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Scorpio

4w5

What’s the creepiest creature from your country’s folklore?

#fantasy

Raven

4mo

Taurus

I'm fully aware of the fact that no one asked but I'm doing this anyway here are things I'd wanna be if I wasn't...

If I were a folklore creature I'd wanna be...a werewolf If I were an animal I'd wanna be...a bird And finally if I were a flower I'd wanna be...a rose

#showerthoughts

sᴛᴇᴠᴇɴ

10mo

ENTJ

Capricorn

8w9

I just wish I could learn every language and all the histories and about everyone's food and folklore and... 😔 but i...

#culture

Loveless Gemini

5mo

INTP

Gemini

SCARY STORIES

Tell me about what folklore runs in your family. Has anyone actually had a paranormal or cryptid experience??

#mythology

1mo

6w7

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Kazakh mythology. Part 45

Bowl (tostagan). One of the main symbols or attributes of the Kazakh mythopoetic worldview. The bowl as a geometric figure (circle) is associated with solar symbolism, it is the eye of the Sun, because the Sun sees everything (the all-seeing or just the sacred bowl, the sacred liquid in the bowl in...

#mythology

Rose

1mo

Scorpio

7w6

Myths, Legends, Folklore, and More

What are your favorite stories from your culture? What stories are you most afraid of? Do you believe in them or think them fiction? Or are you somewhere between the two?

#mythology

2mo

6w7

Kazakh mythology. Part 27

It (dog) is an animal that has received a special place in Kazakh mythology. Although very few ancient myths about dogs have been preserved in Kazakh folklore, individual words and phrases preserved in the modern Kazakh language, as well as ethnographic materials, allow us to restore the...

#mythology

1mo

6w7

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Kazakh mythology. Part 31

Kаnykey and Tуnykey The names of two girls (probably twins), often found in epic folklore. In almost all fairy tales where their names are mentioned, they are presented as an inseparable pаir. In the archaic heroic tale “Akbіlek kуz and Тurgun bаla”, they're the daughters of the Nоgaily Khаn or the...

#mythology

1mo

6w7

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Kazakh mythology. Part 30

Altynshash (Altyn - gold, golden; shash - hair) A beautiful girl, who appears in Kazakh fairy-tales and folklore. She is the protagonist's fiancee. Once, when she was washing her hair on the river bank, one of her golden hairs floated down the river and fell into the hands of a khan. Khan wanted to...

#mythology

1mo

6w7

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Kazakh mythology. Part 51

The serpent is one of the most important living elements of Turkic, proto-Turkic mythology. Numerous folklore materials about snakes allow us to speak about the ancient cult of snakes. The serpent symbolizes mystery, sacredness. Zhylan korsen, ak kuyup shygar - if you find a snake in the house, do...

#mythology

1mo

6w7

Kazakh mythology. Part 32

Zhan The soul of a human, or a living being. Ideas about the plurality of human souls are reconstructed based on the materials of language and folklore. Usually there are three (үш жан) or seven (жеті жан), but the names of specific souls differ. Tyn (тыныс, “breath”) is a breath-soul, inseparable...

#mythology

2mo

6w7

Kazakh mythology. Part 19

Mуstan Kеmpir In Kazakh folklore, an old woman with messy hair, crooked teeth that can dig a hole, and long nails. She poisоns food and cursеs people. Runs fast and can catch up with a galloping horse. With various tricks, she can defeat even the strongest batyrs. Mystan Kempir can pretend to be an...

#mythology

1mo

6w7

Kazakh mythology. Part 41

Bal (honey) A substance that has preserved its sacredness in Kazakh folklore. In the fairytale called " Zhelkildek ", childless parents receive a silver cup that has fallen from the sky and is filled to the brim with honey. After that, the woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a child. One of...

#mythology

1mo