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💫Thank you for the #LegendaryWednesday posts! They were fantasticly flightworthy. Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating. I am #thankful for this community and wish you all a beautiful week! See you #Wednesday. #Legend #poetry #folklore #fairytale #mythology #art #quote #film💫
💫Thank you for the #LegendaryWednesday posts! They were fantasticly flightworthy. Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating. I am #thankful for this community and wish you all a beautiful week! See you #Wednesday. #Legend #poetry #folklore #fairytale #mythology #art #quote #film💫
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November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
💫Thank you for the #LegendaryWednesday posts! They were fantasticly flightworthy. Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating. I am #thankful for this community and wish you all a beautiful week! See you #Wednesday. #Legend #poetry #folklore #fairytale #mythology #art #quote #film💫
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In English superstition, if a bird enters a house through the door and leaves through the window, news will follow. What kind of news depends on the bird. #LegendaryWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
In English superstition, if a bird enters a house through the door and leaves through the window, news will follow. What kind of news depends on the bird. #LegendaryWednesday
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Feathers were once sewn into clothing not for beauty but for power. Each carried the spirit of flight, speed, vigilance, or protection. #LegendaryWednesday
Art: Marcia Baldwin
Art: Marcia Baldwin
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Feathers were once sewn into clothing not for beauty but for power. Each carried the spirit of flight, speed, vigilance, or protection. #LegendaryWednesday
Art: Marcia Baldwin
Art: Marcia Baldwin
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#legendarywednesday: `One day, as the heroes of the Red Branch feasted together at Emain Macha, king Conchobar asked them if they had ever heard of a nobler company than their own.
They replied that the world could not hold such another.`
Source: #celtic Myth […]
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They replied that the world could not hold such another.`
Source: #celtic Myth […]
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November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#legendarywednesday: `One day, as the heroes of the Red Branch feasted together at Emain Macha, king Conchobar asked them if they had ever heard of a nobler company than their own.
They replied that the world could not hold such another.`
Source: #celtic Myth […]
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They replied that the world could not hold such another.`
Source: #celtic Myth […]
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A repost of some beautiful, birdy art for today's #LegendaryWednesday theme
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A repost of some beautiful, birdy art for today's #LegendaryWednesday theme
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Breton legend tells how Nimue [Vivien] was unable to leave the Forest of Broceliande. Merlin would frequently visit to show her the beautiful things he saw on his travels, such as a tree in which sat all the birds of the world ...
🎨Daniel Mackie & Jean-Noël Rochut
Breton legend tells how Nimue [Vivien] was unable to leave the Forest of Broceliande. Merlin would frequently visit to show her the beautiful things he saw on his travels, such as a tree in which sat all the birds of the world ...
🎨Daniel Mackie & Jean-Noël Rochut
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Breton legend tells how Nimue [Vivien] was unable to leave the Forest of Broceliande. Merlin would frequently visit to show her the beautiful things he saw on his travels, such as a tree in which sat all the birds of the world ...
🎨Daniel Mackie & Jean-Noël Rochut
Breton legend tells how Nimue [Vivien] was unable to leave the Forest of Broceliande. Merlin would frequently visit to show her the beautiful things he saw on his travels, such as a tree in which sat all the birds of the world ...
🎨Daniel Mackie & Jean-Noël Rochut
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Bird watching was ritual long before hobby. People once rose before dawn to greet the first singer of the day and judge the mood of the world by its song. #LegendaryWednesday
Art: Ditz
Art: Ditz
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Bird watching was ritual long before hobby. People once rose before dawn to greet the first singer of the day and judge the mood of the world by its song. #LegendaryWednesday
Art: Ditz
Art: Ditz
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To drink from the Well of Wisdom, the Norse god Odin had to give up one of his eyes to Mimir, the Well's guardian. In some versions, this is simply a sacrifice, but in others it's a trade - the eye gives Mimir access to Odin's knowledge just as the drink gives Odin access to Mimir's.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
To drink from the Well of Wisdom, the Norse god Odin had to give up one of his eyes to Mimir, the Well's guardian. In some versions, this is simply a sacrifice, but in others it's a trade - the eye gives Mimir access to Odin's knowledge just as the drink gives Odin access to Mimir's.
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Image by Emil Doepler
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November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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The adar llwch gwin were monstrously savage birds in Welsh folklore. Drudwas ap Tryffin owned a pair. Just before he dueled King Arthur, he ordered them to kill the first man to enter the battlefield. However, Drudwas accidentally entered first, so his birds tore him to pieces.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The adar llwch gwin were monstrously savage birds in Welsh folklore. Drudwas ap Tryffin owned a pair. Just before he dueled King Arthur, he ordered them to kill the first man to enter the battlefield. However, Drudwas accidentally entered first, so his birds tore him to pieces.
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2/3 Sirens were half bird women, rather than half fish women. Sirens would lure sailors onto the rocks & to their death with their irresistible songs. They would live only as long as no sailor passed them by. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #LegendaryWednesday #art #mythology #fairytale
The Siren - John William Waterhouse by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
The Siren - John William Waterhouse Sirens were known for shipwrecking sailors with their seductive calls..This pre-raphaelite painting was completed in 1900 by John William Waterhouse. "The Siren " ...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
2/3 Sirens were half bird women, rather than half fish women. Sirens would lure sailors onto the rocks & to their death with their irresistible songs. They would live only as long as no sailor passed them by. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #LegendaryWednesday #art #mythology #fairytale
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1/3 #Mermaids and #sirens are often depicted interchangeably but they weren't always.
