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Bevan ThomasWhen the Greek hero Cadmus discovered his men had been killed by a dragon, he killed the dragon and sowed the ground with its teeth. A hose of warriors rose from the ground, and Cadmus tricked them into fighting each other. The five survivors helped Cadmus build Thebes. 🎨 Hendrick Goltzius<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegendaryWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greece</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monster</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dragon</a>

Bevan ThomasOne of the few myths of the Norse gods to survive outside of Iceland is the Faroe Islands' "Tale of Loki." The gods Odin, Hoenir, and Loki take turns using magic to save a farmer's son from a giant. However, only Loki is cunning enough to permanently defeat the giant. 🎨 John Bauer<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FaroeIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FaroeIslands</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Loki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Loki</a>

Bevan ThomasThe Welsh giant King Ysbaddaden had a beard so thick and tough it could only be shaved by the tusk of Ysgithyrwyn ("White Tusk"), chief of all boars. However, it was necessary for the tusk to be yanked from Ysgithyrwyn's mouth by Odgar son of Aedd while the boar still lived. 🎨 Walton Ford<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LegendaryWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LegendaryWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Celts</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/KingArthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KingArthur</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Arthurian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Arthurian</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monster</a>

Bevan ThomasIn Greek mythology, King Sisyphus was a crafty trickster. When Death (Thanatos) came for his soul, Sisyphus tricked Death into chaining himself, and then ran. His punishment for cheating Death was to constantly push a boulder up a mountain. Such a repetitive action was torment for the clever Sisyphus. 🎨 Matthäus Loder and Friedrich John<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greece</a>

Kyiv Independent Daily HeadlinesWednesday, August 13, 2025 Ukraine takes ‘effective measures’ to stop Russian infiltration near Dobropillia, Pokrovsk — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — We went to hell and back to achieve this result: SBU chief on Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb strike on Russian bombers … and more <a href="https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-13-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-13-2025/</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋🇮🇸 **Historic Edda Manuscript Returns to Iceland After 400 Years**"_Believed to be the youngest of the four main surviving Edda manuscripts, it remains the oldest known version of Snorri Sturluson’s work._"🔗 <a href="https://www.icelandreview.com/news/historic-edda-manuscript-returns-to-iceland-after-400-years/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.icelandreview.com/news/historic-edda-manuscript-returns-to-iceland-after-400-years/</a>. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iceland</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a>

Bevan ThomasAccording to some medieval bestiaries, the dragon is a huge python that lives in India. It hunts elephants, squeezing the beasts in its coils. However, this sometimes results in the dragon's death too, since when the elephant's corpse falls, it can crush its attacker underneath.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTaleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairyTaleTuesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medieval</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MiddleAges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleAges</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Bestiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bestiary</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monster</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dragon</a>

Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 🗡️"From many a home many a victim is devoted to death by the two-handled whip beloved of Ares, destruction double-armed, a gory pair." Aeschylus, Agamemnon 638🏛 Roman bronze sculpture, 201-300 CE<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfAres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DayOfAres</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreekRomanArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a>

Bevan ThomasThough Behemoth is described as a giant land animal in the Bible, other sources depict him as an elephant-headed demon. They say that Behemoth is a monstrous glutton who works as Satan's butler and cupbearer, and oversees Hell's banquets. He also has a good singing voice. 🎨 Louis Le Breton<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTaleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairyTaleTuesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Occult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Occult</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Demon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Demon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Demonology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Demonology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Monster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monster</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"This means telling better <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stories</a>, creating more compelling myths...if we don’t start creating aesthetic experiences that compete with the mythologies currently colonizing human consciousness, we’ll lose not through being wrong but through being boring...The circus needs better performances, not better reviews of the performances currently dominating the tent." <a href="https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/democracy-needs-art" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/democracy-needs-art</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Memes</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"Why Art Succeeds Where Arguments FailA <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#song</a> doesn’t fight for your attention—it rewards it with pleasure. A <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#story</a> doesn’t demand focus—it creates the desire to know what happens next. A <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a> doesn’t need to argue for its relevance—it becomes the lens through which <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reality</a> makes sense...The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> movement didn’t succeed through policy papers but through <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/songs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#songs</a> that held attention while transforming consciousness." <a href="https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/democracy-needs-art" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/democracy-needs-art</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Bevan ThomasIn Greek mythology, the moon goddess Selene falls in love with the shepherd Endymion as he sleeps on Mt. Latmus, so she begs Zeus to keep Endymion forever young. Zeus puts the youth into an eternal sleep, and he never ages. Selene visits Endymion every night. 🎨 Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greece</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rome</a>

