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Mythology Monday ✨<p>Greetings, Myth Lovers! Join us for the theme: TREES. Which myths feature trees or tall vegetation? Write out your tale and use the hashtag <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> for boosts. If joining from <a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/BlueSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSky</span></a>: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon! 🌴 🌲 🌳</p><p>🎨 Maril1 on DeviantArt<br><a href="https://www.deviantart.com/maril1/art/Dryad-833047752" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deviantart.com/maril1/art/Drya</span><span class="invisible">d-833047752</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mythology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/folklore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>folklore</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ohai.social/@TarkabarkaHolgy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TarkabarkaHolgy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>juergen_hubert</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/curiousordinary.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>curiousordinary.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://thefolklore.cafe/@wihtlore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wihtlore</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@FairytalesFood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FairytalesFood</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@bevanthomas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bevanthomas</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@FinnFolklorist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FinnFolklorist</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://pagan.plus/@Godyssey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Godyssey</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.games/@GaymerGeek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GaymerGeek</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@starrytimepod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>starrytimepod</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://writeout.ink/@ljwrites" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ljwrites</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/pj-richards.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pj-richards.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@AnnaJunePage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AnnaJunePage</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/nataljastgermain.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nataljastgermain.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/@JessMahler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JessMahler</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:ypxfras5oo6yheyyct5cmqn4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beefolklore.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@FolkloreFun" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FolkloreFun</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/psychescinema.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>psychescinema.bsky.social</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PatFurstenberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PatFurstenberg</span></a></span></p>
Starry Time Podcast<p>In <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMythology</span></a> lots of folks are familiar with Poseidon — but he’s not the only <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> / <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sea</span></a> deity! There is also Pontus—The Sea—and his son, Nereus—The Old Man of the Sea. And who could forget the 50 sea nymphs called the Nereids (who may or may not be more beautiful than <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cassiopeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cassiopeia</span></a>)?!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GreekMyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreekMyth</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StarLore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarLore</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> Museum </p><p>📷 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereids#/media/File:The_Nereid_Monument._From_Xanthos_(Lycia),_modern-day_Antalya_Province,_Turkey._390-380_BCE._Room_17,_the_British_Museum,_London.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereids#</span><span class="invisible">/media/File:The_Nereid_Monument._From_Xanthos_(Lycia),_modern-day_Antalya_Province,_Turkey._390-380_BCE._Room_17,_the_British_Museum,_London.jpg</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>In Norse myths, Skadi (a mountain giantess) married Njord (a sea god) because he had the nicest legs. But Skadi found she hated the beach since she couldn't ski and gulls squawked all day, and Njord hated the snowy mountains since they were cold and wolves howled all night.<br>🎨 Laura Daligan </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Viking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a></p>
Jussi<p>Ahti is the Finnish sea god and fishing. If you wished for a good catch when fishing, you prayed that Ahti would provide you with this. His wife is Vellamo, and they live together at the bottom of the sea.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WorldOceansDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldOceansDay2025</span></a>: `Manannán‘s boat Sguaba Tuinne or wave sweeper could sail itself, and his horse Aonbharr could ride over land and sea with equal facility. He loaned both to Lugh.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: <a href="https://emeraldisle.ie/manannan-mac-lir" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">emeraldisle.ie/manannan-mac-li</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a></p>
Jussi<p>A cosmic ocean, cosmic sea, primordial waters, or celestial river is a mythological motif that represents the world or cosmos enveloped by a vast primordial ocean. Found in many cultures and civilizations, the cosmic ocean exists before the creation of the Earth. From the primordial waters the Earth and the entire cosmos arose. The cosmic ocean represents or embodies chaos.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> 🧵</p>
Bevan Thomas<p>Dylan, a Welsh sea god, kidnapped three women to dwell with him in his undersea palace. However, when he saw their misery, he repented and released them. Dylan lacked the power to send them completely back to land so they became beings of both land and sea - the first gulls.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a></p>
Jussi<p>The figure of Ilmatar in the Kalevala appears in the story of creation. Ilmatar was a virgin spirit of the air who descended into the primal sea and was impregnated by the wind. A duck flying over the waters laid its eggs on Ilmatar’s knee. </p><p>From the eggs came the earth, the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars. Ilmatar also created the shores and fishing waters and later the great sage of the Kalevala, Väinämöinen.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a></p>
Olivia<p>In South-West Scotland, before they were twenty-one days old, babies would have their right hands "baptized" in the sea to protect them against mermaids... <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MythologyMonday" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WorldOceanDay" target="_blank">#WorldOceanDay</a> 🎨Sohlberg</p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WorldOceansDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldOceansDay2025</span></a>: `There is a long association between the Isle of Man and Manannán, and many are the stories the Manx tell of this spirit, although whether he was named after the isle or the isle was named after him isn't clear. They say he was the son of Lir, who was the ocean, and that he was the first ancestor of the human race, and that he kept the Land of Man swathed in mists through his necromancy.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: <a href="https://emeraldisle.ie/manannan-mac-lir" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">emeraldisle.ie/manannan-mac-li</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a></p>
MythCrafts<p>The Queen of the Southern Sea is more beautiful than her mortal self; the creatures of the ocean are her subjects, and the waters bend to her will. But she has never found forgiveness and vents her rage on attractive young men.
