The award for most badass grandparents in Greek #mythology goes to Odysseus on his mother's side for
Mestra - Daughter of King Erysichthon. She demanded shapeshifting powers from Poseidon, and used them to flee when her abusive father sold her.
Autolykos - Son of Hermes, legendary thief and trickster. No one could ever catch him.
Imagine that love story 😄
#MythologyMonday
A post I made on FB about my favorite animals led to a whole lot of people realizing that pink fairy armadillos are an actual thing, and it is delightful to watch 😆
I guess I'm now spreading the gospel of the pink fairy armadillo. They are real, y'all.
#armadillos #animals #nature #cute
nostr:npub1jgaqkcjx2kyda03fgq74p4e2g3ry5qk6h6n87ct6afflacus8glqskhx76 we are fine, I am soaked, and I want to know who designed this 😅
The wet playground has ankle-deep water, except for one random spot where it's three feet deep. Ask me how we found out.
#parenting #DesignFail #MamaToTheRescue
Today's #MinCup23 match is kaolinite vs moissanite. Both are fascinating minerals.
From a folklore standpoint, moissanite doesn't yield much information, but kaolinite, being an essential part of porcelain, has a whole lot of Chinese legends attached to it.
In one, a kind-hearted potter learns how to glaze his porcelain wares from the daughter of an immortal whom he saves from a giant snake.
#folklore #folktales #kaolinite
Toddler melted down because we had to leave the book shop, and honestly, this was the first tantrum I could relate to.
😆
#bookstodon
Team "I immediately imprint on plush toys at the second hand shop"
🤷♀️ 🧸
nostr:npub16jp87uymc4p6mt0em8akru4wul39ps4can65q6yd8qd95ymv582sl2glz4 Why did those 18 people vote? 😆
I just read Jane Yolen in one of her books refer to carrying on traditional stories as "mouth-to-ear resuscitation"... 😄
#folklore #folktales #storytelling #StorytellingPSA
nostr:npub18anr8ly3zndnhga2z82hdpuwvwpunl92hxgllpldzv2xrz4a35rq9995h5 But you do translate them :D
Just got this ad on FB.
To quote someone who did write:
WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS
#books #bookstodon #authors #writing #writingcommunity
So there's a #Kickstarter project for a tarot deck based on The Classic of Mountains and Seas, which is an ancient Chinese text of mythical lands and creatures. The artwork is pretty stunning, and I LOVE this concept.
If you are interested, here's the link:
#tarot #mythology #MythologyMonday #folklore #art
nostr:npub1hhtfwqcpteyzkrrasta54k9xcje0xqaltch9p9qarpar5myy9dcq7kxftm All primary colors are in the boys' section, girls get the pastels.
Kid had a red (unicorn) t-shirt on today, and was wearing Spiderman sneakers. She has long hair, and yet all the moms at the playground immediately defaulted to calling her a little boy.
The whole thing fascinates me. My mom tells me you can only find red and blue at rhe boys' section at the store. I am amazed at how gender coded kids' clothing is... 😆
#gender #parenting #WTF
200 year old plane tree on Margaret Island. One of my favorites 😊
#trees #SilentSaturday #image #photo #Budapest #Hungary #SilentSunday
Topic 3: Baltic countries
Book:
Old Thiess, a Livonian werewolf by Carlo Ginzburg and Bruce Lincoln
I actually tooted about this amazing werewolf trial story earlier so here is the link:
https://ohai.social/@TarkabarkaHolgy/109788418170538405
#werewolves #folklore #WerewolfWednesday
nostr:npub1gmsm0qggrk8kuwrkfju3amfzzq6xxhv24hzuel45prkt47cg45fqd367gs this just blew my mind 😆