In Lapland mythology, the aurora borealis is said to be created when the Arctic fox’s tail sweeps shimmering snowflakes into the moonlight as it gallops across the snow-covered mountains. art by Owen Gent #FolkloreSunday

🌿🌩️🌿A small sprig of Holly from the festive greenery brought into the home over Christmas, used to be kept all year to protect the house from lightning. #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

Kindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers. ~Kahlil Gibran

7 Dec: Legend tells of a bird with a broken wing who begged each tree for shelter from the cold. All the trees refused; only a fir tree offered it sanctuary. For this kindness the Frost King decreed that the North Wind should never blow away its leaves in winter. #FolkloreSunday

Hawthorn marks the entrance to the #Otherworld. Haws or #berries are edible used in jelly & #wine. #Latin Crataegus from Greek kratos for strength & akis for sharp referring to #trees thorns. Also, whitethorn, hawberry, quickthorn, May-#flower #FolkloreSunday

#FolkloreSunday According to Norwegian folklore, the dead would have their own midnight mass in churches on Christmas Eve. It was believed that anyone who dared participate in the Christmas mass of the dead, would not get out of the church alive. A folktale collected by Peter

Common Lime, in #autumn #leaves fade to yellow before they fall. Associated with fertility, justice, truth, protection & liberty. Planted in village squares for #peace. #Legend says kissing under the #tree brings eternal #love & curses greed #FolkloreSunday

When we decorate our homes with evergreens at the time of the #WinterSolstice, kiss under the mistletoe, eat plum pudding; we are performing rites that may originally have formed part of Druidic culture #FolkloreSunday #Druids art: Henri Paul Motte

#folkloresunday HOLLY KING ..and the Oak King, battle to reach supremacy over dark and light, and the changing seasons. As we approach the Winter Solstice towards the end of December, the Oak King will suceed..Spring not far away..

On the Winter Solstice the sun of the old year dies and is reborn the next day. And then, important to those of us in dark, wintry Scotland, the days get lighter! I took the picture one Solstice at Berrybrae Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire. #FolkloreSunday

Deep winter has always been a threshold time. In folklore, the dark months weren’t empty but alive, filled with spirits, omens, strange visitors, and the quiet wisdom that only long nights can teach. #FolkloreSunday Art: Mountain Dreams

#FolkloreSunday Mischievous Greek goblins, the Kallikantzaroi emerge during the Twelve Days of Christmas to wreak havoc and add a supernatural twist to the festive season. greece-is.com/watch-out-the-…

It’s believed fairies come into home with holly boughs,it gives fairies a place to stay peacefully during winter months so they don’t cause trouble.However,fairies must be shooed away and boughs burned by Imbolc,or fairies may decide to become a problem #Folklore #FolkloreSunday

WINTER LORDS CHYS KHAN a winter Lord of the Sakha Republic of Northern Siberia dressed in his robes & staff. DED MORAZ or ‘Grandfather Frost’, a Slavic snow god, who often appears with his granddaughter Snegurochka, the snow maiden. #GothicYuletide #GothicAdvent

Often Gaelic chieftains were crowned with holly, and newborn babes were bathed in water made by soaking and boiling holly leaves. The leaves of the holly tree were used to treat fevers and illnesses which the cold winter months brought #folklore .#FolkloreSunday

“The eyes that held me were deep black, And, deep within their blackness, bright, Like pools that hold a winter’s night.” Who was she? The true tale of a magical doe, as told to me by a hunter. #TheWhiteGoddess #RobertGraves #poems #poetry #FolkloreSunday ellingreeranderson.com/oneshot.html

Old weather lore states, "Ice in November to bear a duck, the rest of the Winter will be slush and muck." #FolkloreSunday community.netweather.tv/topic/22473-ic…

♥️❄️ May you be filled with wonder this Christmas ❄️♥️ #FolkloreSunday #BookChatWeekly

🌙🕯️ This Christmas Time, may you be Blessed with Peace and Wonder 🕯️🌙 #FolkloreSunday #MythologyMonday

Many cultures feared the winter dead would wander, but they also welcomed them home. Lighted candles, open doors, and shared food kept the living and the dead in gentle company. #FolkloreSunday Art: Jeffrey Sparks