Julie Shiel1/2 Early Sandman myths said he threw sand in the eyes of children. If they did not sleep their eyes would fall out. Ole Lukoje is a Danish version of the Sandman popularized by H.C. Andersen. <a href="https://redbubble.com/people/forgottenbeauty/works/35655213-ole-lukoje-kay-nielsen?asc=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">redbubble.com/people/forgo...</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MythologyMonday" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mythology" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23fairytale" target="_blank">#fairytale</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23illustration" target="_blank">#illustration</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23art" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://redbubble.com/people/forgottenbeauty/works/35655213-ole-lukoje-kay-nielsen?asc=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ole Lukoje - Kay Nielsen by fo...</a>

Bevan ThomasThe Sandman from Germanic and Scandinavian folklore puts people to sleep by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes. The grit (rheum) in one's eyes upon waking is supposedly the Sandman's sand. According to Hans Christian Andersen, the Sandman carries two umbrellas, one for dreams and one for nightmares. 🎨 Vilhelm Pedersen<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BookChatWeekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookChatWeekly</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FairyTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FairyTale</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scandinavia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#German</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Sandman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sandman</a>

Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monday</a>! 🌛"Selene, they say, fell in love with this Endymion and bore him fifty daughters. [...] The folk of Herakleia say that he retired to Mount Latmos and give him honour, there being a shrine of Endymion on Latmos." Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.1.4🏛️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eros</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Selene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Selene</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Endymion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Endymion</a>, circa 3th century BCE, from ancient Dimitrias, Magnesia, now at the National Museum of Athens<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfSelene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DayOfSelene</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MoonMonday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreekRomanArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a>

Mythology Monday ✨Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us Monday for the theme: SLEEP! Which myths feature sleep or slumbering? Write out your story and use the hashtag <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> for boosts. If joining from BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon! 😴Photo: 'Endormies' by Rupert Bunny. National Gallery of Victoria<a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@folklore</a> <a href="https://ohai.social/@TarkabarkaHolgy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TarkabarkaHolgy</a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@juergen_hubert</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/curiousordinary.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@curiousordinary.bsky.social</a> <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/@wihtlore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@wihtlore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@FairytalesFood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FairytalesFood</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@bevanthomas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bevanthomas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@FinnFolklorist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FinnFolklorist</a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/@Godyssey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Godyssey</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/@GaymerGeek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@GaymerGeek</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@starrytimepod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@starrytimepod</a> <a href="https://writeout.ink/@ljwrites" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ljwrites</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/pj-richards.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pj-richards.bsky.social</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@AnnaJunePage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@AnnaJunePage</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/nataljastgermain.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@nataljastgermain.bsky.social</a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/@JessMahler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@JessMahler</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ypxfras5oo6yheyyct5cmqn4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@beefolklore.bsky.social</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@FolkloreFun" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FolkloreFun</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/psychescinema.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@psychescinema.bsky.social</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@PatFurstenberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@PatFurstenberg</a>

Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈It's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfHelios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DayOfHelios</a> / Sol's Day / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sunday</a>! ☀️"[<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Helios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helios</a> the Sun] rides his chariot, he shines upon men and deathless gods, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden helmet. Bright rays beam dazzlingly from him, and his bright locks streaming from the temples of his head gracefully enclose his far-seen face." Homeric Hymn 31🏛️ Silver Kylix, 3rd century BCE, Pantikapaion<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Helios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Helios</a>

Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈Have a joyful <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfDionysos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DayOfDionysos</a> here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇"Lord [Dionysos], with whom Eros the subduer and the blue-eyed Nymphs, and radiant Aphrodite play, as you haunt the lofty mountain peaks." Anacreon, Fragment 357🏛 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dionysos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dionysos</a> on a chariot pulled by Maenads, Cameo, 1st century BCE<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreekRomanArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a>

Bevan ThomasWhile the Greek gods eat ambrosia and drink nectar, the Norse gods prefer a heartier meal. Every night the giant boar Sæhrímnir is slaughtered for food, and every morning he is reborn. Also, mead instead of milk pours from the udders of the great goat Heiðrún.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FolkyFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FolkyFriday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Greece</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Food</a>

Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹"The Kyprian Queen [Aphrodite] brooded above their souls, that olden love might be renewed, and heart-ache chased away." Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy 14.160🏛 Aphrodite Anadyomene, 1-2nd century CE, Musée Royal de Mariemont<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@antiquidons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DayOfAphrodite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DayOfAphrodite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekRomanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GreekRomanArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aphrodite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aphrodite</a>

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