Myth Crafts @MythCrafts
We are lovers of all things #Mythology and #Folklore mythcrafts.com Joined October 2016-
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We need to reframe the idea of those being oppressors having strength. Strong people are not afraid of an even playing field and do not have to resort to establishing externalized systematic disadvantages for others to be able to succeed.
Egyptian Amulets were often forged in the form of jewelry, easy to carry on the body and imbibed with #magical powers to elevate them to amulet status. Link ⬇️ #FolkloreSunday mythcrafts.com/2020/11/12/mag…
Text from this book (available to download or read online for free): gutenberg.org/files/43286/43…
Kijo are female demons capable of powerful magic and evil curses. It is believed that they were once regular women who transformed into #yokai due to crimes or jealous rage. More below👇 #WyrdWednesday 🎨'Taira Koremochi Slaying the Female Demon Kijo' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1855.
Kijo are female demons capable of powerful magic and evil curses. It is believed that they were once regular women who transformed into #yokai due to crimes or jealous rage. More below👇 #WyrdWednesday 🎨'Taira Koremochi Slaying the Female Demon Kijo' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1855. https://t.co/zlTPH4Idn4
Mayan entrance in the caves of Xcaret, Riviera Maya, Mexico. #WyrdWednesday
A manipulative and lustful #wizard is hoist by his own petard in #JohnGower’s tale of #Nectanebus, who convinces the Queen that he is a god, seduces her, and is murdered by the son born from the father's deception. #CrimeNeverPays for #WyrdWednesday. ellinanderson.com/Nectanebus.html
A partial chart of some criminally prosecuted animals from the last thousand years. Those eels, man, always causing trouble. (Source linked) #WyrdWednesday
in 1976, the 6 Million Dollar Man was filming in an amusement park. When they went to move one of the displays they found petrified human remains inside…. Ones that belonged to a notorious criminal. #WyrdWednesday mythcrafts.com/2017/06/08/the…
I love finding examples of v*gina dentata out in the wild!
The Histerical Society has created some whimsical short mythology inspired videos to remind us of the importance of women’s rights ahead of the 2024 US election. youtu.be/9RDATEl0_FY?si…
A jade burial suit is a ceremonial suit made of pieces of jade in which royal members in Han dynasty China were buried. The suit is constructed of 4,248 custom cut jade pieces connected by gold wire. Jade suits were first documented in literature around 320 AD. During the Han…
Kupala is one of the most ancient and important holidays in Belarusian folklore and mythology, associated with the summer solstice. It was believed that on this day nature comes alive and the rampage of unclean power begins. #FolkyFriday 🧵
Patriarchal rule has a sordid history of creating moral panics around female sexuality to justify stripping rights to women’s bodily autonomy. Brimming with razor sharp teeth, the toothed vagina is one of those myths. Bite Me.: The Myth of Vagina Dentata a.co/d/546eS7u
Patriarchal rule has a long and sordid history of creating moral panics around female sexuality to control and subjugate women. My book focuses on the symbol of the toothed v*gina to reveal how entrenched the idea of the sexually dangerous woman is in our world.
In the Goetia, Astaroth is Hell's duke of laziness and self-rationalization. He claims to not truly be a fallen angel; this is all a terrible misunderstanding. When conjured, he can teach math, make people invisible, command serpents, and reveal hidden treasure. #WyrdWednesday
In 1836 17 tiny ‘Lilliputian’ coffins containing carved wooden figures were discovered buried in a shallow cave on Arthur’s Seat, near Edinburgh. Arranged in 2 tiers they seem to have been buried at different times, but by whom & for what purpose, no one knows. #WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday Tiamat is the eldest of dragons. born to the first Tiamat, the primordial sea from which all gods were born. The Dragon nursed hatred for the storm-god Marduk for slaying his mother. For 10,000 years he hoarded dwarf stars & gold to make a weapon to kill Marduk
Neolithic women in Europe were tied up and buried alive in ritual sacrifices, study suggests apple.news/A3r2tifGNQO6t-…
#LegendaryWednesday - “The sun, sister of the moon, shone from the south, with her hand over the rim of heaven; The sun did not know yet where her home should be. The moon did not know yet what power he had.” ~ Völuspá - Norse prophecy of the Völva tinyurl.com/3nu2c6ss
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We need to reframe the idea of those being oppressors having strength. Strong people are not afraid of an even playing field and do not have to resort to establishing externalized systematic disadvantages for others to be able to succeed.
Franz Stuck, cover of ‘Pan’ magazine (1895). ‘Pan’ was a German magazine that initially ran from 1895-1900, publishing avant-garde writers and artists.
#WyrdWednesday "Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel." The last words of George Appel, who was sent to the electric chair in 1928 for the murder of a policeman. It's said he would be forgotten by history by now if it wasn't for his 'dad joke' before execution...
Wow. Hits home. #WyrdWednesday #writerquote
The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. ~Dorothy L. Sayers English crime writer #wyrdwednesday
In #JapaneseFolklore, akashita is a #yokai appearing as a dark, black cloud with sharp claws, a beast's face and long red tongue. They generally appear during summer when water is needed the most. If rice farmers divert and steal water from neighbours... #WyrdWednesday 1/2
Mayan entrance in the caves of Xcaret, Riviera Maya, Mexico. #WyrdWednesday
#WyrdWednesday Topic : Crime and Punishment 'Let's get money now, we can fall in love later.' – Clyde Barrow Bonnie and Clyde Image: Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, circa 1933. Hulton archive/ Getty images.
#wyrdwednesday "Lost Hearts" is a ghost story by British writer M. R. James, originally published in 1895, later on collected in his anthology book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). The ghosts of two kids with hollow chests unveil a horrible crime. This is my own drawing
#Celtic #WyrdWednesday: Many #Irish myths revolve around the collecting of an honorprice. Instead of killing Tuireann's sons for murdering his father, #Lugh demanded payment of the éric, for the #nonviolent settlement of the dispute. However, the sons of Tuireann had to 1/3
Diego Corriente was an Andalusian bandit regarded, in life, as a kind of folk hero, for he gave to the poor part of what he took from the rich. However, his life had no happy end—in 1871, at 25 years of age, he was captured, hanged and quartered. 🎨R. del Castillo #WyrdWednesday
"With [his son's] intestines, the Aesir bound Loki over the three rocks..., and the fetters became iron. Skadi took a serpent and fastened it over him, so that the venom should drop from the serpent onto his face." - Snorri Sturluson, "Prose Edda" 🎨 James Penrose #WyrdWednesday
it was wise to leave town lickety-split should the Sisters put a 'sleepnt' mark on your door - some places run on different rules, have laws laid down by entities other than man ...and breaking those laws can have unimaginable consequences #WyrdWednesday #BledbrookeTales
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A partial chart of some criminally prosecuted animals from the last thousand years. Those eels, man, always causing trouble. (Source linked) #WyrdWednesday
Winter's Gibbet, near Otterburn, Northumberland, suspended the corpse of the highwayman William Winter as a warning to others. Splinters from the gibbet are said to cure toothache. Winter's ghost can be seen on foggy nights, at a nearby cattle grid. #WyrdWednesday #folklore
beautiful gazelles and their shadows in Namibia! Who took this photo?
An exception to the general rule of dolphins looking terrifying in #Roman mosaic art, courtesy of a cute example from Ostia Antica (Italy) 🐬 #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #MosaicMonday
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