@juergen_hubert@germany@folklore There's always a surprise in these folktales: this must be the first time I come across a devil who darns his trousers.
@juergen_hubert@germany@folklore I like all the ones in the Bros Grimm where the "dear Lord Jesus" goes around blasting the shit out of everybody who annoys him.
On St. Andrew's Night, you can use a magical ritual in order to discover your future lover - but this ritual can easily result in tragedy in the long run.
A good number of years ago, I was visiting a colleague in Krakow, and the visit happened to include St Andrew's Day.
Inevitably, we went to a party, where there was fortune telling (students dressed as witches). by interpreting the patterns of wax poured into water.. Anyway, I was told I'd be engaged to be married within the year. I laughed, but I was (and we're still together 23 years later)
@juergen_hubert@germany@folklore from my time co-working inside a engineering consultancy, this is still how things work, though 50% of the time the "miller" is happy with the construction and just hands over their soul
@Ellirahim@germany@folklore There's lots of German folk tales tales about subterranean lakes with connections to the "World Ocean" that threaten to burst and flood the surrounding countryside if they are not properly appeased (which was a plot point in a #ttrpg session I ran recently).
So it doesn't surprise me that digging into the realms of the dwarves might produce such a result.
King Gylfi of Sweden compassionately awarded an old woman with as much land as four oxen could plow. She was secretly the Norse goddess Gefjon, and her four oxen dragged away enough land to create the island of Zealand. The hole left behind was Sweden's Lake Mälar. #WyrdWednesday#folklore#mythology#NorseMythology#Norse#Viking
Though Apollo was the noble Greek god of music, light, and healing, he also was the feared god of diseases. People would pray to Apollo to protect them and their livestock. If Apollo was angry, he'd use his arrows to destroy them with horrible illnesses.
🎨 Pierre-Charles Jombert #LegendaryWednesday#folklore#mythology#Greece
@juergen_hubert@germany@folklore
they seem honest folk who at least make sure humans come to no harm. So many in the folklore are not so well inclined!
The Egyptian god Set being called the "red-headed god" marked him as an outsider. It linked him to the red desert sands rather than the fertile black soil where most Egyptians lived. It also gave him the hair colour of a foreigner; Set was the god of foreigners. #mythologymonday#folklore#mythology#Egypt
In much of Shropshire, the magpie is seen as a negative omen. However, in Edgmond and parts of Shrewsbury, the bird was incredibly lucky, and wishes made under the protection of the bird were sure to come true. ✨️