Only a few witches' gatherings are presided over by the Devil's own grandmother!

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil
https://www.patreon.com/posts/devils-35074601

The Devil is only too happy to gloat if you walk down the same villainous path as your father, grandfather, and great-grandfather before you.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #devil
https://www.patreon.com/posts/devil-as-68912874

#MythologyMonday: Cian found his way to Balor’s domain and discovered the tower in which Eithne was imprisoned. Balor’s daughter bore Cian three sons, all of whom were thrown into the sea by their furious, frightened grandfather when he discovered their existence. Cian was able to save one, who became the god and hero #Lugh.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: „Jack Roberts claims that “[e]arlier predecessors of the sheelas were carved in wood and the few surviving wooden idols share the same archaic art form [as the stone sheelas].“
Source: September | From Goddess to Grotesque? - by Ali Isaac (substack.com)

#MythologyMonday: `King Cathaír Mór had a dream, in which a woman was pregnant an unduly long time, finally giving birth to a son near a fragrant, singing fruit tree. His #druid explained to Cathaír that the lady was the River Slaney that ran near Tara, her child the harbor at its mouth, and the singing tree the king himself.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore`
The River Slaney, Irish National Heritage Park in Wexford, photocredit 1. NeuKelte

#MythologyMonday: `Sheela-na-gigs are virtually the only surviving element of one of the most important aspects of the native #celtic tradition, [that is] its feminine orientation or belief in the ultimate deity as symbolised in the #Cailleach or hag, the goddess or the image of female spiritual power.` Jack Roberts
Source: September | From Goddess to Grotesque? - by Ali Isaac (substack.com)
Sheela-na-Gig, Ulster Museum, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

The mythical creatures exhibit was mainly geared towards kids but I *love* seeing Mami Wata! Yay for depicting diversity in mythology. #mythology #mythologymonday

If he favors you, the Mountain Monk will show you the secrets of the earth.

However, you might discover that you are _very_ late for your next shift when you reemerge on the surface!

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/tales-of-sankt-1-87982404

Some people who travel to the magical Otherworld better known as "Venice" will only return centuries after they have left.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #Venice
https://www.patreon.com/posts/venice-land-of-54746033

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: After enjoying life with #Niamh for 3 years, #Oisin returned to #Ireland. When his white horse shied away, he fell to the ground. In a matter of seconds he became old. The poet had been gone for 300 years. The place he returned to was the same but not the same as it was.
https://twitter.com/irishspiritmag/status/1564230053885616130?t=MewaoteQoIyysonxR1pnjg&s=09

Many people who have entered the realms of the dwarves only return many decades later.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #dwarf
https://www.patreon.com/posts/realms-of-41887022

Entering even the outskirts of Paradise might end up being a one-way trip to the future.

#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ghost-stories-27398144

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: #Tuan mac Cairill lived 100 years as a human, 300 as a wild ox/deer, 200 as a wild stallion/boar, 3000 as a bird of prey, 100 years as a salm, which Queen Muiredach Muinderg ate, giving birth to Tuan again.
Source: Sylvia Botheroyd „#Irland“

#MythologyMonday: After many happy years in Emain Ablach a group returned to #Ireland. One sailor was so moved that he leaped ashore. The eager man could not endure the transition to earthly time. In the #Otherworld, time passes more slowly than does ours, and as all his years caught up with him he died and faded to dust within an instant.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
https://twitter.com/allboparanormal/status/752522046228275200

Hello, myth lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: Time Travel. Which myths feature time traveling? Write out a story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday. See you soon! ⏱️⏱️⏱️

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#mythology #folklore #folktale #legends #Storytelling #TimeTravel

Thanks everyone for participating in #MythologyMonday today! Join us again next week for a new topic, same time, same place

The Mythology of Baledaar #4e #DnD #TTRPG #RPG #MythologyMonday #MythologyMonandæg #folklore #baledaar https://gsllcblog.com/2023/08/21/themythologyofbaledaar/

A goat on fire haunts the Büntlitten hill near Dornbirn.

#MythologyMonday #Austria #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #goat
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bearers-of-50146725

Turquoise represents fire in Mesoamerican symbology, with the Mayan god Xiuhtecuhtli being the god of fire, of turquoise, and the year. After the Mayan collapse, the connection between fire and turquoise endured under the Aztecs and continues today. #MythologyMonday

The first death came with the birth of Kagutsuchi, the fire kami, who devoured his mother from the womb outward. Izanagi, his father, cut him into eight pieces, which became eight of Japan's volcanoes, and created the water goddess to pacify him. #MythologyMonday