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@david_castleton How funny, I've been reading EF Benson's ghost stories and just came across Walpurgis Night for the first time - on Walpurgis Night. Spooky!

Did you know that #Korea has a #magical #dog breed?The Sapsalgae are a fluffy, good-natured breed that is said to ward off evil spirits and bad luck. They are also majestically thick-coated, which almost led to their extinction during the #Japanese occupation of Korea.The Japanese colonists used the dog's pelts as winter coats. By the 1980s they were down to 8 animals.A geneticist saved their DNA & the numbers now are up to a few thousand.#history #mythology

In Finnish mythology, the thunder god Ukko wielded the hammer Vasara. This was probably originally a stone axe, as pagan Finns who discovered neolithic stone axes believed they were the weapons of Ukko left behind after a lightning strike. Shamans collected these stone axes, believing them to hold supernatural powers.#MythologyMonday #Mythology #Folklore #Finland #Neolithic #Stone

In St Levan's Churchyard, Cornwall, is St Levan's Stone - a boulder split down the middle. It's said that St Levan would sit on the stone to rest after his fishing trips. One day, he struck the stone with his staff and repeated this rhyme:" When with panniers astride,A packhorse can ride,Through St Levan's Stone,The world will be done."Thankfully, the split is not yet wide enough to usher in the apocalypse. Some have speculated that the stone, due to its 'labial' shape, may have been a focus of pagan rituals that later transferred themselves to a Christian saint. #mythologymonday #folklore #weird #mythology #Cornwall #history

Greetings, Myth Lovers! Join us tomorrow for the theme insects, bugs, and crawlies. Which myths have insects, arachnids, a millipede or similar? Are they helpful or are they pests? Tell us a myth with creepy or not so creepy crawlies and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you tomorrow! 🐛If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon!🎨 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1893#mythology #folklore @TarkabarkaHolgy @juergen_hubert @curiousordinary.bsky.social @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey @GaymerGeek @starrytimepod @ljwrites @pj-richards.bsky.social @AnnaJunePage @nataljastgermain.bsky.social @JessMahler @beefolklore.bsky.social @FolkloreFun @psychescinema.bsky.social @PatFurstenberg