Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for #Monday's theme: BONES. How are bones featured in mythology? Use the hashtag #MythologyMonday and write out a story. See you soon! 🦴🦴🦴
There is a Jewish tradition that the luz bone houses the soul, though scholars differ on exactly where in the spine the luz is located. It will not decay and will be the source of recreating the body at the time of resurrection.
Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for #Monday's theme: Fruits, Nuts, and Seeds. Which myths feature a fruit or nut as part of the story? Write out a tale and tag us with #MythologyMonday. See you on December 4 🌰
Alas, I haven't translated any of the numerous "witch-gifted apples with evil toads" tales from German folklore yet. But I will see what else I can find... 😉
Hello, Everyone! Join us for Monday's theme: Sea Adventures. Which myths feature a sea voyage? Write out a story and use the tag #MythologyMonday. See you soon! ⚓️
From Hawai'i we have the story of Kapaemahu, which is the story of four mahu, or transgender travelers from Kahiki, who came to O'ahu as guests and were healers. Under the guidance of their leader, Kapaemahu, the four who were said to have appeared to have been male in stature, but female in appearance and mannerism, being They/She in pronouns.
The four of them had traveled over a year, healing those who were injured or sick, and teaching others in the art of healing. They taught for each of their own magic, Kupuni who had a great strength of mana could heal through it enveloping those, Kionohi who could accurately divine the source of the sickness or injury, and Kahaloa who could through their breath restore life and heal. The four of them had spent a year traveling, teaching, and healing, returning to the location that they had arrived in the end.
Knowing that their magic would be important, the four of them worked with the people over the course of a month, moving four large stones to the site, and infusing the stones with their magic, so that any could pray to the stones to draw power to be able to heal themselves. The stones still exist to this day.
Hello, everyone! Join us for Monday's theme: Farming & Agriculture. Which myths feature farming? Write out a story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday. See you Monday!
Greetings, myth lovers! Join @AimeeMaroux for today's theme: redheads. Which #myths feature redheads, gingers, or otherwise red-haired characters? Tell us a the myth & tag #MythologyMonday with your #redhead lore. See you #Monday! 👩🦰
Greetings, myth lovers! Join @AimeeMaroux for today's theme: redheads. Which #myths feature redheads, gingers, or otherwise red-haired characters? Tell us a the myth & tag #MythologyMonday with your #redhead lore. See you #Monday! 👩🦰
Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for the last theme of October: Creepy Crawlies. Which stories feature these tiny creatures? Tag us if you're joining for the first time and use #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you Monday! 🕷️🐛🦗🐜
Germany doesn't have a lot of such tales, likely because we don't have any real life creepy-crawlies which are actually dangerous. But I do have a few that qualify.
Greetings, myth lovers! Join @AimeeMaroux for today's theme: Pumpkins. Which myths feature pumpkins, gourds or squashes? Tell us a the myth & tag #MythologyMonday with your #pumpkin lore. See you #Monday! 🎃
That's pretty common for ghosts in German folklore as well, including Irrlichts (the German counterpart to will-o'-wisps). They are not evil enough for Hell, but not good enough for Heaven, and thus are assigned penance on Earth until they are released.
Though there are also tales of people who have been kicked out of Heaven and Hell - usually smiths.
Very sketchy, but also very awesome. I mean, I don't know of any other people who get kicked out of Hell for creating a hostile workplace environment for the lesser devils!