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Though mooncalf is a rare insult today, it was common enough that Shakespeare called Caliban one. Its original meaning was a false pregnancy but it came to mean a monstrous birth or abortion, whether human or animal. #BookologyThursday 🖼️: J.N. Paton
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Though mooncalf is a rare insult today, it was common enough that Shakespeare called Caliban one. Its original meaning was a false pregnancy but it came to mean a monstrous birth or abortion, whether human or animal. #BookologyThursday
🖼️: J.N. Paton
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The Snallygaster is an American cryptid created by German immigrants in Maryland, a chimera of bird, octopi and reptile that eats chickens and children. It later spawned snollygoster, a 19th century insult for those without principle, often seeking or in power. #BookologyThursday
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The Snallygaster is an American cryptid created by German immigrants in Maryland, a chimera of bird, octopi and reptile that eats chickens and children. It later spawned snollygoster, a 19th century insult for those without principle, often seeking or in power. #BookologyThursday
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Wondrous is the wall-stone; broken by fate, the castles have decayed; the work of giants is crumbling. Roofs are fallen, ruinous are the towers. The grasp of the earth, stout grip of the ground, holds its mighty builders, who have perished and gone. - From 'The Ruin', Anglo-Saxon #BookologyThursday
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I have a number of The Strand Magazines in individual numbers rather than bound into volumes and this means I get to see the adverts, too. This one, from the close of the 19th Century is fab, isn't it? #BookologyThursday #Victorian #artnouveau
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Here for #BookologyThursday a few of my old #ghost books, which also serve as a plug for #PhantomsFriday when as always I will be looking forward to a full feed of ghostly #folklore, words, art, popular culture, haunted sites etc! All reposts: @[email protected] #Victorian #artsky #booksky
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Victorian, you say? That's an excuse for a shelfie if ever I heard one. #BookologyThursday #Victorian #19thCentury #booksky
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One of Jan Parker's terrifying illustrations to be found in 'Witchcraft and Black Magic' by Peter Haining (1982). #BookologyThursday #witchcraft #blackmagic #magick
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In #JapaneseFolklore there is definitely a #yokai for every occasion. When it comes to fruit, I present suika no bakemono, which appears as a watermelon-headed samurai. Very little is known about this strange supernatural creature. It comes from the Buson Yokai Emaki, a... #BookologyThursday 1/2
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"Tyger, tyger, burning bright..." A Staffordshire pottery figure group broadly contemporaneous with William Blake's poem. The tiger's so cute that I didn't notice at first the gruesome nature of the subject. #bookologythursday #WilliamBlack #Staffordshire #ceramics
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Discover this #BookologyThursday 📚
"Off with their heads!" This vicious command by the Queen of Hearts echoes with chilling authority. 👑 Dive into the whimsical chaos of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.' #Alicesadventuresinwonderland #BookChatWeekly📚 #QueenofHearts❤️The Queen of Hearts by John Tenniel circa 1910.
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Dive into ancient Irish mythology this #BookologyThursday with the legendary #Dagda the all-powerful father figure of the Tuatha Dé Danann! Known for his boundless strength and wisdom, the Dagda wields a magical harp, #Uaithne. This mystical instrument, linked to the fairies, holds the power to control the seasons and emotions, bringing joy, sadness, or slumber with its enchanting melodies. #IrishMythology #Bookchatweekly #FairyFolklore
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📚This #BookologyThursday, dive into the sly brilliance of Loki, the Norse trickster god of mischief and transformation! When a giant offers to build Asgard's wall in exchange for Freyja, the sun, and the moon, Loki hatches a clever plan to thwart him. This leads to the giant's downfall and the birth of Sleipnir, Odin's legendary steed! 🐴💫 #NorseMythology #Loki #trickstergod #NBF
🎨 by Iren Horrors
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📚This #BookologyThursday, dive into the sly brilliance of Loki, the Norse trickster god of mischief and transformation! When a giant offers to build Asgard's wall in exchange for Freyja, the sun, and the moon, Loki hatches a clever plan to thwart him. This leads to the giant's downfall and the birth of Sleipnir, Odin's legendary steed! 🐴💫 #NorseMythology #Loki #trickstergod #NBF
🎨 by Iren Horrors
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📚This #BookologyThursday, dive into the sly brilliance of Loki, the Norse trickster god of mischief and transformation! When a giant offers to build Asgard's wall in exchange for Freyja, the sun, and the moon, Loki hatches a clever plan to thwart him. This leads to the giant's downfall and the birth of Sleipnir, Odin's legendary steed! 🐴💫 #NorseMythology #Loki #trickstergod #NBF
🎨 by Iren Horrors
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📚This #BookologyThursday, dive into the sly brilliance of Loki, the Norse trickster god of mischief and transformation! When a giant offers to build Asgard's wall in exchange for Freyja, the sun, and the moon, Loki hatches a clever plan to thwart him. This leads to the giant's downfall and the birth of Sleipnir, Odin's legendary steed! 🐴💫 #NorseMythology #Loki #trickstergod #NBF
🎨 by Iren Horrors
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🧙♀️✨ "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
__Minerva McGonagall from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
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🎃🏇🌙🏇 The Dullahan, a spectral figure from Irish folklore, roams the night with its head in hand! Haunting specific locations, these eerie beings can be both malevolent and benevolent. A captivating blend of myth and mystery! 📚✨ #BookologyThursday #Dullahan #SleepyHollow
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Redcaps are a type of murderous goblin that soak their hats in the blood of their victims. According to Sir Walter Scott’s 'Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border,' “Every ruined tower in the south of Scotland is supposed to have an inhabitant of this species.” #BookologyThursday
📷: Damien Ramage
#Folklore #Redcap #Goblin #SirWalterScott #MinstrelsyOfTheScottishBorder #Scottland #ScottishFolklore #BorderFolklore
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"So they went off together. But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest, a little boy and his Bear will always be playing."
