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The Godyssey PodcastTang Sanzang happily went on his quest Westward, joined by three demons, including Sun Wukong, the Monkey King; the latter three ranged from reluctant to downright indignant about the affair, but kept saving the hapless Buddhist monk. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>

The Godyssey PodcastGilgamesh is often relentless, but Enkidu is quite the opposite: he did not want to initially face Gilgamesh until duty forced him, and later, he did not wish to face Humbaba, fearing reprisal from the gods. He was not wrong, in the end: and yet still he went. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: `<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Mael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mael</a> Duin vowed vengeance on the curs who had done away with his father by blood, for blood is thicker than water as they say. He went from that place and pondered, for he had no notion where to begin his hunt. Taking counsel with an ancient Druidess named Nuca at Corcomroe, he learned that these men were pirates, and their cackling band could be found a short sail off the west coast of Ireland. But, she warned him, his geas (that is magical duty) was to bring with him only seventeen companions.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: <a href="https://emeraldisle.ie/the-voyage-of-mael-duin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://emeraldisle.ie/the-voyage-of-mael-duin</a>

curious ordinaryOne of the most famous adventure tales in <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> is about Urashima Taro and his journey on the back of a turtle to visit the Dragon King's magical palace beneath the sea. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3ljzml7v7ck2n" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nmcsr56ct2zzxtl6gi6vdorj/post/3ljzml7v7ck2n</a>

curious ordinaryIn <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> Momotaro was a boy who arrived on Earth in a giant peach. As a young child, he was found floating down a river inside the peach by a childless couple, who then raised him. It quickly became apparent that he had supernatural strength. When he grew up he... <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> 1/3

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: The Fomorian Octriallach was a spy who learned the secrets of the Fomorians’ opponents, the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TuathaD%C3%A9Danann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TuathaDéDanann</a>. „Diancécht, the Tuatha Dé physician, bathed their wounded in the magical well of Slaine, which healed all their wounds (it could not, however, reconnect amputated limbs or heads). When he discovered this, Octriallach decommissioned the well by filling it with stones (thus creating the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/HeapstownCairn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeapstownCairn</a>), whereupon he was killed by Ogma, the god of eloquence. Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a>` <a href="https://x.com/NeuKelte/status/1553502397716111360" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://x.com/NeuKelte/status/1553502397716111360</a>

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: Ruadán was the son of Bres, the half-Fomorian king of the <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/TuathaD%C3%A9Danann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TuathaDéDanann</a>, the people of his mother <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Brigit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brigit</a>. Before the second battle of Mag Tuired, Ruadán -siding with his father-came to spy upon the smith Goibniu and steal his magical secrets. Goibniu killed the lad, which caused his mother to invent the wild sound of keening to express her grief. For himself, Goibniu was able to heal his wounds by traveling to the sacred well on Slane Hill. Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> and <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a>` <a href="https://x.com/TheMythologyMa1/status/1359874351059898371" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://x.com/TheMythologyMa1/status/1359874351059898371</a>

The Godyssey PodcastMost famous of all Japanese spies are the shinobi, ninjas were experts at infiltration and spying. Experts at learning exactly what the enemy was up to, and despite pop culture depictions, were rarely called upon to assassinate people directly. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>🖼️: Hokusai

The Godyssey PodcastJapanese familiar work a little differently. Called shikigami, they are part of a being's soul bound to the service of an onmyōji, and can do a great many things, such as spy, cast spells, shapeshift, and more. Their appearances vary wildly <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> 🖼: M Meyer

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Meave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meave</a> spoke to the prophetess Feidelm: "For many months my spies have been in Ulster, and this well I know; that in Ulster they dream not of the coming of a host.“ <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: Cuchulain, The Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull

Bevan ThomasIn Norse mythology, the greatest ship was Skíðblaðnir. It was owned by the god Freyr, and could carry all of the gods and their retinue over sea, land, and air, faster than any other ship. Skíðblaðnir could also be folded up, and put in Freyr's pocket when not needed. 🎨 Harun El <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#31DaysofHaunting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NorseMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorseMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VikingMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VikingMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScandinavianMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScandinavianMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NorseFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorseFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VikingFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VikingFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ScandinavianFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScandinavianFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Norse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Norse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Vikings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vikings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scandinavia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scandinavia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ship</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boat</a>

