⛈️🐾⛈️The legendary hound 'Black Shuck' was said to have attacked the churchgoers at Bungay in Suffolk, during a violent storm that struck the village in 1577.
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The Miraculous Birth. The hero is seldom born like others: of a virgin, from a rock, a tree, or his father’s head, after long barrenness, or to two mothers, one human and one divine.

thethinkingpress.org/symbolarium/psyche/miraculous-birth
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Dismemberment (Sparagmos). In the visions of the alchemist Zosimos, which Jung studied closely, a priest is cut to pieces and boiled at an altar and becomes spirit.

thethinkingpress.org/symbolarium/psyche/dismemberment
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Tohokami Emitame — a prayer for purifying body and mind
Just eight sounds make up this Japanese norito (a prayer chant). It's a song for two overlapping voices, with manga-style art.

▶ https://youtu.be/bruyrWtCWHY

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4/4 Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren’t go a-hunting
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl’s feather!" www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3570... #MythologyMonday #art #poem #fairytale #literature #folklore

2/4 They took her lightly back,
Between the night and morrow,
They thought that she was fast asleep,
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1/4 "The Faeries" by #Irish poet William Allingham
They stole little Bridget
For seven years long;
When she came down again
Her friends were all gone. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3374... #MythologyMonday #folklore #fairytale #fairies #art #poetry #literature

Sacrifice. Jung’s early book closes with a chapter on sacrifice, in which the libido gives up its backward longing and turns to life…

thethinkingpress.org/symbolarium/psyche/sacrifice
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If you wash your eyes with elder tree sap, it gives you the ability to see fairies. Similarly, Scottish #folklore says if you stand beneath an elder at Samhain you'll see the Wild Host.
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3/3 Those who think they've joined the dance for an hour find that many years have passed. Others are never heard from again.
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2/3 The mushrooms are stools for the fairies to rest between dances. Humans who join the dance lose time or memory.
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1/3 If you come across a ring of mushrooms, you've found a fairy ring. This is where the fairies come to dance at night.
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Similar to salt, teeth will also protect against evil fairies. Burying or offering a tooth will protect the child who lost it.
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In Irish #mythology, the Tuatha De Danann cloak themselves in a mist called Féth Fíada. They would use this to move among mortals invisibly. 🎨Hilda Hechle redbubble.com/shop/ap/3485... #MythologyMonday #art #giftideas #folklore #homedecor #Halloween #fairies #fairytale

In the French fairy tale The White Cat by Madame d'Aulnoy, a prince discovers an enchanted castle ruled by a mysterious talking cat. The cat is actually a princess under a spell. Breaking it requires a rather alarming act involving her head. #MythologyMonday

If you wash your eyes with elder tree sap, it gives you the ability to see fairies. Similarly, Scottish #folklore says if you stand beneath an elder at Samhain you'll see the Wild Host. redbubble.com/shop/ap/3653... #MythologyMonday #wallart #art #mythology #spooktober #fairytale

Taking a spirit as your lover is usually unwise - particularly if you are already married.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Hunting_Lodge_at_the_Katzbach_River

The story of Suibhne Geilt (Mad Sweeney) tells of a king bird-cursed by the blessed St. Rónán for appearing naked before him, flinging his psalter into the nearest lough, then piercing his bell with a spear and killing one of his clergymen. (no paywall)

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The Swedish tomte or nisse guarded farms and livestock, provided the household treated him respectfully. A bowl of porridge was a traditional offering. Forgetting the butter could provoke trouble in some tales. Even fairy farmhands had culinary standards. #MythologyMonday

#MythologyMonday: `Korrigans were small #Bretton #fairies, less than two feet tall. Some korrigans spent their time guarding buried treasures.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`