Lughnasadh is meant to be a time when calves are weaned and the first fruits of the season are ripe. In Ireland, some believed that farmers had to wait until Lughnasadh to harvest their fruits. Otherwise the community would be stricken with bad luck. #WyrdWednesday

Feldgeister are mythical German corn spirits, which includes the Roggenwolf (rye wolf), Erbsenbär (pea bear), Heukatze (hay cat), Weizenvogel (wheat bird), and many other animal and human forms. During harvest, they flee deeper into the fields to escape mowers. #WyrdWednesday

In ancient Egypt, the first wheat of harvest season, cut by the pharaoh, was offered to Min, god of harvest, fertility, and sexuality. He was portrayed holding his erect penis in one hand and a threshing tool in the other. His sacred plant, lettuce, was believed to be an aphrodisiac. #WyrdWednesday

What is WRONG with the writers of House of the Dragon?! Why do they insist on these gross incestuous mother/son scenes? Even the Targaryens have never crossed that line! I know the writers don't give a shit about the source material, but why would they actively CHOOSE to add that??

The Encantado is an Amazon river dolphin that transforms into a handsome, musically talented young man. At night, these shapeshifters wear hats to hide their blowholes and attend parties to seduce women, impregnate them, and then return to the river. #MythologyMonday

The Cat Bayun of Slavic lore has a hypnotic voice that lures travelers to sleep, and iron claws that it uses to kill them. Luckily they can be caught by someone wearing iron gloves and a iron hat, after which they serve their captor and use their voice to heal illness. #MythologyMonday

Hathor is the Egyptian goddess of motherhood, women, fertility, and the sky. She was often depicted as a cow, with a cow's head, or wearing a crown with cow horns. It was believed the divine milk flowing from her udders created the Milky Way. #MythologyMonday

"Yet this abundant issue seem'd to me But hope of orphans and unfather'd fruit; For summer and his pleasures wait on thee, And thou away, the very birds are mute; Or if they sing, 'tis with so dull a cheer That leaves look pale, dreading the winter's near." —Sonnet 97 #ShakespeareSunday

Goddess in Flower Garden

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"Never did passenger in summer's heat More thirst for drink than she for this good turn. Her help she sees, but help she cannot get; She bathes in water, yet her fire must burn." —Venus and Adonis #ShakespeareSunday

Woman on Stormy Beach at Dusk

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"There is so hot a summer in my bosom, That all my bowels crumble up to dust: I am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen Upon a parchment, and against this fire Do I shrink up." —King John #ShakespeareSunday

Rupert Grint Burns Paper by Candlelight

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"It was pleasant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading in the empty house in the afternoons. The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives." —Matilda, Roald Dahl #BookWormSat

Reading Book: Turning Pages

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"I am not, of course, telling you for one second that your teacher actually is a witch. All I am saying is that she might be one. It is most unlikely. But—here comes the big 'but'—not impossible." —The Witches, Roald Dahl #BookWormSat

Outcast Academy: Ms. Zeffirelli's Lesson

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"Whipped cream isn't whipped cream at all if it hasnt been whipped with whips, just like poached eggs isn't poached eggs unless it's been stolen in the dead of the night." —Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl #BookWormSat

Dali Inspired: Surreal Egg, Sun & Butterfly

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"The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves." —The BFG, Roald Dahl #BookWormSat

Halloween Bats Swarm Under Full Moon

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"I stand there, feeling broken and small, thousands of eyes trained on me. There's a long pause. Then, from somewhere in the crowd, someone whistles Rue's four-note mockingjay tune... The one that meant safety in the arena." —Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins #BookologyThursday

Mockingjay Salute in The Hunger Games

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"In Gaza, you can find a man planting a rose in the hollow space of an unexploded tank shell, using it as a vase." —Palestine A-Z, Mosab Abu Toha #BookologyThursday

Red Anime Rose Against Starry Sky

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"We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary. That was how you survived when you weren’t chosen... When the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway." —Crooked Kingdom, Leigh Bardugo #BookologyThursday

Shadow And Bone: Kaz Brekker Fight Scene

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Feeling bitter because there's only a few weeks left of summer and I haven't gone swimming, not even once, and barely gone hiking, because the extreme heat in my area necessitates staying inside with the AC on full blast, or you'll die of heatstroke. Fuck climate change.

The Ozark Howler has been sighted in the Ozark Mountains since the early 1800s. Described as bear-shaped with stocky legs, horns, shaggy black fur, and glowing red eyes, it emits a cry that sounds like a mix of a wolf's howl, an elk's bellow, and a hyena's laugh. #WyrdWednesday

The Ukranian tale "Cow's Head" is about a girl, Oksana, who's banished to a forest cabin by her evil stepmother. A disembodied cow's head appears outside, asking for food and shelter. Oksana complies and is rewarded for her generosity with gold, jewels, and gowns. #WyrdWednesday

The Greek myth of the divine ram with the Golden Fleece might have been inspired by the golden takin, an animal found in the Himalayas. Legend has it this creature was created by a powerful Lama who combined the bones of a goat and a cow. #WyrdWednesday

In the Chinese tale "The Nodding Tiger," a tiger kills a young woodcutter and is brought to court, where a judge orders him to provide for the woodcutter's elderly mother. The tiger leaves food on the old woman's doorstep once a week, and the two become close. #FairyTaleTuesday

"Aunt Tiger" is a Taiwanese folktale about a tiger spirit who descends from the mountains and shapeshifts into an old woman to abduct and devour children. She seeks houses where children are home alone and poses as a visiting aunt to trick them into opening the door. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the Korean tale "The Tiger and the Dried Persimmon," a tiger overhears a mother tell her baby to stop crying or a tiger will eat him. The baby only stops crying at the mention of dried persimmon. The tiger flees, thinking dried persimmon is an animal even scarier than he is. #FairyTaleTuesday

Ebisu, the Japanese patron god of fishermen, is born without bones or limbs, so his godly parents set him adrift in a boat. He reaches the island Hokkaido, where the Ainu people take him in. His bones and limbs later grow, and he becomes a beloved god associated with prosperity. #MythologyMonday

Wayland the Smith is a master blacksmith in Germanic myth, known for forging the swords of legendary heroes. In one tale, he's enslaved by a king who cripples his legs so he can't escape. He manages to make a feathered cloak and fly out the window. #MythologyMonday

Vishpala is a warrior princess mentioned in the Rigveda. According to the text, her leg is "severed like a bird's wing in battle," and she receives an iron prosthetic leg from the healer gods, the Ashvins, "so she could run swiftly to combat." #MythologyMonday

Second-degree burns are no fun. Be careful in the kitchen, folks!

Gitapro3 Gitagita Crying to Happy Cat

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The Cisco Kid, an American Western series from the 1950s, was the first show ever produced in color. However, since many broadcasts were still in black and white, most viewers didn’t see the show in color until the 60s. #FlashbackFriday medium.com/@sacha1689.s...

10 Television Milestones That Were Reached Sooner Than You Think

With television being so ubiquitous in today’s culture, it’s hard to imagine a time when it was new. Although televisions did not become…

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The Kiss (1896), one of the first films ever showed commercially to the public, was considered shocking and obscene for portraying a couple kissing. But when it was remade four years later, there was considerably less backlash. #FlashbackFriday medium.com/@sacha1689.s...

The First 10 Movie Remakes Ever Made

Every movie fan has an opinion about remakes. Some love them, while some claim they cheapen the original and that modern Hollywood needs…

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