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"When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds. By their actions and deeds they shall make the earth green again. They will be known as Warriors of the Rainbow." Hopi Prophecy Happy #EarthDay

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing..." Edgar Allan Poe #FolkloreSunday

#fairytaletuesday For over a century, archaeologists assumed a 10th-century high-status Viking grave filled with swords, an axe, armor-piercing arrows, and two sacrificed horses belonged to a legendary male commander. In 2017, DNA testing shocked the world: the brilliant tactical leader was biologically female.

Elena is the real deal. So much love to Dan Willis.🤍

"Could they to servitude incline their pride, Dreaming, they take on noble postures Great sphinxes stretched out in the depths of emptiness, Seeming to fall asleep into an endless dream." Charles Baudelaire #FolkloreSunday

#FairyTaleTuesday Gerald of Wales, in the late twelfth century, recorded a priest who met a talking wolf in the woods of Ossory. The wolf said: “There are two of us, a man and a woman, natives of Ossory, who through the curse of one Natalis, saint and abbot, are compelled every seven years to put off the human form and depart from the dwellings of men. Quitting entirely the human form, we assume that of wolves.” His wife lay sick nearby and needed the priest’s office.

In north Leinster and parts of Ulster, a plate of champ — mashed potato with spring onion — was set with a spoon at the foot of the nearest fairy thorn, or at the gate of a field. This was done on Halloween and again on All Souls’ Night, 2 November. #folkloresunday

In Irish folklore, a man keeping watch in a graveyard on a warm summer night saw two fairies rise up and dance upon a tombstone before him. He watched for some time, until he spoke. At that instant, everything around him became dark. #fairytaletuesday