The oldest living being in Wales is a 3,000-year-old yew tree in the churchyard of Llangernyw village. Nearby are two equally ancient standing stones. On Halloween and July 31st, the Angelystor (a dark spirit) appears by the tree to announce which villagers will die soon.
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In old ballads and country lore, ivy was said to bind lovers’ names long after they were gone. It crept over graves and stone walls, sealing their vows in silence. Some say ivy grows where promises were made and never kept, whispering secrets the living forgot. #FairyTaleTuesday

Tuesday

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

🌿🛡️🌿'Elfin Knight' - by Brian Froud.
#FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday

The Tower of London ravens are surrounded by the famous legend that Britain will fall if they ever leave. The tradition is probably much younger than often claimed, but today the Tower still keeps ravens—and even has a Ravenmaster responsible for them. #FairyTaleTuesday

In Puss in Boots, the cat doesn't need magic to transform his master's fortunes. He uses boots, lies, threats and an impressive understanding of public relations to turn a penniless miller's son into the Marquis of Carabas. The cat is basically running the campaign. #FairyTaleTuesday

#FairyTaleTuesday: `In #Scotland black cats were believed to be shape-shifting witches, a belief that may explain some common American Hallowe’en decorations.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#FairyTaleTuesday: `In #Scotland black cats were believed to be shape-shifting witches, a belief that may explain some common American Hallowe’en decorations.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

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North America Appalachian folklore says to light a candle inside your carved Jack-o'-lantern on Halloween night to scare away evil demons, ghosts, goblins and creatures of the night. #SpookySeason 👻
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In the Grimm tale The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat, a young man serves a mysterious cat for seven years. She eventually reveals herself as an enchanted princess and rewards him with a castle. Never underestimate a fairy-tale employment opportunity offered by a cat. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the Grimm tale The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat, a young man serves a mysterious cat for seven years. She eventually reveals herself as an enchanted princess and rewards him with a castle. Never underestimate a fairy-tale employment opportunity offered by a cat. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the Grimm tale The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat, a young man serves a mysterious cat for seven years. She eventually reveals herself as an enchanted princess and rewards him with a castle. Never underestimate a fairy-tale employment opportunity offered by a cat. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the Grimm tale The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat, a young man serves a mysterious cat for seven years. She eventually reveals herself as an enchanted princess and rewards him with a castle. Never underestimate a fairy-tale employment opportunity offered by a cat. #FairyTaleTuesday

A superstition states that if you count all the seeds within a pumpkin, you will see a ghost on Halloween night. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #weird #ghosts #paranormal #mythology

In the Himalayan tale "The Story of the Black Cow," a boy starved by his stepmother is secretly fed by a black cow, who stamps her hooves and magically makes sweets appear. When the stepmother insists the cow be sold, the boy and cow escape into a forest together. #FairyTaleTuesday

"The Three Ravens" is an English folk ballad published in 1611. Three ravens plan to eat the corpse of a recently slain knight, but find the knight guarded by his loyal hawks and hounds. Then the knight's pregnant significant other arrives to bury him. #FairyTaleTuesday

"Baga Yaga and the Kind Young Girl" is a Russian tale about the infamous witch keeping her niece hostage in her cabin and forcing her to weave clothes. The girl generously gives scraps of food to Baba Yaga's black cat, so the grateful cat helps her escape. #FairyTaleTuesday

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `In the British folk tale "The King of the Cats", a man comes home to tell his wife and cat, Old Tom, that he saw nine black cats with white spots on their chests carrying a coffin with a crown on it and one of the cats tells the man […]

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