- A. A. Milne, 'The House at Pooh Corner'
#BookologyThursday🎨: E. H. Shepard
#WinnieThePooh #Pooh #ChristopherRobin #AAMilne #EHShepard #ChildrensLiterature
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"We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them."
- Bilbo Baggins ( 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien)
#BookologyThursday📷: Neha Godbole
#TheHobbit #BilboBaggins #JRRTolkien #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #MiddleEarth #Quote
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"We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them."
- Bilbo Baggins ( 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien)
#BookologyThursday📷: Neha Godbole
#TheHobbit #BilboBaggins #JRRTolkien #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #MiddleEarth #Quote
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"We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them."
- Bilbo Baggins ( 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien)
#BookologyThursday📷: Neha Godbole
#TheHobbit #BilboBaggins #JRRTolkien #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #MiddleEarth #Quote
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"We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them."
- Bilbo Baggins ( 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien)
#BookologyThursday📷: Neha Godbole
#TheHobbit #BilboBaggins #JRRTolkien #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #MiddleEarth #Quote
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"We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner! I can't think what anybody sees in them."
- Bilbo Baggins ( 'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien)
#BookologyThursday📷: Neha Godbole
#TheHobbit #BilboBaggins #JRRTolkien #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings #MiddleEarth #Quote
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In one of Aesop’s Fables, a hungry crow came across a snake, but when he attempted to eat it, the snake instead gave him a deadly bite. As the crow laments at the end of the fable, “Oh unhappy me! Who have found in that which I deemed a happy windfall the source of my destruction.” #BookologyThursday
#AesopsFables #Aesop #Crow #Snake #Serpent #TheCrowAndTheSerpent #Fable #Folklore
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In one of Aesop’s Fables, a hungry crow came across a snake, but when he attempted to eat it, the snake instead gave him a deadly bite. As the crow laments at the end of the fable, “Oh unhappy me! Who have found in that which I deemed a happy windfall the source of my destruction.” #BookologyThursday
#AesopsFables #Aesop #Crow #Snake #Serpent #TheCrowAndTheSerpent #Fable #Folklore
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In one of Aesop’s Fables, a hungry crow came across a snake, but when he attempted to eat it, the snake instead gave him a deadly bite. As the crow laments at the end of the fable, “Oh unhappy me! Who have found in that which I deemed a happy windfall the source of my destruction.” #BookologyThursday
#AesopsFables #Aesop #Crow #Snake #Serpent #TheCrowAndTheSerpent #Fable #Folklore
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In one of Aesop’s Fables, a hungry crow came across a snake, but when he attempted to eat it, the snake instead gave him a deadly bite. As the crow laments at the end of the fable, “Oh unhappy me! Who have found in that which I deemed a happy windfall the source of my destruction.” #BookologyThursday
#AesopsFables #Aesop #Crow #Snake #Serpent #TheCrowAndTheSerpent #Fable #Folklore
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In one of Aesop’s Fables, a hungry crow came across a snake, but when he attempted to eat it, the snake instead gave him a deadly bite. As the crow laments at the end of the fable, “Oh unhappy me! Who have found in that which I deemed a happy windfall the source of my destruction.” #BookologyThursday
#AesopsFables #Aesop #Crow #Snake #Serpent #TheCrowAndTheSerpent #Fable #Folklore
