Scoring a cross on the top of a loaf before baking was believed to let the steam escape safely, but more importantly, to keep the devil and malicious spirits from ruining the dough. #Folklore
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In English tradition, the first roll of thunder after August 1st (Lammas) foretold the fate of the remaining harvest; a rolling rumble promised abundance, while a sharp crack warned of trouble. #folklore
#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `At the head of fair Loch Etive they passed the spring and summer months, Usna’s sons of the white steeds and the brown deer-hounds, whose breasts were broader than the wooden leaves of the door.` Source: Cuchulain, The Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull
In St Mary the Virgin's Church, Woodford, Northamptonshire a preserved human heart was discovered in a pillar during restoration work. Some suspect it belonged to a monk, whose ghost has been sighted in the church and, apparently, photographed by holidaymakers in the 1960s. #spookysunday #folklore
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this inaugural #SpookySunday, continuing seamlessly from #PhantomsFriday, which I really appreciate. Great to welcome a few new contributors, too. I really needed to free up my Fridays, so I'm grateful for the continued support. Till the next one, good night!
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
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
After 7 nights Weed-month slips into dwellings;August brings Lammas Day. Autumn comes after that number of nights but one [August 7], bright,laden with fruits.10thC poem known as ‘Menologium’ dated season of autumn began shortly after #Lammas #Folklore 🌾 aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2017/08/a-li...
A Little History of Lammas
BL Harley 603, f.66 Today is Lammas, an Anglo-Saxon harvest festival celebrated on 1st August. Its name comes from Old English hlaf , '...
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Here in the northern hemisphere, it is almost Lughnasadh, or Lammas, the first of the harvest festivals! To help you celebrate, we've rounded up our best rituals, spells, books, and more! www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=16...
Happy Lammas! Here's Your Guide to Celebration
Lammas is almost here for us in the Northern Hemisphere. Here are spells, recipes, rituals, and more to get your celebration started.
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#Lughnasadh energy 2026. Radiant,creative,expressive. Grateful for own growth.Step into leadership.Reflect on hard work,boundaries,and how you paced yourself.Shed what not needed.Balance own honest desires with community contribution and future-focused innovation, enjoy change!
John Barleycorn is made of barley.The lyrics first written in 1624 describe planting, growing, harvesting, and brewing as a series of tortures and a symbolic death and rebirth. #Folklore #Lughnasadh
🍂✨🍂'Dancing with the Fairies' - illustration by Arthur Rackham for 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' by J. M. Barrie. #FolkloreThursday #FolkWitchFriday #FolkloreSunday
The manna ash (Fraxinus ornus) produces a sweet sap in summer once believed to be heaven’s star-fallen dew. The ash’s Greek name “melia” links to “meli” (honey). In myth ash wood formed the first spears, sacred to Ares & the Kouretes; its sap was sacred to Zeus. #FolkloreThursday
#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `By magic Gwydion guessed the name of Arawn’s champion: Brân. Thus the power of the dark gods was broken, and the sons of Dôn retained for the use of men the deer, the dog, and the lapwing, stolen from that #Otherworld, whence all good gifts came.` 1/2
In Anglo-Saxon and medieval English custom, blessed Lammas loaves were sometimes broken into pieces and placed in the corners of barns to protect the upcoming harvest. #Folklore
Tibetan Folk Tales: The Man with Five Friends #Folklore #InternationalfriendshipDay mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/02/tibe...
Tibetan Folk Tales: The Man with Five Friends
This is a story about a man who puts his wife to the test, and he also put his five friends to the test as well. Luckily, at least one of th...
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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `One day, as the Dagda was in the trench, he saw his son, Angus Og, coming to him. "That is a good meeting," said Angus; "but what is on you, for you have no good appearance to-day?" "There is a reason for that," said the Dagda, "for every evening, Cridenbel, the blind 1/7
Greek myth's most famous transgender individual is Tiresias, turned from man to woman (or intersex) by Hera and/or Zeus during a quarrel. The blind seer oversaw many tragedies and many heroes sought their wisdom. #MythologyMonday 🖼: J.H. Füssli
In the tale of Hoichi the Earless, Buddhist monks paint a blind musician's body with a Buddhist sutra that makes him invisible to ghosts as long as he stays still: but they forgot the ears! #MythologyMonday
