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An amazing collection of projectile points, alongside the famous Birdman Tablet. Cahokia Mounds, Illinois, Mississippian period, ca. 1050-1350. Source: csasi.org

🦇 Miniature (3.5” wide) hand-painted bat fan, circa 1900🦇

Mock turtle soup was so wildly popular in #Victorian England that Lewis Carroll gave it a character in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. There is no such thing as a mock turtle. The soup is actually made using calf’s meat to imitate the taste of real turtle. #MythologyMonday

Celebrating #OwlishMonday #WorldTurtleDay #MythologyMonday #Art by Omar Rayyan

In Welsh legend the magician Gwydion takes revenge on his own creation, Blodeuwedd, a woman made from flowers, for her plan to murder her husband. He turns her into the first owl, cursed forever more to be in the darkness of night. #MythologyMonday #OwlishMonday

Chuck Jones always said an animator is an actor with a pencil, and this LITTLE MERMAID pencil test by Glen Keane is a great example of that. In just four seconds, Ariel looks so vibrant and convincingly alive.

Norway changes to color television live in 1972

Hunting only happened on special nights. The nights that followed days when the wood had been invaded. By people. With their wily ways. fairystoriesandothertales.com/2023/05/the-wo… art by Masaaki Sasamoto

Dust settles. Shadows lengthen. Roses clamour at the window.

#FairytaleTuesday #ofdarkandmacabre Inspired by the Brothers Grimm's fairytales, photographer Killian Schönberger, captured haunting images across Europe for his photo series titled Brothers Grimm's Wanderings. Credit: kilianschoenberger.de

Just look at the attention to fine detail in this low-relief carving of a chariot horse, part of the alabaster carving of the royal Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, the last great Assyrian king. Dated from about 2,600 BC (photo: Paul Hudson) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Hunt…

Inugami are dog spirits, serving the family that made them across generations. They are instrumental in hexes and blessings, and possess the people they interact with: even the blessed might begin to bark as they find supernatural success. #WyrdWednesday 🖼️: Sawaki S.

In 2016, a complete skeleton, the first-ever find for Basilosaurus, a large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale, was uncovered in Wadi El Hitan, Egypt, preserved with the remains of its prey, including a Dorudon and several species of fish buff.ly/3qQWuIX

A dugout canoe measuring 15 feet in length was discovered in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota recently. Using advanced technology, experts have determined that the canoe dates back to approximately 1,200 years ago. As the well-preserved canoe was retrieved from the lake, Wisconsin state

The Taiwan blue magpie is a species of bird of the crow family. Also known as “long-tailed mountain lady”, is considered a rare and valuable species and has been protected by Taiwan [read more: buff.ly/2GBQrBl] [📷 Su Min Du: ow.ly/okR030mzEAx]

#June by Eugene Grasset, for La Belle Jardinière, #artnouveau calendar, 1896. #June1st #1stJune #June #summer #illustration #FolkloreThursday

Turtle is one of the auspicious animals in Chinese culture. It symbolizes strength&longevity. In a folktale, a turtle helped an emperor tame the flooding water of the Yellow River; in another, a small turtle turned into a giant one&carried people across the sea. 🎨From unknown

The poet John Masefield was born #OTD 1878. Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967, he's fallen out of fashion, but 'Sea Fever' still strikes a memorable note: 'I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,

Dame Ragnelle is enchanted to be ugly by day & beautiful by night, or vice versa. When she asks her husband, Sir Gawain, which he would prefer, he says that she should make the decision for herself. In granting her this sovereignty, the enchantment is broken! #FairyTaleTuesday