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The blue men of the Minch are blue humanoids from Scottish folklore who live in the Minch - the water between the Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland. They will shout two lines of poetry to a ship's captain. If he cannot complete the verse, the blue men will capsize his ship.#FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #Celtic #Scotland #Monster #Merfolk #Mermaid

In Norse mythology, Thor was god of not just the storm's destructive thunder and lightning, but also its nurturing rain. This made him a god of fertility, and he had power over crops, farmers, marriages, children, and the family in general. W. G. Collingwood#MythologyMonday #Mythology #Folklore #Norse #Vikings #Scandinavia #Thor

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In Norse myths, the god Heimdallr is the son of Odin and nine mothers (who are all sisters). The surviving myths don't explain how this happened. Some sources say Heimdallr's mothers were ocean jotnar called Gjalp, Greip, Eistla, Angeyja, Ulfrun, Eyrgjafa, Imd, Atla, and Jarnsaxa. W. G. Collingwood#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #Folklore #Norse #Vikings #Scandinavia

Pest control is one of the more hazardous aspects of a knight's career.#Germany #folktale #folklore #dragon https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Lindwurm_at_the_Well

In Greek mythology, the snake-woman Echidna gave birth to Cerberus, the Hydra, the Chimera, Ladon, the Sphinx, the Nemean Lion, and the two-headed dog Orthrus. In some versions, the father of all these was the monstrous dragon Typhon, but in others, Orthrus fathered the Chimera, Sphinx, and Nemean Lion. Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire #WyrdWednesday #GothicSpring #Mythology #Folklore #Greece #Monster

In American tall tales, the axe-handle hound is said to be a fearsome critter of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It resembles a dog with an axe-like body, and only eats the handles of axes which have been left unattended. An axe-handle hound travels from camp to camp searching for its next meal, and strongly dislikes axe handles made from red oak. Margaret Tryon#FairyTaleTuesday #GothicSpring #Folklore #Mythology #TallTale #FearsomeCritter #Cryptid #Monster

In Scottish and Irish folklore, the cù-sìth is a green fairy dog the size of a small cow. It normally hunts silently, but will sometimes bark three times. These barks can be heard for miles; anyone who hears them must reach a safe place by the third bark or die of fright.#FairyTaleTuesday #GothicSpring #Folklore #Mythology #Celtic #Scotland #Ireland #Fairy #Monster #Dog

In Norse mythology, Thor had rescued the man Aurvandill from Jotunheim, but while Thor was carrying him on his back in a basket across an icy river, Aurvandill's big toe froze solid. As the toe couldn't be saved, Thor threw it into the sky to become the star "Aurvandill's Toe." Asaf Kliger#MythologyMonday #Mythology #Folklore #Norse #Vikings #Scandinavia #Thor

According to folklore, when Merlin prophesized that a baby born on May 1st of that year would destroy King Arthur, Arthur ordered all the British babies born on that day to be placed into a little boat and pushed out to sea. All drowned in a storm except one - the newborn Mordred. #FolkloreSunday #GothicSpring #Mythology #Folklore #Wales #Celtic #KingArthur #Arthuriana #Arthurian

The Fairytale Language of the Brothers GrimmBy Chi LuuHow the Brothers Grimm went hunting for fairytales, accidentally changed the course of historical linguistics, and kickstarted a new field of scholarship in folklorehttps://daily.jstor.org/the-fairytale-language-of-the-brothers-grimm/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily_04302026Brothers Grimm at PG:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Brothers+Grimm#Books #Literature #Philology #Folklore

In the Goetia, Shax is a marquis who commands 30 legions of demons on evil horses. He can be summoned by a sorcerer to rob a person of anything. Sometimes Shax gives sorcerers good familiars, but other times he instead gives them treacherous ones. He is annoyed if summoned too often. Louis Le Breton#WyrdWednesday #GothicSpring #Folklore #Mythology #Demonology #Occult #Witchcraft #Monster #Demon #Devil

In the Brothers Grimm version of "Snow White," the Evil Queen tries to kill Snow White again at the girl's wedding. So the dwarfs make red-hot iron slippers, the prince forces the Queen to wear them, and she is made to dance until the shoes burn her to death.#MythologyMonday #GothicSpring #Folklore #FairyTale #Germany #BrothersGrimm #Grimm #SnowWhite

#FolkloreSunday: „Maypole dancing was outlawed in Puritan England in 1644. It is probable that it was not so much the dances themselves that caused concern but the usual aftermath, the “greenwood weddings” of young people who spent #Beltane night together under the pretext of gathering flowers to deck the town next morning, for the Puritans complained that girls who went a-maying “did not one of them return a virgin.”Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

If you are worried that an item you have received is cursed, test it on an animal first.#Austria #folktale #folklore #magic https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Silver_Spoon

The spirits who switch infants for changelings seem to take a particularly perverse pleasure in targeting unmarried mothers.#Germany #folktale #folklore https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Grass_Devil

Night hags sometimes leave clues towards their true identity behind. Pick them up, and you will be able to confront the perpetrator during the day soon!#Germany #folktale #folklore https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Walrider%27s_Scissors

Isn't it annoying if a visitor just refuses to leave?#Germany #folktale #folklore #Devil https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Spirit_of_Anklam

Sometimes there are signs and portents that indicate where a church should be built.And those signs are not usually subtle.#Germany #folktale #folklore #church https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Church_at_Maitenbeth

In the deep winter, and the dead of the night, the ghosts hold their own masses. And the unfortunate among the living can stumble into them, if they go to church at the wrong time...#Germany #folktale #folklore #ghost #ghoststory #churchhttps://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Mass_for_the_Ghosts