The Grimm tale Sweet Porridge features a magical pot that cooks porridge on command. Unfortunately, someone forgets how to make it stop. The porridge fills the house, then the street, until anyone wishing to enter town must literally eat their way through. #FairyTaleTuesday

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `A band of magical wild pigs emerged from #Oweynagat and wreaked havoc and destruction on the surrounding land before they were banished by Medb. The Ellen Trechen, a triple-headed monster which rampaged across the country before it […]

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#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `A band of magical wild pigs emerged from #Oweynagat and wreaked havoc and destruction on the surrounding land before they were banished by Medb. The Ellen Trechen, a triple-headed monster which rampaged across the country before it was killed by Amergin.
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In The Frog Prince, the famous transformation wasn't originally all about a romantic kiss. In one Grimm version, the disgusted princess throws the frog against a wall. He becomes a prince anyway. Fairy-tale relationship advice has undergone some necessary revisions. #FairyTaleTuesday

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `In Welsh mythology the way to Annwn could often be found at the bottom of deep lakes, and one old myth recounts the story of #Ceridwen, an enchantress who lived at the bottom of Llyn Tegid - known in English as Lake Bala - in […]

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#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `In Welsh mythology the way to Annwn could often be found at the bottom of deep lakes, and one old myth recounts the story of #Ceridwen, an enchantress who lived at the bottom of Llyn Tegid - known in English as Lake Bala - in Snowdonia.
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In The Brave Little Tailor, a tailor kills seven flies with one blow and makes a belt proclaiming "Seven at One Blow." Everyone assumes he means seven men. Through confidence, cleverness, and a spectacular misunderstanding, a flyswatter becomes a legendary hero. #FairyTaleTuesday

The Grimm tale The Turnip begins when a poor farmer grows a turnip so enormous that he gives it to the king. The king rewards him richly. His wealthy brother tries to game the system with expensive gifts and is rewarded with...the giant turnip. #FairyTaleTuesday

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `In the ranks of #Arawn there was a hundred-headed beast, carrying a formidable battalion under the root of its tongue and another in the back of its head; there was a gaping black toad with a hundred claws; and a crested snake of […]

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#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `In the ranks of #Arawn there was a hundred-headed beast, carrying a formidable battalion under the root of its tongue and another in the back of its head; there was a gaping black toad with a hundred claws; and a crested snake of many colours, within whose flesh a
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In the Grimm tale The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean, three unlikely companions escape a kitchen together. Their adventure ends so badly that the bean literally splits its sides laughing and needs to be sewn back together. #FairyTaleTuesday

🦉🥚🦉An old folk-medicine cure for failing eyesight was to eat an owl's egg, a bird famed for its keen vision.
#MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday

In The Seven Swabians, seven men set off seeking adventure while all holding the same enormous spear. They hear a buzzing beetle, mistake it for something terrifying and prepare for battle. Heroism has rarely gotten off to a less promising start. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the Grimm tale The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage, the three live together and divide the chores. The sausage cooks by rolling through the food. Then they switch jobs and everything goes catastrophically wrong. Fairy tales were weird long before we made them cute. #FairyTaleTuesday

Step into the weird world of Lake District lore this #FairytaleTuesday

Tizzie-Whizie is part squirrel, part hedgehog, and has the wings of a bee. It's often seen flying over Windermere

more: 'Folklore of the Lake District'
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/

📷 only known image of T-W

Unicorns in Scotland? The "Beast of the Lowering Horn" on the Isle of Skye to be more precise

more in my "Folklore of Scotland"
folkloreofscotland.com

#FairytaleTuesday #Scotland
art: Stephen G. Rae

Brasil or Hy-Brasil is an island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland. Irish myths described it as cloaked in mist except for 1 day every 7 years, when it becomes visible but still cannot be reached! Charted on maps. 🎨By Abraham Ortelius (1572). #medievalsky #weird #FairyTaleTuesday

Tuesday

#BluePlaqueTuesday
#Coosday
#EpigraphyTuesday
#FairyTaleTuesday
#LibraryTuesday
#RaptorTuesday
#RedTuesday
#TerracottaTuesday
#TerrierTuesday
#TextileTuesday
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#TidesOutTuesday
#TilesOnTuesday
#TimepieceTuesday
#TombstoneTuesday
#TombTuesday
#TongueOutTuesday

In the Tunisian tale "Si'Djeha and the Qadi's Coat," the title character steals a coat from a drunk qadi (Muslim judge) who's fallen asleep under a tree. When brought to court, Si'Djeha says he stole it from an unbeliever who stank of wine, so the qadi pretends the coat isn't his. #FairyTaleTuesday

In "The Tale of the Hunchback," a dark comedy from One Thousand and One Nights, a couple invites a hunchbacked man for dinner, and he chokes on a chicken bone. Thinking he's dead, they leave him on a doctor's doorstep, leading to a series of mishaps and misunderstandings. #FairyTaleTuesday