https://pagan.plus/@Godyssey/113459334722825937 Godyssey@pagan.plus - Chang'e is the Chinese moon, a solitary goddess who lives on the moon with her sweet-making friend, the Jade Rabbit. She drank an elixir which would have given her lover, the archer Hou Yi, immortality: her reasons why are open to interpretation. #FolkloreSunday
🖼️: C. Li
https://pagan.plus/@Godyssey/113142157952978400 Godyssey@pagan.plus - In the folklore of the Dao, autumn is the time of the Western sky, the time of the White Tiger and a time of mourning and death, reflection and summation. Kyoto, Japan's former capital, was originally dedicated to the White Tiger, called Byakko in Japanese. #FolkloreSunday
https://pagan.plus/@Godyssey/113181494562152475 Godyssey@pagan.plus - In Zoroastrian tradition, hearths were maintained with places for familial prayer and sacrifice. With a flame burning constantly, it made it a safe place for one to offer up prayers and connections to the divinities, whether in ancient Iran or in diaspora. #FolkloreSunday
https://mastodon.social/@EssAeEm/113180867974530884 EssAeEm@mastodon.social - In Shetland folklore, trows are mischievous creatures that live inside hills but also sneak into homes to either warm up by the hearth or steal its fire for themselves. A trail of sparks leading from the fireplace to the door is a sign trows had been there. #FolkloreSunday
📷: Stéphane Juban
#Folklore #Trows #Fairies #Hearth #Shetland #Scotland #ScottishFolklore
https://mstdn.games/@GaymerGeek/113142359506466531 GaymerGeek@mstdn.games - Ever wonder why we carve pumpkins on Halloween? It's all because of Stingy Jack, an Irish trickster who outwitted the Devil but was doomed to wander the Earth with a carved turnip lantern. That's how Jack-o'-lanterns came to be! 🎃 #folkloresunday #folklore #mythology
https://pagan.plus/@Godyssey/113142137679311058 Godyssey@pagan.plus - Autumn is the time for reflection and learning, in Indian folklore, as it is the preferred season of the goddess Saraswati, patron of knowledge, music, abundance, speech, and flowing water. Honor her under the autumn moon. #FolkloreSunday
🖼️: The Dark Skinned Goddess Project
https://pagan.plus/@Godyssey/112943857056653434 Godyssey@pagan.plus - In China bats are used to represent the "Five Blessings," meaning long life, wealth, good health, virtuous nature, and a peaceful death in the end; this often contrasts their dark reception in other cultures around the world. #FolkloreSunday
Maude Frome on X: "In Welsh lore fairies couldn’t fly long distances, so they created Pembroke Welsh Corgis for the purpose of riding them on journeys & into battle as trained warrior dogs. The fairies then chose, in an act of great benevolence, to gift these corgis to humans. #FolkloreSunday https://t.co/edvdOhmPYT" / X https://x.com/frome_maude/status/1814932674206658858
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