Once, the Queen of the Mountains gave a young woman a silver crucifix so that she could fend off the unwelcome attentions of the Devil.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_K%C3%A4thelstein_Rock_near_Annaberg
Frau Hütt was a giant who ruled over a mighty kingdom in the Tyrolean Alps until she blasphemed against God and bread.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Frau_H%C3%BCtt
Deep beneath Brocken Mountain, the sorceress Jette reigns supreme.
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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Zauberjette
The goddess Hulda rules from a glacier high in the mountains of the European Alps.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Hulda_and_the_Blessed_Maidens
It is said that the Roman goddess Venus now rules her court beneath a mountain in Germany. There, they tempt knights away from the path of virtue.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Venus_Mountain_near_Uffhausen
When Queen Fehmöhme died out of grief over her lost treasure, her dwarven subjects grieved over her death in turn.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Death_of_Queen_Fehm%C3%B6hme
Jürgen Hubert
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Greetings, Myth Lovers! Join us on January 26 for the theme QUEENS AND FEMALE RULERS. Which myths are about or feature a female ruler? Tell us a myth fit for a queen and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon!
🎨 John Collier
@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
Greetings, Myth Lovers! Join us on January 26 for the theme QUEENS AND FEMALE RULERS. Which myths are about or feature a female ruler? Tell us a myth fit for a queen and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon!
🎨 John Collier
@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
When a woman was overcome with grief for her dead child, she committed food sacrilege when providing the child with grave goods.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Bread_Shoes
When ship was lost at sea that had carried the beloved of a young woman, she was overcome with grief.
But in the end, the ship still came...
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Ghost_Ship_(Pellworm)
Even grief must come to an end.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Don%27t_Weep_for_the_Dead_Too_Much
When Queen Fehmöhme died out of grief over her lost treasure, her dwarven subjects grieved over her death in turn.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Death_of_Queen_Fehm%C3%B6hme
When one of the wood people was killed by the Wild Huntsman, his grieving widow blamed the misdeeds of the local humans for her loss.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/A_Wood_Woman_Mourns_Her_Husband
When a woman wanted to visit a doctor so that he could help with her depression, the Devil waylaid her and hung her from a tree.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Devil_Hangs_a_Woman
A young man from the Ötztal valley fell in love with the spirits of the mountains. But when they cut him out of their lives, he was never really the same again...
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Three_Blessed_Maidens_near_Morin_in_the_%C3%96tztal_Valley
Once, a boy from Stetting was led away to see the antechambers of Heaven and Hell, and see dreadful visions of things yet to come.
Even when he returned, he was overwhelmed with sadness because of the things he knew.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/A_Historical_Anecdote_Of_A_Boy_Who_Was_Lost_At_Stettin
Once, a man in Gdansk was so wrecked by grief for his dead with that he went to any length to see her again.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_House_%22Adam_und_Eva%22_at_Danzig
When the infamous rat-catcher lead the children of the town of Hameln away, the parents were left alone with their grief.
#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Children_at_Hameln
Jürgen Hubert
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Greetings, Myth Lovers! Join us on January 19 for #BlueMonday. Which myths are sad or deal with sadness, grief or melancholy? Tell us a myth that breaks our hearts and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon!
🎨 Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, "Grief" by Janet Strayer
https://www.janetstrayer.com/
@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
Greetings, Myth Lovers! Join us on January 19 for #BlueMonday. Which myths are sad or deal with sadness, grief or melancholy? Tell us a myth that breaks our hearts and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. If joining from #BlueSky: follow @ap.brid.gy so we can interact with your posts. See you soon!
🎨 Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, "Grief" by Janet Strayer
https://www.janetstrayer.com/
@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