"Onmyōji were historical Japanese court magicians, astronomers, and diviners who specialized in Onmyōdō—a traditional occult cosmology based on the Chinese philosophies of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements."
Winchester Mansion is as curious for its peculiar labyrinthine architecture as for its hauntings. Made by the heiress of the Winchester rifle company, construction didn't halt until her death. The ghosts vary in age and gender, going to doors, through walls. #PhantomsFriday
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Most feared of all winged creatures is the Roc or Rukh, the massive bird of prey that stalks the Indian Ocean in the folklore of the Middle East and East Africa. Marco Polo wrote it was believed to feed on elephants, such was its size. #FolkloreSunday
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The Bennu Bird flew over the waters before Creation, and soon after the first Sun rose. A resident of Heliopolis, the bennu bird would periodically leave and return, often at times of great change. Herodotus first mentions it under a different name: the Phoenix. #FolkloreSunday
Why do bats fly? According to a Nigerian tale, bat jokingly told his friend bushrat his soup tasted so good because he bathed in it; bushrat tried this and boiled himself alive. Blamed for his death, bat became a convict: he flies from justice. #FolkloreSunday
As Midsummer is Freyja's time, it is also Frey's. The Vanir god leads efforts to plant and grow and harvest, and is the master of the hard growing period: thus as Midsummer represents the time between initial planting and harvesting, it is time to praise Frey. #FairyTaleTuesday
How King Minos died in the realm of King Cochalus varies, but it is always from a bath. In some versions, Cochalus or his daughters pour boiling water upon him, but most famously it is Daedalus himself, ingenious pipes boiling the bath, who gets his revenge. #MythologyMonday
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.木兎のつくづく春を惜しむやう
“the horned owl
regrets it deeply...
spring departs”
(Issa)
🎨 Takahashi Biho “Owl and Cherry Blossoms” (c 1900)
#OwlishMonday
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When your aura is powerful, your friends can sense your death whole nations away. Betrayed by his wife, Japanese mystic Abe no Seimei was slain by his rival; his friend Hakudo, all the way in Tang China, sensed his death, resurrected him, and they got revenge. #PhantomsFriday
When Sikh forces in the Khalsa army sought to abandon the cause, Mai Bhago donned armor and took up the sword, and inspired them to fight. Such was her ferocity that when the battle was won and Mughals repelled, she became the bodyguard of Guru Gobind Singh. #MythologyMonday
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Villages across Portugal and Galicia have their own moura encantadas, believed to be descended from Celtic era spirits. Long-haired and beautiful, these fairy women are under a dangerous spell, and if broken they grant treasure or love. #WyrdWednesday
