bevanthomas

@bevanthomas@mstdn.ca

Author, editor, and teacher of creative writing, speculative fiction, and comics. Thinker of strange thoughts. Member of Cloudscape Comics. MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.

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mythologymonday, to religion
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Join us #Monday for the theme #religion and #faith in #mythology. Which myths feature religious rituals or faith in gods or goddesses? Tell us a story in your toot and tag us with #MythologyMonday. See you tomorrow!

@mythology @folklore @TarkabarkaHolgy @juergen_hubert @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey @GaymerGeek #WorldReligionDay #polytheism #paganism

juergen_hubert, to Germany
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Fighting a night hag is best done with teamwork.

@germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/ride-of-walrider-34265483

FairytalesFood, to random

The problem with imposter syndrome, especially in the arts is that you might just be rubbish and you don’t know …..

juergen_hubert, to Germany
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The pagans of old worshiped their gods at the ancient fane of Rhetra.

@germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/old-new-gods-28137976

mydadisdracula, to comics
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"Candy corn counts as one your vegetables, but only on Halloween, son." 👔

AustinGorton, to Marvel

Card 024: Dr. Strange

According to Jusko, one of the factors that determined use of a closeup was the level of interest he had in the character

I love how Strange's 1st cover appearance qualifies on the barest technicality

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juergen_hubert, to Germany
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The "Wahles-Books" contained many secret signs of where treasures could be found in the German mountains.

@germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/strange-foreign-35004214

juergen_hubert, to Germany
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Blessings for good deeds can be freely transferred to departed souls to ease up their turmoil in purgatory.

@germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/more-unfinished-47585487

juergen_hubert, to Switzerland
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There is a gateway to Paradise on the summit of Glishorn Mountain, in the Valais region of Switzerland.

Those who wish to reach it must traverse a perilous aerial path.

#Switzerland #folktale #folklore #Heaven @germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/walking-to-41854056

Part 2 of German folk tale "The Journey to Paradise". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!

juergen_hubert, to history
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Your regular reminder that was a very shitty nation.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/01/sparta-300-warriors-history-slavery.html

juergen_hubert, to Germany
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Once, a demon-possessed corpse was buried in the mudflats of northwestern Germany.

Perhaps it haunts the Wadden Sea still...

@germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/possessed-by-72446070

Part 2 of German folk tale "Benno Butendick". Drop me a line if you want a machine-readable transcript!

TarkabarkaHolgy, to 13thFloor
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One of my favorite myths featuring a serpent is from the Bunun people in Taiwan.

It's a flood myth where the flood is made worse by a giant serpent blocking the rivers. People seek shelter on a mountain, and even their best warriors can't kill the serpent.

Then a giant crab appears and offers help. People make a giant clay pot as armor for him, and he puts it on still hot to rush into the fray.

The hero-crab vanquishes the serpent in an epic battle 🦀 🐍

mythologymonday, to random
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Thank you, myth lovers, for your tales of snakes and serpents! 🐍 This is your host @AimeeMaroux signing off. Be sure to catch again next week, when our theme will be faith, piety, and religion for 🙏

Art: The god by Pablo Valadez

18+ AimeeMaroux, to 13thFloor
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This week's theme is serpents 🐍
Snakes are associated with various Greek deities such as Apollon, Asklepios, Demeter, Dionysos, and even Hermes. The Erinyes (Furies) are said to have snakes for hair, as is Eris, Goddess of Discord. Today, I'm telling you the story of Asklepios and his staff, the symbol of medicine. In the US, it is often confused with Hermes' staff, the symbol of commerce...

1/?

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https://www.tumblr.com/olimpogioieedisagi/156585238611

@mythology

18+ AimeeMaroux,
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@mythology One day, the son of King Minos of Crete and Pasiphaë fell into a jar of honey and died. When they couldn't find him, the desperate parents even went to the Oracle of Delphi for help. She told them: "A marvelous creature has been born amongst you: whoever finds the true likeness for this creature will also find the child."
Asklepios hears of the plight of Minos and Pasiphaë, possibly from his father Apollon (pure speculation on my part).

3/?

juergen_hubert, to Germany
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Near Bad Sülz, a publican's young son became best of friends with a magical animal.

Sadly, this friendship did not last past his adulthood...


https://www.patreon.com/posts/kingdom-of-33670237

18+ mythologymonday, to 13thFloor
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Join us for the theme: Serpents.🐍Which myths feature a or ? Write out a story and tag us with . See you tomorrow!

📷 Photo of a snake by SeppH

@mythology @folklore @TarkabarkaHolgy @juergen_hubert @curiousordinary @wihtlore @FairytalesFood @bevanthomas @FinnFolklorist @Godyssey

AustinGorton, to Marvel

Card 018: Cable

I love this era of Cable, when nothing concrete had been established yet and creators outside the X-office have to make trading cards for him. This is probably one of the last cards of that era.

#TradingCardADay #MM1 #Marvel #Cable #XMen

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GaymerGeek, to folklore
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The fairy flag is believed to be a very powerful magical object, it was given by a fairy royal (her shawl) to calm her crying child that she could not be with and was used by clans as a flag through out the years. It was believed to have many powers.

Godyssey, to random
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Cauldrons are amongst the most magical objects across the Celtic world. Bodies of water are sacred gateways to the Otherworld, so a contained body of water in a cauldron becomes a way to control magic item. Welsh Ceridwen brews her white witch potions in her cauldron; another Weldh cauldron revives the dead, and the Irish Dagda gives bountiful feasts from his Cauldron of Plenty.

mydadisdracula, to comics
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"Bug out with me, Son." 🐜

mydadisdracula, to random
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"You can put a brain in a jar, son, but you can't put a mind in a jar... Well, unless maybe the jar is a metaphor." 🧠

ojala, to random
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RickiTarr, to random
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Okay, all Superheros are, at least, marginally problematic, but what Superhero do you think is the most problematic, and why?

jdnicoll,
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@gooba42 @jargoggles @GayDeceiver @RickiTarr Reed is also not the most socially aware guy in the room.

golgaloth, to Batman
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A missed opportunity.

juergen_hubert, to Germany
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A queen of the dwarves once prophesized to Count Otto of Oldenburg that his line would prosper if he drank from her drinking horn - but doom if he did not.

Alas, he simply stole the horn without drinking from it.


https://www.patreon.com/posts/queen-fehmohme-57239121

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