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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Aug 10

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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Born from the Flames: Salamander Mythology

Discover the intriguing world of salamanders, their regenerative powers, and the folklore intertwining magic and medicine throughout history.

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A myth about male arrogance and how the goddess Durga was invoked to defeat demons who never conceived a female could best them....

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A New Demon from Every Drop of Blood: Raktabija vs. the Divine Mothers

A myth about male arrogance and how the goddess Durga was invoked to defeat demons who never conceived a female could best them.

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · 19d

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Rumors spread about Black Aggie’s paranormal activity; her demonic powers further evidenced by the fact that the earth before her figure remained a barren wasteland where even the green grass feared to grow.

#FolkloreThursday

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Black Aggie: The Haunted Statue.

Black Aggie is the local name given to a statue that haunted the Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville, Maryland until it was removed in 1967. Her face covered by a shroud; Black Aggie sat in mourning…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · 19d

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · 21d

As the story goes, Cormac Laird MacCarthy was rebuilding a castle in County Cork when he got into some legal issues.

And so, Cormac appealed to the Queen of the Banshees…..

#FairytaleTuesday

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Clíodhna and the Blarney Stone

Many, many years long past, the Tuatha Dé Danann, the divinities of the ancients, ruled over Ireland. Now some of them were merciful; others were wrathful, and still others, like the Banshees [Old …

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · 21d

Dotted with ancient castles and fortresses, the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Germany has a haunting tale of a ghostly woman who lures sailors to their death with her songs.

#FairytaleTuesday

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The Lure of the Lorelay

The Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Germany is a protected UNESCO World heritage site. Dotted with ancient castles and fortresses which were largely abandoned by the 17th Century this area b…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 17

When Rama returned home – and was crowned king – Sita was pregnant. Even though she had passed the trial by fire and established her faithfulness, the locals were talking….

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Sita Sings The Blues

Who is Sita, and why is she singing the blues? In the Hindu epic poem, the Ramayana, we come across Sita. Born of the Earth, she was adopted by royalty, and wed to a prince named Rama. In classic f…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 17

Anansi, the Great Trickster spider, was determined to collect all of the sky god Nyame’s stories.

And so it was that Anansi, weaver of stories, master of tales, came into his own.

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Anansi: Weaver of Stories

Imagine this: the Sky God, Nyame, has possession of all of the stories in the world. You, however, are a trickster by nature; stories are your essential to your craft. So, you go to him, and ask hi…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 15

The Metternich stele records the spells and talismans taught to Isis to restore life to her son, Horus.

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The Magical/Medical Cippi of Horus
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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 15

A cross between between sea serpent,
leopard and whale, the Dingonek was thought to help grow crops and cure illness.

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Waiting for Dingonek: An End to the Dread Plague

Imagine this: two big game hunters are sitting around Lake Victoria, reminiscing and being racist as one was wont to do in the early nineteen hundreds. As Edgar Beecher Bronson recounts in his 1910…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 9

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 9

In Tibetan, the word Ro means ‘corpse’.
And Langs means to ‘rise up’.
You can do the math…

Touched by a Zombie: the Tibetan Ro-Langs

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Touched by a Zombie: the Tibetan Ro-Langs

In the past, Zombie possession was typically presented in Western media as a function of sorcery, often tied to Africa or Haiti. While these Zombies were mind controlled slaves, who could in theory…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 9

Carl Tanzler became fascinated with an apparition’s message showing him his one true love. Once he found her, he wasn’t going to let her death spoil their romance…

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The Secret of Elena’s Tomb: the Haunted Heart of Carl Tanzler

Imagine this: as a young boy in Germany, you’re haunted by a ghost. A long dead ancestor, she gives you a vision of your true love: She shows you a young woman who is exotic, dark haired, dar…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Fenn Treasure was a $2M cache of gold and jewels that Forrest Fenn stashed in the Rocky Mountains. He then penned a poem full of clues, leaving many a treasure seeker looking for the loot.

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A Dangerous Poem, Indeed: The Treasure of Forrest Fenn

Can words kill? Sure. Consider hate speech and the incitement to violence; words can lead to bloodshed. But how about a poem? I mean, poems are usually pretty nice. Even the bleak, don’t-go-g…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 8

Loadstones (magnets) always aligned themselves to Polaris, the North Star.
So what could possibly be attracting all of these Magnets North?
To famed cartographer Gerardus Mercator the answer seemed obvious: It had to be a Big Magnet.