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<a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MythologyMonday" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a>
<a href="https://mythcrafts.com/2017/05/03/the-angry-queen-of-the-southern-sea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mythcrafts.com/2017/05/03/t...</a><br><br><a href="https://mythcrafts.com/2017/05/03/the-angry-queen-of-the-southern-sea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Angry Queen of the Souther...</a></p>
MythCrafts<p>“It used to be a common belief that everything on the earth had its counterpart in the sea. The horse and the sea-horse, the dog and the dog-fish, the snake and the eel, the spider and the spider crab”
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<a href="https://mythcrafts.com/2019/10/01/as-above-so-below-the-theory-of-mirrored-creation-on-land-and-sea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mythcrafts.com/2019/10/01/a...</a><br><br><a href="https://mythcrafts.com/2019/10/01/as-above-so-below-the-theory-of-mirrored-creation-on-land-and-sea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">As Above, So Below: The Theory...</a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WorldOceansDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldOceansDay2025</span></a>: `The enchanted isle of Tír na nÓg could be reached through burial mounds or caverns, travelling over the sea for three days, whether on a boat or on Manannán's magical horse Aonbharr which could travel over land and sea, or by passing through mists in the right place and at the right time.<br>The sea way to Tír na nÓg was called the honey road, the path made by the sun through Moy Mell, the Plain of Honey. But visitors to this land should beware, for time passed differently in this <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Otherwordly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otherwordly</span></a> place – three days might be three years back in the old world, and someone returning to the earth might find a burden of centuries landing on them all at once!` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: <a href="https://emeraldisle.ie/manannan-mac-lir" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">emeraldisle.ie/manannan-mac-li</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a></p>
Bevan Thomas<p>Neither of the Norse sea gods were of the Æsir, the main divine pantheon. Njörðr was one of the Vanir, and embodied the sea's helpful aspects (sailing, fishing, etc.). Ægir was one of the Jötnar, and embodied the sea's wilder aspects (storms, tsunamis, etc.).<br>🎨 J. P. Molin</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Viking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scandinavia</span></a></p>
Jürgen Hubert<p>Learn more about the Klabautermann - Germany's mosr famous sea spirit!</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/tales-of-north-130080980" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/posts/tales-of-nor</span><span class="invisible">th-130080980</span></a></p>
MythCrafts<p>Sirens did not start out as erotic temptresses. Described as having a swallows body with a female head, the Sirens seduced with their beautiful songs and a promise of knowledge, not sexual temptation.
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<a href="https://mythcrafts.com/2018/11/13/who-mourns-the-sirens" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mythcrafts.com/2018/11/13/w...</a><br><br><a href="https://mythcrafts.com/2018/11/13/who-mourns-the-sirens" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Who Mourns the Sirens?</a></p>
1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/MythologyMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MythologyMonday</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WorldOceansDay2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldOceansDay2025</span></a>: `There were many wonders on the fabled <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Otherwordly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Otherwordly</span></a> island of Tír na nÓg, such as a well where salmon swim under a grove of nine hazels, from which hung an enchanted drinking horn. A huge tree with birds singing beautiful music in its branches stood in the centre of this land of the young. Legends speak of cities and fortresses made of jewels and precious metals, and houses thatched with the colourful feathers of exotic birds, and a bright plain of flowers humming with bees amid the forested wilderness.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a><br>Source: <a href="https://emeraldisle.ie/manannan-mac-lir" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">emeraldisle.ie/manannan-mac-li</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a></p>
The Godyssey Podcast<p>What falls into the Nordic sea belongs to Ægir and his wife Ran, whether it be wealth, wonders, or souls: Ran catches them in her nets, and brings them to their kingdom below the sea, denying them the glory of Valhalla. Death at sea was ignoble to the Norse. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MythologyMonday" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a></p>
The Godyssey Podcast<p>Legend speaks of a horn owned by Utgardt-Loki, which he bade Thor drink from, but he could not finish it: it was the whole ocean. Yet his thirst was such he was able to lower the sea levels temporarily, which is why we have tides. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MythologyMonday" target="_blank">#MythologyMonday</a></p>
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