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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

blackbird daysThe last snow meltsA promise of springHey almost a clash with #MythologyMonday :)"giorni della merla" Is the name given to the last days of January, supposedly the coldest days of winter, in Italian folklore.The legend goes that a female blackbird, which back then was white, hid in a chimney with her chicks to escape the cold, but by the time they came out they had turned black.And that's why blackbirds are black.#haiku#daikyhaikuprompt - #blackbird

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