The ceffyl dŵr is a Welsh fairy horse that inhabits mountain pools and waterfalls. In south Wales, it's often benevolent. But in north Wales, it isn't. The ceffyl dŵr likes to get someone to ride it, fly into the air, and then become mist, so that the rider falls to their death.
Jaimie Whitbread
Have a courageous Day of Ares aka Mars' Day aka Tuesday 
"The space of the continents did bold Ares watch, sitting armed on the high top of Thrakian Haimos, and his horses were stalled by the seven-chambered cave of Boreas. And the other kept watch over the far-flung islands."
Callimachus, Hymn 4 to Delos 51
Gemstone engraving
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So, I started playing the early access version of Titan Quest II 
For 24 euros, it was tempting! (The full game will be sold for 50 euros)
In many Robin Hood legends, Robin and his Merry Men enjoy the game of "Buffets," which involves them taking turns punching each other to see who falls over first. It captures their sense of rough, macho comradery, which is often forged by the Merry Men brawling with each other.
It's the Day of Selene / Luna's Day / #Monday! 
"The allwhite stone of Selene [the moonstone], which fades as the horned goddess wanes, and waxes when Mene (the Moon) newkindled distils her horn's liquid light and milks out the self-gotten fire of Father Helios."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 5.88
#Selene riding her chariot pulled by two bulls, Sardonyx cameo, 2nd century CE
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Hello, Myth Lovers! Join us for Monday's theme: Sports, Athletics, and Games. What myth features a game or show of athleticism? Write out your story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If joining from BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon! 
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It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! 
"All the Children of Helios (the Sun) were easy to recognise, even from a distance, by their flashing eyes, which shot out rays of golden light."
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.726
Gold stater of Tarentum with the head of Helios, struck under Alexander of Epiros, 334–330 BCE
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https://www.europesays.com/2297712/ Grave Dig Uncovers 1,500-Year-Old Mosaic with Star of David and Cryptic Greek Petition in Türkiye #AnatolianArchaeology #archaeology #ClassicalArchaeology #Culture #EgyptArchaeology #history #MesopotamiaArchaeology #mythology #News #science #travel #Turkey #turkiye
https://www.europesays.com/2297002/ 1,800-Year-Old Roman Watchtower Discovered in Croatia #AnatolianArchaeology #archaeology #ClassicalArchaeology #croatia #Culture #EgyptArchaeology #history #hrvatska #MesopotamiaArchaeology #mythology #News #science #travel #vijesti
We're into Starry Time birthday season 
Starting today & over the next 2 weeks we've got my (Kit's) birthday (
), BoP's birthday & Jordan's birthday!!
Celebrate with us by checking out our #podcast all about the IAU #constellations (from #astronomy to #mythology to #PopCulture #chaos) and/or telling a friend about it!
Listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.com/episodes
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Leo Triplet: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Leo-Triplet.png
Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 
"The offspring of Semele discovered a match to it, the liquid drink of the grape, and introduced it to mortals. It releases wretched mortals from grief whenever they are filled with the stream of the vine, and gives them sleep, a means of forgetting their daily troubles."
Euripides, Bacchae 275
Dionysos relief, 1st century CE, Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli
In one version of this #myth it seems to be explicit that the first child will be born at dusk, the other at dawn, and the timing of their birth will indicate their nature/fate. So that really sounds like a Lunar/Solar birth combo, right?
So in the version I'm reading, that's less explicit. But anyway: the noble woman gives birth first, to a still-born son. Then at Dawn, our shiny sun-goddess pops out, wows everyone, and then *revives the boy*.
Omigods the #mythology symbolism.
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Today's #IrishMythology find, I believe, is the Christianised form of Midir's birth #myth!
Background: going from J.Dolan's observations of Dionysus and Chyavana, the Lunar-Immortality god often has a traumatic childbirth scene, which may even feature a double-birth motif.
We also know that Midir is brother to Brigid and Aonghus, but we know he has no connection to Aonghus' birth myth. A simultaneous Lunisolar birth myth though would make sense.
So let's talk Saint Brigid!
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Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 
"[Is] Kypris [Aphrodite], [again] moving some woman of Akhaia to follow after those Trojans she loves to hopelessly, laying hold on the fair dresses of the Akhaian women."
Homer, Iliad 5.422
Aphrodite of Paestum figurine
Francesco Valletta and Giovanni Grippo
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Again though I keep hitting this irritating identity complex that makes all the female goddesses collapse into one.
I mean, with the Male gods of PIE #Mythology, they are also widely inter-identifiable, but usually in an esoteric way. In their stories, they are mostly Legally Distinct™.
With the PIE goddesses, it's more that various strands literally say or imply "these are all the same goddess wearing different masks".
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Aujourd’hui je partage avec vous une sélection des figures mythologiques qui m’ont inspiré ces derniers mois : Circé, Perséphone, Eurydice et Les Moires.
Les illustrations sont disponibles en format print, affiche et tirage d’art selon les modèles.
I'm very pleased to share that my chapter on the Zombie Mermaid has been published as part of the new edited volume "Deconstructing the Zombie: Cultural and Ideological Approaches".
Warm thanks to the editors, Cristina and Alfonso, for guiding this ambitious project to fruition — and for inviting me to be a small part of it.
Michael Parenti - Free Market Mythology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONiAfIC90uc
“The most ruthless selfish opportunistic greedy calculating plunderers applying the most heartless measures in cold blooded pursuit of corporate interest and wealth accumulation will produce the best results for all of us…
through something called the invisible hand”
Having finished Persona 4 earlier this month, I thought to try my hand at drawing one or more of the personas from the game. Konohana Sakuya, Yukiko's base persona, was suggested.
So here she is!
Definitely one of the more striking of the character-specific personas in the game, but also (I quickly realised), one of the hardest to draw right, thanks to her rather unique 'shawl' of metal(?) sakura petals. Seriously.
