Salamanders are connected with folk magic and were thought of as one of the 4 elemental creatures in Alchemy. They were also thought to be the source of a curious ancient relic: the fire cleansed cloth.

RT @BookChatWeekly: Join us this #BookologyThursday as we extend the summer vibe with the theme:. ✨🌴Tropical Dreams🌴✨. 🌺Caribbean I….

RT @MythologyMonday: Hello, Everyone! Join us for Monday's theme: The Elderly. Which myths feature older people, the elderly, or the aged?….

The notion of cats having multiple lives is cross-cultural, but the number of lives they are allotted isn’t. Cats in Spain are said to have 7 lives, while those in Turkey and in Arabic myths only get 6. 🔗👇. #FolkloreSunday .

Sir Isaac Newton has been referred to as the last of the great magicians, and the first of the great scientists. He also created his own translation of Hermes Trismegistus’ mysterious alchemical text, the Emerald Tablet. 🔗👇. #BookologyThursday .

A festival that celebrates the creation of a steel phallus, designed to break the teeth of a demon hiding within a young woman. #LegendaryWednesday .

RT @mythwoods: The idea that women have teeth “down there” is common in mythology and folklore. This collection of stories from around the….

RT @NiftyBuckles: #LegendaryWednesday 🐉🦷✨#DragonTeeth 🐲🦷. Did you know that teeth play a powerful—and sometimes perilous—role in Greek myth….

Once upon a time, Shiva and Shakti, Ganesha and Kumara’s parents, challenged their children to a race. Whoever could circle the wide expanse of the heavens first would be declared the winner. 🔗👇. #FairytaleTuesday.

RT @PrairieBones: Early Medieval bestiaries have perpetuated the myth that cranes on sentry duty for their flock will hold a rock. If they….

The Dao of Dying: Zhuangzi Dreams of Being a Butterfly. After Lao-tsi’s Dao Teh Ching, perhaps the most important Daoist text is the Zhuangzi. It is mythic, poetic and satiric. 🔗👇. #MythologyMonday.

Decoding Dream Symbolism in Ancient Greco-Rome. Dreams were given great significance, especially as they gave the gods a medium to communicate with mortals. Oneirocritica were books written to help decode these symbols. 🔗👇. #MythologyMonday.

Triptolemus presides over the sowing of grains and the milling of wheat in Greek mythology; his name translates to ‘he who pounds the husks’. 🔗👇. #FolkloSunday.

RT @clasicasIEDA: Las nueve musas.

The god Shiva granted Markendaya’s father wish for a child, but not without a bargain. The child would either be brilliant and die at 16, or he/she could be dull and live out a long – but rather boring – existence. 🔗👇. #FairyTaleTuesday .

Most of us have experienced the madness of lust and the all-consuming need it creates. Often, once it dissipates, we are left with no understanding of our temporary insanity and standing in the ruins of our lives. #FolkloreSunday.

RT @GodysseyPodcast: No one knows the true purpose of the Shell Grotto at Margate in Kent, and it could have been built any time in the las….

Scylla takes the form of her namesake - the hermit crab (skyllaros in Greek). The rocks from which she emerges act as her shell, her curled tail anchors her in place. The dogs protruding from her waist representing the many legs. 🔗👇. #mythologymonday .

Weasels were thought to have powerful magical abilities, and were associated with Hecate, the goddess of magic and witchcraft. 🔗👇. #FolkloreSunday .

In the west Cats are said to have 9 lives, Cats in Spain have 7, while those in Arabic myths only get 6. Where did this idea of multiple lives come from?. 🔗👇. #FolkloreSunday .