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Ulysses and the Sirens - John William Waterhouse by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Ulysses and the Sirens - John William Waterhouse 1891
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
1/3 #Mermaids and #sirens are often depicted interchangeably but they weren't always.
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The kingfisher, known as the "Halcyon" bird by Socrates was described as: A bird, not great, but honoured by the gods because, while making its nest, all the world shares in happy days, aka the halcyon days, that excel all others in their calm & happiness. 🪹 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #mythology
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The kingfisher, known as the "Halcyon" bird by Socrates was described as: A bird, not great, but honoured by the gods because, while making its nest, all the world shares in happy days, aka the halcyon days, that excel all others in their calm & happiness. 🪹 #LegendaryWednesday #birds #mythology
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November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Image is from an Attic black-figured amphora, c. 540 BC.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Image is from an Attic black-figured amphora, c. 540 BC.
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In Greek mythology, the Stymphalian birds were man-eating birds who lived in a swamp in Stymphalia. They were feared for their bronze beaks, sharp bronze feathers they could launch at their victims, and poisonous dung. Heracles killed the birds for his Sixth Labour.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In Greek mythology, the Stymphalian birds were man-eating birds who lived in a swamp in Stymphalia. They were feared for their bronze beaks, sharp bronze feathers they could launch at their victims, and poisonous dung. Heracles killed the birds for his Sixth Labour.
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Crows remember faces for lifetimes and carry those memories through generations. Folklore called them messengers of fate. Science now quietly agrees. #LegendaryWednesday
Art: Ralph Macdonald
Art: Ralph Macdonald
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Crows remember faces for lifetimes and carry those memories through generations. Folklore called them messengers of fate. Science now quietly agrees. #LegendaryWednesday
Art: Ralph Macdonald
Art: Ralph Macdonald
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Gamoun, or Gamayon, is a prophetic bird from Russian #folklore. It has a woman's head and is omniscient. She spreads divine messages & prophecies & lives on an island near Paradise. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #LegendaryWednesday #wallart #homedecor #gifts #giftideas #art #mythology
Gamoun The Prophetic Bird - Viktor Vasnetsov by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Gamoun The Prophetic Bird - Viktor Vasnetsov
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November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Gamoun, or Gamayon, is a prophetic bird from Russian #folklore. It has a woman's head and is omniscient. She spreads divine messages & prophecies & lives on an island near Paradise. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #LegendaryWednesday #wallart #homedecor #gifts #giftideas #art #mythology
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Banshees used the waxwing as a torch to guide them through the dark Irish nights...
🎨Mounir Khalfouf #LegendaryWednesday
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November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Banshees used the waxwing as a torch to guide them through the dark Irish nights...
🎨Mounir Khalfouf #LegendaryWednesday
🎨Mounir Khalfouf #LegendaryWednesday
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In order to learn the secrets of the dead, the Norse god Odin sacrificed himself. He hung for nine days and nights on Yggdrasil, the World Tree, with his enchanted spear in his side, denied food and water until Odin received an ecstatic vision of the sacred runes.
🎨Franz Stassen
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🎨Franz Stassen
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November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In order to learn the secrets of the dead, the Norse god Odin sacrificed himself. He hung for nine days and nights on Yggdrasil, the World Tree, with his enchanted spear in his side, denied food and water until Odin received an ecstatic vision of the sacred runes.
🎨Franz Stassen
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🎨Franz Stassen
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November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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2/2 Alkonost sings through the day of joyful futures. Sirin laments through the night of past sorrows.
🎨Rene Bull
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The Rubaiyat - The Bird of Time - Rene Bull by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Quatrain VII Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly - and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing. Please see my shop fo...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
2/2 Alkonost sings through the day of joyful futures. Sirin laments through the night of past sorrows.
🎨Rene Bull
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1/2 Sirin and Alkonist, Birds of Joy and Sorrow were half women/half bird creatures in Slavic #folklore.
🎨Viktor Vasnetsov redbubble.com/shop/ap/7085... #LegendaryWednesday #wallart #art #homedecor #giftidea #fairytale #mythology #fineart #gifs #folklore
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Joy and Sorrow - Viktor Vasnetsov by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble
Joy and Sorrow - Viktor Vasnetsov
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November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
1/2 Sirin and Alkonist, Birds of Joy and Sorrow were half women/half bird creatures in Slavic #folklore.
🎨Viktor Vasnetsov redbubble.com/shop/ap/7085... #LegendaryWednesday #wallart #art #homedecor #giftidea #fairytale #mythology #fineart #gifs #folklore
🎨Viktor Vasnetsov redbubble.com/shop/ap/7085... #LegendaryWednesday #wallart #art #homedecor #giftidea #fairytale #mythology #fineart #gifs #folklore
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#legendarywednesday: `King Conchobar had sent Borrach a secret command, that he should offer a feast to Fergus on his landing. Strange taboos called geasa are laid upon the various heroes of ancient Ireland in the stories; there are certain things that each […]
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November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#legendarywednesday: `King Conchobar had sent Borrach a secret command, that he should offer a feast to Fergus on his landing. Strange taboos called geasa are laid upon the various heroes of ancient Ireland in the stories; there are certain things that each […]
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