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#MythologyMonday

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The Mapmaker, the Alchemist and the Island of Magnets: Rupes Nigra

Yes, magnets are cool, but there’s also something downright magical about them…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 7

A #BloodMoon has been associated with the Apocalypse, wrathful rites of Thessalian witches, world devouring jaguars and celestial dragons.

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Lunar Lunacies and Blood Moons

A blood moon is a foreboding sight. While technically it is just an eclipse caused by the Earth passing directly between the sun and moon, here the sunlight becomes refracted by the Earth’s a…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 4

Nut (Nwt), the Egyptian sky goddess, is pictured stretched over the world as she forms the heavens above. Each morning she gives birth to the sun, a red disk that travels along the length of her body until it is swallowed whole each evening.

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Nut: The Egyptian Sky Goddess

Nut (Nwt), the Egyptian sky goddess, is often pictured stretched over the world as she forms the heavens above. Each morning she gives birth to the sun, depicted below as a red disk that travels al…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Onondaga story of the Pleiades revolves around dancing children and a mysterious elder, Bright Shining Old Man.

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#folklorethursday

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The Stars Who Fed Us: the Onondaga and the Seven Sisters

A constellation that is central in the field of archaeo-astronomy is the Pleiades, also called the Seven Sisters. If you want to know when to reap and when to sow the harvest, or how the seasons ar…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Sphinx terrorized the people of Thebes; she asked all those that passed by her a riddle; those that were unable to solve it would be strangled and devoured.

Can you solve them all?

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Riddles of the Sphinx

The Sphinx is an iconic image of Ancient Egypt; half-lion and half human, it waits in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza, a guardian of their secrets throughout the centuries. While that particula…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Aug 26

From the violence of a werewolf to the retribution of the Gods, here is a tale of cruelty that ends with an act of re-creation.

Because after the Deluge, the World Begins Anew….

#FairytaleTuesday

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The Werewolf and the Flood, pt 1: The Beast

Imagine this: you are privy to the Council of the Gods on Mount Olympus, presided over by the Thunder-Bolt wielding Zeus. And today He’s mighty pissed about humanity, whom He has essentially,…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Aug 21

The mythological origin story for the tropical breadfruit is quite literally 🤢🤮

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Bountiful Breadfruit

Known as the Ulu, the breadfruit tree is an important species found throughout the Hawaiian island chains. While non-native to the islands, it has become an important sustenance crop for food, shel…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Grand Grimoire is a ~15th century text containing the instructions to signing a pact with Lucifer,
The work is divided into two books (some editions contain a third, middle book on necromancy).

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Deals with the Devil: the Red Dragon’s Demons

Let me begin with a significant disclaimer: Kids, don’t try this at home. To be a little more serious about it, today’s topic is demonology; specifically, the demons found in Le Veritab…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Aug 20

Was H.P. Lovecraft “inspired” by the poet Lord Tennyson in creating Cthulhu?

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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Cthulhu Origins

Now, if you don’t know who Cthulhu is, keep enjoying your safe, Euclidean environment and relish your sanity. Otherwise, open your Necronomicon to page 666, and contemplate the following poem…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Aug 17

The notion of cats having multiple lives is cross-cultural, but the number of lives they are allotted isn’t. Cats in Spain are said to have 7 lives, while those in Turkey and in Arabic myths only get 6.

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#FolkloreSunday

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Why Do Cats Have Nine Lives? From Romeo to Ra

Cats are said to have nine lives, an idiom used to describe someone that has cheated death, and common enough English that it was referenced in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet where Mercutio threate…

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MythCrafts @mythcrafts.bsky.social · Aug 14

Sir Isaac Newton has been referred to as the last of the great magicians, and the first of the great scientists.

He also created his own translation of Hermes Trismegistus’ mysterious alchemical text, the Emerald Tablet.

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#BookologyThursday

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Isaac Newton and the Emerald Tablet

Sir Isaac Newton has been referred to as the last of the great magicians, and the first of the great scientists; the truth of this statement can be found in his copious notes on alchemy, which riva…

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