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Salamanders are connected with folk magic and were thought of as one of the 4 elemental creatures in Alchemy. They were also thought to be the source of a curious ancient relic: the fire cleansed cloth.
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The Durgama cave sits at the entrance to the Pura Dalem (meaning a temple associated with death and cremation) in Ubud Monkey Forest.
Here, she also protects those in the cemetery (Balinese Hindu cremation ceremonies are conducted every 5 or so years so temporary burials take place until the cremation ceremony).
The Balinese frog dance tells the story of a young prince who is out catching fireflies in the forest. Angering the god Siwa, he turns the young prince into a frog. His betrothed princess still recognizes the prince underneath the frog skin and agrees to still marry him.
The prince, however, decides his beloved deserves better than a frog husband and sets off to find Siwa to beg him to return him to his princely form. Siwa first attempts to eat the prince, but upon remembering their meeting takes pity and restores him to human form.
Returning to his princess she does not believe he is her prince, until Siwa shows up with the frog face to assure her. This part of the dance is the moment where Siwa reveals the frog face to the prince and princess kneeling before him. #mythology #mythological #fairytale
There have been at least 20 sightings of this ghostly chicken at Highgate Cemetery since the start of the 20th century.
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Heading out towards the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, two imposing statues rise against the horizon. One of them is thought to be haunted…
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The Fifth Sun needs blood to wage his eternal battle against the Stars and the Moon.
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Let’s start at the obvious: there’s a rabbit on the moon. He has a mortar and pestle, and at least in the Chinese versions of this tale, he is a very alchemical rabbit - pounding out the Elixir of Life for the Heavenly Immortals.
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The Greek demi-god Triptolemus presides over the sowing of grains and the milling of wheat and was the first initiate into the Eleusian Mysteries. His name literally translating to ‘he who pounds the husks’.
#FolkloreThursday
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Chickens for Christ, Books Bound In Blood: The Magical, Murderous Mayhem of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch.
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There’s a rabbit on the moon.
If you don’t believe me, look for yourself during a full moon.
If you still can’t see him, maybe you’ll believe NASA.
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None of the people Odysseus spent years returning home for even recognized him under his flimsy disguise, his loyal hunting dog was not so easily deceived…
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Have you ever felt that you can see a path of events unfolding, but as much as you try to warn others of the dangers you are either ignored or dismissed as alarmist?
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