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#FairyTaleTuesday #EarthDay #Celtic: Iain MacAnTsaoir reconstructed a #Gaelic Creation Myth. `Within the story, Donn and Danu are the first two gods and it is from them that creation stems. As the story goes:
“Long, long ago the great void produced a god and goddess, named Donn and Danu. When they looked at each other a sacred flame burned in their hearts. They locked into a loving embrace from which they could not be separated“. ...
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#FairyTaleTuesday #EarthDay: `#Celtic mythology does not propose a single version or description of the creation as a whole, as other religions and mythologies do, but a few Celtic myths mention that heaven and earth was created by giants, considered by this peoples group to be the ancient original gods. According to another Celtic myth, the creation took place by the primordial, first god who, by means of a melody played by his breath, brought creation into existence.
The following passage is from a Celtic myth claiming that in the beginning nothing living existed—not even gods—but that the earth was comprised of land and sea: „Once upon a time, there was no time and that was when there also was no gods and no man walked the surface of the land. But there was the sea, and where the sea met the land, a mare was born, white and made of sea-foam. And her name was Eiocha“.`
Source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/celtic-myths-creation-0072

#FairyTaleTuesday #EarthDay: `There is another #Celtic myth that involves giants as the original gods who created the earth. It goes:
“The tale is related that in the first winter, an enormous powerful giant was created from “hoarfrost.”
Fire came and then melted the giant. The remnants of his body formed the various parts of our universe. The giant’s body formed the world. His blood flowed freely creating the seas and oceans.
The mountains were created from his bones. The forests and trees sprung from his hair and his skull became the sky.
At the core or heart of the earth within, the gods were thought to live on mountainous hills, and below in the valleys the Underworld boiled with secrets and was the home of the dead.”
Source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/celtic-creation-myth-0016475

#FairyTaleTuesday #EarthDay #Celtic: „In the beginning, long before the existence of the country we now call France, or the land before that called Gaul, there was no time, gods or people, only the sea and the land. Where the sea met the land, a white mare made of sea-foam was born, called Eiocha.
On the land grew a huge oak tree, and, in order to stay alive, Eiocha ate the sea-foam seeds from that tree…
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Gaia, called Terra by the Romans, is the primordial being of Earth. Mother of all life in Greek myth, she could not abide the tyranny of her husband, the sky Ouranos, and plotted against him. #FairytaleTuesday

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Indigenous Americans of Appalachia used caves for habitation, mining, storage, and art. Legend tells that many groups give their genesis as coming out of the Earth into the world through these caves, coming from Mother Earth herself, quite literally. #FairytaleTuesday

Jörð is Mother Earth, goddess of the world itself. Her most well-known role in Norse myth is as mother of Thor: this connection to the Earth is where he derives his strength and his power over the denizens of Jotunheim. She may be a name for Frigga. #FairytaleTuesday

: L. Hunt

#FairyTaleTuesday #EarthDay: `It is said that #Manannan, taking in the shape of a mortal called Oirbsiu, was killed by Uillen Red Edge at the battle of Cuillen. Loch Corrib rose where his blood spilled, bringing his mortal flesh back into the watery, immortal world that is his realm.` #Celtic
Source: Eithne Massey `Legendary Ireland`

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Ukko is the god of the sky, weather (especially thunder), and the harvest in Finnish paganism. Though often invoked in myths, he rarely appears. Modern sources often call Ukko the king of the gods, though that may be a mistake caused by comparing him to the Greek god Zeus.
Robert Ekman

#FairyTaleTuesday: The druids of the wily King Conor weaved spells to turn the sons of Usna and #Deirdre back to Emain Macha. „The Druids made a grey stormy sea before the sons of Usna on the green plain. The three heroes tied their clothing behind their heads, and Naisi set Deirdre again upon his shoulder and went straight on without flinching, without turning back, through the grey shaggy sea, lifting Deirdre on high lest she should wet her feet.“ #Celtic
Source: Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull

In the Goetia, Amdusias is a mighty duke of Hell who commands 29 demonic legions. He is in charge of Hell's cacophonous music, and his presence is announced by invisible trumpets. Amdusias can produce any music he desires, cause trees to bend, and create thunder. His voice is heard during storms.
Louis Le Breton

#FairyTaleTuesday: “An awful night is this,” said Felim; “close the doors and bid the singing men and women make bright cheerful music in the hall.” But all in vain they tried to cheer the guests. Louder the tempest roared, and peal on peal of thunder, such as none of them had ever heard before, made all hearts quail. “No common storm is this,” the monarch said, “I have forebodings that some ill will fall upon the province from this night.” And indeed: A lull came in the storm, when Deirdre of the Sorrows was finally born. #Celtic
Source: Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull

In what is the most relatable version of the Great Flood myth, the high god Enlil becomes angry at how noisy humanity has become and decides to shut them up with an epic storm: only the god Ea warning a single man and his wife allows humanity time for an ark. #FairytaleTuesday

In the Maori lore the Sons of Ranginui Sky Father sought to separate him from Papatūānuku Earth Mother. This brought light to the world, but one brother felt this a betrayal, so Tāwhirimātea of Wind and Storm joined his father, plotting revenge. #FairytaleTuesday

: S. Brocas

#FairyTaleTuesday: `Hardly had the chariot of King Conor drawn up within the court of the mansion of Felim, than a roll of thunder, loud and terrible, resounded overhead, while floods of rain poured down, and a fierce tempest seemed to shake the building to its foundations.` #Celtic
Source: Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, by Eleanor Hull

Malevolent and bestial, Ame Onna are Rain Women, Japanese hags with connections to rain and storm deities. They are known for stealing children, and they says a woman whose child has been stolen by a hag may herself become an Ame Onna. #FairytaleTuesday

: Y. Utagawa

#FairyTaleTuesday: `When Oisin was in Patricks house and had no sight left at all, he used every night to put up one of the serving-men on his shoulders, and to bring him out to see how were the cattle doing. And one night the servants had no mind to go, and they agreed together to tell him it was a very bad night.`
And it is what the first of them said; "It is outside there is a heavy sound with the heavy water dropping from the tops of trees; the sound of the waves is not to be heard for the loud splashing of the rain." #Celtic
Source: Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory - Project Gutenberg eBook

Alexander the Great's famous warhorse Bucephalus was described as a huge black horse with a white star on his brow. According to legend, Bucephalus mated with mares all over Asia. Strangely, all foals birthed by Persian and Afghan mares had unicorn horns.