Anise was cultivated by the ancient Egyptians. Aniseed (Pimpinella anisum). History, not medical advice.
thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/aniseed
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@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialAnise was cultivated by the ancient Egyptians. Aniseed (Pimpinella anisum). History, not medical advice.
thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/aniseed
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@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialThe leaves and pods of Senna alexandrina. Senna (Senna alexandrina). As history, not as advice.
thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/senna
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@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialThe leaves and pods of Senna alexandrina. Senna (Senna alexandrina). The old use, not a suggestion.
thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/senna
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@neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `A monstrous serpent or reptile, the péist appears in a number of legends, including many in which it is overcome by St Patrick. Typically the péist (also called the Ollipheist) is associated with water. It can only be successfully […]
@neu-kelte.bsky.social#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `A monstrous serpent or reptile, the péist appears in a number of legends, including many in which it is overcome by St Patrick. Typically the péist (also called the Ollipheist) is associated with water. It can only be successfully killed when submerged.`
Source: P.
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@tengriverse.com№007 · Tulpar · Sky + Earth
The winged horse born of a mare; the eye that sees its wings kills it.
@tengriverse.com№007 · Tulpar · Gök + Yer
Kısraktan doğan kanatlı at; kanatlarını gören göz onu öldürür.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialDodder growing on thyme, Cuscuta epithymum, a parasitic plant. Epithymum (Cuscuta epithymum). Old medicine, not a recommendation.
thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/epithymum
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@neu-kelte.bsky.social#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: #Fionn Mac Cumhaill had songs sung of his hunts for the snake-like Ollphéisteanna:
“It resembled a great mound —
Its jaws were yawning wide
There might lie concealed, though great its fury,
A hundred champions in its eye-pits.
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@neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: #Fionn Mac Cumhaill had songs sung of his hunts for the snake-like Ollphéisteanna:
“It resembled a great mound —
Its jaws were yawning wide
There might lie concealed, though great its fury,
A hundred champions in its eye-pits.
Taller […]
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🐎 On 15 October, ancient Rome honoured Mars with the October Horse ritual. After a chariot race, the winning team’s right-hand horse was sacrificed. The Subura and Via Sacra then fought over its head—a grisly neighbourhood trophy.
#TheOctoberHorse 🏇🩸🗡️
@liarsleague.bsky.social🦴Bone charms hold harms, but what if the charm's broken?🦴#Shortstory video 2 from #RAGandBONE #HalloweenStories: THE RAGMAN'S LEDGER by Scots folklorist @jamesgarry60.bsky.social read by Tony Bell
🎃 youtu.be/o-q_mpovOw0?...
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@neu-kelte.bsky.social#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `Because of the broken word of the King of Lochlann, `Fiachna assembled the nobles of Ulster until he had ten equally large battalions, and went and announced battle to the men of Lochlann. And they were three days a-gathering unto the battle.
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@neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `Because of the broken word of the King of Lochlann, `Fiachna assembled the nobles of Ulster until he had ten equally large battalions, and went and announced battle to the men of Lochlann. And they were three days a-gathering unto […]
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialThe name: Greek aristolochia, “best for childbirth”: its curved flower was read as a sign of the womb, and it was given to hasten labor. Round birthwort (Aristolochia rotunda). History, not medical advice.
thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/round-birthwort
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@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialSweet violet (Viola odorata), garden lettuce (Lactuca sativa), sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus). Violet, lettuce, sow-thistle (Viola odorata). History, not medical advice.
thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/violet-lettuce-sow-thistle
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@kotodamaink.bsky.socialNew video from Kotodama Ink:
"Rokukon Shojo no Oharai — a Japanese chant of the six senses"
@grimoriobestias.bsky.socialHormigas indias, grandes y peligrosos insectos que sacaban oro a la superficie al excavar sus madrigueras: grimoriodebestias.blogspot.com/2026/10/horm...
Grabado de "History of Darius the Great", de Jacob Abbott.
@antiquity.ac.ukAccording to folklore, Hagbard's Gallows 🇸🇪 is the location where Hagbard, from the medieval legend of Hagbard and Signy, was hanged #FolkloreThursday
It is in fact a Bronze Age monument; a unique combination of mounds, rock art and standing stones.
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialWhite bryony, Bryonia dioica (syn. Bryony (Bryonia dioica). History, not medical advice.
thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/bryony
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