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One of the most important Japanese myths involves the sun goddess Amatarasu. After a fight with her brother Susanoo she hides in a cave which plunges the world into darkness. Only when she is eventually coaxed out is light returned to the world. #JapaneseFolklore #DailyFolklore 🎨Tatsuya Kosaka

2. By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes!

Aicha’s story is chockfull of tropes and pieces from other folklore categories. The most obvious one is the pricking of the bone transferring a curse which is a staple of the Sleeping Beauty archetype (Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 410) but also of ‘The Maiden Seeks her Brothers’ (ATU type 451).

You may be familiar with these variants of stories such as the Wild Swans or the Twelve Brothers from European folktales. However, throughout Northern Africa, these stories are slightly different. For example, in the Moroccan tale, Udea and Her Seven Brothers, and the Algerian story, ‘The Girl who Banished Seven Brothers.’

After the sister finds her brothers, her cat puts out the fire in their kitchen. She unknowingly visits a ghoul, and it follows her, but before it can eat her, her brothers return to slay it. As with the story of Aicha, the ghoul’s finger bone pricks her, but instead of making her restless, it makes her fall into a death-like state. If this sounds familiar, then great you are thinking of Snow White!

There are so many references in this one story that it is hard to map all of them, but Aicha is a testament to the evolution of storytelling.

Image from the book, The Wild Swan by Susan Jeffers (2008) which is based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. #folklore #fairytales #tropes #dailyfolklore #myth #books

At the end of each episode we have our Five Fantastic Finds! Here are some from the Aicha: The Demon Slayer episode!

1. Ghouls!
Aisha’s neighbour was a ghoul, and he cursed our heroine with restlessness. But what is a ghoul? Like trolls, ghouls are loosely defined monsters, so they change from story to story. Traditionally, they are associated with graveyards and cannibalism, which means ghouls become easy canon fodder in video games and tabletop role-playing games. Their descriptions will vary and can be easily modified slightly to give players new challenges while reusing the basics of a ghoul.

Sometimes ghouls were not always born monsters but started as humans. These mutant types become a zombie-like horde or cannibals. In rare instances, becoming a ghoul is like gaining superpowers, like in Tokyo Ghoul. The drawback being you are still a monster that must feast on human flesh.

Ghouls and their various hybrids/variants from around the world include many other monster types. These include Rakshasa (India), Jikininki (Japan), Aswang (Philippines), Wendigo (First Nations), and Eurynomos (Greece).

Image from our website show notes: https://talesfromtheenchantedforest.com/2023/04/13/aicha-the-demon-slayer/

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Welcome back everyone! I'm your host @independentpen and our topic this week is #CATS. Share a story from world mythology in the body of your toot, tag it #MythologyMonday, and I'll boost in Pacific time!

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Happy Valentine's Day Week! As shops start moving Valentine's candy away in favour of Easter candy, let us line your timeline with some myth, folklore and fairytale inspired cards! First up, we have Aphrodite. As the Goddess of beauty and love, Aphrodite was indeed the fairest of them all- most of the time.

According to Apuleius in his Metamorphoses, Aphrodite (Venus) became enraged when Princess Psyche was considered to be as beautiful as the Goddess herself. She sent her son, Eros, to make her fall in love with the most deplorable man he could find but instead he fell in love with her.

To hear a version of the myth, check out our episode and notes on "East of the Sun, West of the Moon," and our Five Fantastic Finds on Eros and Psyche: https://talesfromtheenchantedforest.com/2022/02/24/east-of-the-sun-part-1/

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