One can journey to the magical island of Tír na nÓg by misted paths, through murky caves, over and under the sea, by enchanted boat or on Manannán's mythical horse.
#faustianfriday #superstitiology
If March comes in like a lion it will go out like a lamb✨
Wishing everyone a magical March!
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The dangerous asrai lurk in Celtic waters. This alluring nymph waits under the full moon, hoping to drag you into to the murky deep.
#ofdarkandmacabre #superstitiology
A misty winter brings a pleasant spring, a pleasant winter a misty spring.
~Irish Proverb
Celtic Forest by Jill Louise Campbell
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Chutes and Ladders evolved from an ancient Indian game called Snakes and Ladders. Originally a 10th century game invented by Jain monks, the game demonstrated that our choices of virtue and vice determined our fate.
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In ancient Greece, the aquamarine was thought to have tumbled from a mermaid’s treasure chest. The blue gemstone was believed to be blessed by the sea god Neptune, and said to provide protection and bring good fortune.
#fairytaletuesday #superstitiology
'Or she may be seen at night as a shrouded woman, crouched beneath the trees, lamenting with veiled face; or flying past in the moonlight, crying bitterly: and the cry of this spirit is mournful beyond all other sounds on earth...'
-Lady Wilde
#GhoulMoon #Superstitiology
Those born on Good Friday will be able to see ghosts and will never feel fear...
#GothicSpring #Superstitiology
Walpurgis Night approaches and my head is amok with witches!
Goethe’s poem has many inspiring lines #Folklore #Folklore Thursday #Walpurgisnacht #ofdarkandmacabre #witch es #witch #Superstitiology
#gothicspring
When a swan turns its head back over its body during the day, it means a bad storm is on the way.
art by Alfred Brehm (1869)
#ofdarkandmacabre #gothicspring #superstitiology
When you are walking as a couple and forced to separate by an obstacle, simply utter the charm “bread and butter” to prevent bad luck.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day🍀
Sharing some leprechaun images from my beloved and worn copy of FAERIES by Brian Froud and Alan Lee that I’ve had since I was 12.
#bookchatweekly #bookwormsat #ofdarkandmacabre #superstitiology
The lead sheep of a flock would often have a bell hung around its neck, designating it as the bellwether (Middle English) It has eventually come to mean a person who is a trendsetter.
art by Vicki Sawyer
#folkloresunday #superstitiology
In Brittany, witches and priests were believed able to raise a whirlwind; even to control & travel on such a wind. Some thought the whirlwind was the Devil carrying a soul to Hell or that it contained a witch condemned to forever wander the earth. #WyrdWednesday #Superstitiology
✨🌿✨It was believed that Elder tree sap dabbed on the eyelids, would confer the ability to see Faeries.
#FolkloreSunday #Superstitiology
Be hole, be dust, be dream, be wind/Be night, be dark, be wish, be mind,/Now slip, now slide, now move unseen,/Above, beneath, betwixt, between.
—Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
art by Lady Viktoria #superstitiology
#ofdarkandmacabre #gothicspring
🌊🐇🌊An old Cornish belief said that if a white hare was seen leaping silently from boat to boat in a harbour, it was warning the fishing fleet of a coming storm.
#FolkloreSunday #Superstitiology
St. Elmo’s fire is a weather phenomenon that appears as “spirit fires” dancing across the riggings of ships during storms. If the fire stays among the riggings, it is considered a good omen and means the sailors will survive the storm.
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