„Probably because fine weather was so important during harvest time, the #Cailleach was seen as a weather spirit, sometimes called the old gloomy woman or envisioned as a crane with sticks in her beak which forecast storms.“
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic#Mythology and #folklore
RT @GodysseyPodcast
The Cailleach is the embodiment of winter itself, an old woman and witch who flies like a storm over Ireland and Scotland and wields a powerful hammer that can break trees during a cold snap. A trickster and almost certainly a goddess, she can bless too. #FairyTaleTuesday
This is a comedic short involving #Ares and #Hermes I wrote for a friend when they were feeling down. Can Ares open himself up to experimentation like his girl Aphrodite suggested?
This week's #MythologyMonday theme is trees 🌲
Many stories in #GreekMythology have trees in it, some of which I will be telling in this thread.
The most famous tree-related myth must be the transformation of Daphne. Hit with Eros' fiery arrows, #Apollon was burning with desire for the nymph and pursued her when she fled from his advances. Feeling her strength wane, Daphne prayed for help from either her father or Gaia and was turned into the first laurel tree.
@mythology The laurel and the cypress are both sacred to Apollon. But what happens if someone cuts down a sacred tree? Erysichthon found out the hard way: he cut down a poplar in #Demeter's sacred grove but the goddess felt that her holy tree was in pain and she disguised herself as her own priestess, warning Erysichthon but he would not listen so she cursed him with insatiable hunger so that when he had eaten away all his wealth, he ate himself.
#WordWeavers Sep 18: Do your characters worry about their health?
Most of my characters are gods, so they can't get sick in the way us mortals can. But there are ways to hurt even immortals, like for instance with the blood of the hydra. It killed poor Chiron, the wise centaur who taught medicine, among many other things.
The oak is the favored tree of thunder gods all over the world, such as Zeus, Thor, and Perun. This is due in part to the oak's strength and power, but also because it is more often struck by lightning than other trees due to its height and high moisture content.
🎨 Lan Nghiem-Phu #MythologyMonday#mythology#folklore#tree
Hi, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: #Trees. Which myths feature trees? Write up a story & tag #MythologyMonday with your tree lore tweets. See you Monday! 🌳
Of all the methods of divination and healing that the #druids used, the most powerful and the most mysterious employed the serpent stone, a round bit of glass that had magical powers.
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore https://twitter.com/jdstanleywrites/status/971480605891309568
Seeing as all the other gods get to tell their stories on the @13thFloor, here's the Adventures of Me, as told
by Sam Snake, Chief Elijah Yellowhead, Alder York, David Simcoe and Annie King
Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
A rare #fresco of Aphrodite Anadyomene, Aphrodite/Venus rising from the sea. The goddess is in the nude, wringing out her hair. Note her beautiful jewellery!
"I know that I hung on a windy tree
Nine long nights,
Wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin,
Myself to myself,
On that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run...."
It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡
Meet the Jupiter of Cumae made of marble from Thassos. Cumae is famous for the Sybel of Cumae whose alleged cave is a tourist attraction. The statue probably used to be housed in the Temple of #Zeus which was turned into a basilica after Christianisation.
🏛️ #Jupiter of Cuma, 1st century CE, today in the National Archaeological Museum, #Naples
Every evening #Ourania spent stargazing on the roof she watched Helios sink below the waves of Okeanos in the West and darkness rise in the East as #Nyx emerged from Erebos, veiling the world in her darkness and bringing Sleep with her to close the eyes of gods and men. She made herself comfortable, a hand snaking below her dress as she imagined Night incarnate watching her from above.
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
#Hermes as a UPS delivery man, a visual joke from the music video of Hermes' #DestripandoLaHistoria song by Spanish musicians and animators Pascu and Rodri. The song retells many of Hermes' myths like the theft of Apollo's cows, the slaying of Argos, and the birth of Orion.
Tell us the #myth in a toot and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts! If you are participating for the first time, best tag us too so we won't miss your toot! 💖
„In England the fall equinox period was devoted to harvest fairs marked by mummers’ parades in which mythological characters like Robin Hood and Maid Marion danced with animal archetypes like the Hobbyhorse.“
„As the syllable hob usually indicates a connection with the #Otherworld, the hobbyhorse is thought to derive from Celtic practice, perhaps related to the horse goddess Epona.“
Source: P. Monaghan Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore https://twitter.com/MrPunchNFriends/status/1445832160380796929