushing him with her toothy embrace. #MythologyMonday
Art made with teeth; on the first, a serpent enwraps a man with a strange face looking on; on the second, two figures throw bodies onto a fire
One of the most common ways to curse someone is to use their teeth: take a tooth and you have a direct connection to their bones, so medieval European thought went, and thus witches sought teeth. Folklorists suggest this may be the origins of the tooth fairy. #MythologyMonday
A painting by Ema Kato showing an elephant made up of colorful largely red-orange paper mache in the shape of a happy elephant letting out a toot.
A Kenyan story tells of a pregnant woman whose husband rubbed a magic ointment on her teeth to make them rich, turning them into elephant ivory. The pain was such that when he tried again she refused and fled, and their son became the first elephant. #MythologyMonday
πΌοΈ E Kato
A 1465 depiction of Turkish dentistry, a bearded man sticking some kind of instrument into a man's mouth, everyone looking somber
Modern dentistry may be based in science, but the art has not always been scientifically sound. From the Sumerians to the 1700s, tooth decay and tooth aches were believed to be the product of tooth worms, which tore through your teeth! #MythologyMonday
Excavators in 1943 found these decorated bone chips in Cairn H of Loughcrew. The designs show that they are from the Celtic La TΓ©ne period and must have been inserted into the romb nearly 2,000 years after it was built; photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte
#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Dun walked on through the night till he saw a fire that was shining from a large house, and when he went in he saw a crowd of men, and they fighting. And a very old man that was in a high place above the rest called out: "Stop [β¦]
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When you find giant bones buried beneath a castle during your treasure hunt, it is unwise to mess with them.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Giant_of_Greifenstein_Castle
πͺΆπ€πͺΆ"He wore a metal and bone charm, the first talisman he had found and still his favourite. It was a tiny, lodestone-filled skull of a swallow, the fine beak gilded, two polished silver orbs shining from its eye sockets."
πDeeper Older Darker.
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A whale skeleton was kept at Wernigerode Castle in memory of the day when the creature had threatened to swallow the fortress.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Whale_Skeleton_at_the_Castle
Gashadokuro are angry spirits that appear as giant skeletons, several times larger than your typical human. These monsters are assembled out of the bones of those who have died unnatural deaths.
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The myth that women have teeth βdown thereβ has been found in global myths all over the world.
Bite me is the first collection of these myths, providing understanding of the psychological, social and political motivations that has kept them alive and thriving.
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The Venetians of old once harvested gold and silver from Blocksberg Mountain with the aid of a skeleton of an unknown creature.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Venetians_on_Blocksberg_Mountain
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Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: BONES AND TEETH. Which myths feature a bone or a tooth? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you tomorrow! π¦΄
If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact [β¦]
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Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: BONES AND TEETH. Which myths feature a bone or a tooth? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you tomorrow! π¦΄
If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact [β¦]
[Original post on thefolklore.cafe]
A winged solar scarab pendant from the tomb of Tutankhamun. The scarab beetle is dark blue, with a red gem for a sun at its head. Its wings are made out of tiny gemstones in reds, blues, and greens with gold elements.
That wraps up our theme of bugs and insects. What a vast variety of tales we had this time! This is your host @AimeeMaroux signing off. Join us next #MythologyMonday for a new theme β¨
πΈ Jon Bodsworth
http://www.egyptarchive.co.uk/html/hidden_treasures/hidden_treasures_19.html
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