Bevan ThomasEuropean folklore is full of strange humanoids said to inhabit far-off lands, such as headless people with their faces in their chests, one-legged people who hop everywhere, people with ears so huge they use them as blankets, and people who run quickly despite having backwards feet.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#31DaysofHaunting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MedievalMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MedievalFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedievalFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medieval</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/MiddleAges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiddleAges</a>

curious ordinaryIn <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> there is a supernatural phenomenon known as mayoibune (which translates as 'wandering ship'). It involves ghostly ships that appear on moonlit nights during the Obon holiday. They are the haunting ghosts of sailors who died at sea. Mayoibune start... <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yokai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yokai</a> 1/4

curious ordinary<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseFolklore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JapaneseFolklore</a> tells of the seven lucky gods who travel in their magical ship 'Takarabune' each new year. They sail from heaven visiting humans to distribute gifts of good luck and happiness to those who have strived to live good lives. 🎨Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1845. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WyrdWednesday" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JapaneseArt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JapaneseArt</a>

The Godyssey PodcastAccording to Theognis of Megara, once Pandora opened her container, all good left the world but hope: now trust and grace and faith are in Olympus, while mankind is only left hope. May we hold fast to it, and may we never lose it. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>🖼: Pygar

The Godyssey PodcastSelene was the Greek goddess of the moon, the bright vessel at night driven by her steeds. She fell for Endymion, the sleeping King of Elis, who chose to remain beautiful forever, but only if he slept forever. <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: `A hand-sling stone had carried off the coronet or golden ‘mind’ that bound Meave’s hair, but hurting not so much as a lock upon her head. “A bad stroke that,” laughed out the fool that gambolled round the King, joking to make him merry; “had I been he who shot that stone, the head I would have taken off and left the ‘mind’ behind.” Hardly were the words out of his foolish mouth, than a second stone, coming from the same direction as the first, in the full middle of his forehead struck the fool, and carried off his head, while at Meave’s feet dropped down his pointed cap.` <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull

Bevan ThomasWhen a strange light is seen at night in the Welsh wilderness, often it's a pwca's candle. These black-furred goblins love to play nasty tricks. Sometimes pwcas turn into animals (such as horses), other times they use their candles to lead travelers into bogs or off cliffs. 🎨 Huw Aaron<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/31DaysofHaunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#31DaysofHaunting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DailySpookLore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailySpookLore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DontGoIntoTheWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DontGoIntoTheWoods</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WelshMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WelshMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CelticMythology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WelshFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WelshFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CelticFolklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CelticFolklore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wales</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fairy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Goblin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Goblin</a>

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: Lomna, a fool, had revealed <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Fionn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fionn</a>‘s wife's infidelity. Her lover Coirpre struck Lomna’s head off, and brought it away with him. Coirpre and three times nine of his men came to a house, and were cooking fish on a spit; and Lomna's head was on a spike beside the fire. And the first of the fish that was cooked Coirpre divided between his men, but he put no bit into the mouth of the head. And then he made a second division in the same way. Now that was against the law of the Fianna, and the head spoke, and it said: "A speckled white-bellied salmon that grows from a small fish under the sea; you have shared a share that is not right; the Fianna will avenge it upon you, Coirpre." "Put the head outside," said Coirpre, "for that is an evil word for us." Then the head said from outside: "It is in many pieces you will be; it is great fires will be lighted by Fionn in Luigne." <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook

1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻<a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/WyrdWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WyrdWednesday</a>: `Lomna, a fool, had seen Coirpre, a man of the Luigne, go in secretly to where <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Fionn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fionn</a>'s wife was. And when the woman knew he had seen that, she begged and prayed of Lomna to hide it from Fionn. And Lomna agreed to that, but it preyed on him to have a hand in doing treachery on Fionn. And after a while he took a four-square rod and wrote an Ogham on it, and these were the words he wrote`: "An alder stake in a paling of silver; deadly night-shade in a bunch of cresses; a husband of a lewd woman; a fool among the well-taught Fianna; heather on bare Ualann of Luigne." <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Celtic</a> Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook

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