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- King Arthur as depicted by Charles Keeping in 'The Reader's Digest Book of Folklore, Myths and Legends' (1973). #KingArthur #folklore #legend #folktale #MythologyMonday #ChalesKeeping #artsky
- According to the Sagas, #Viking ghosts were anything but incorporeal. A 'draugr' could emerge from its tomb and thump on hall doors demanding to join the feast. It could be gigantic, with bluish skin and reek of death, or could take animal forms, such as seals, bulls and cats #PhantomsFriday #legend
- St Winefride had her head lopped off by a brutal prince annoyed she'd rejected his advances. Where the head fell, a spring of healing water emerged. Later the holy well at Holywell, Flintshire, was built round it. Winefride's uncle, St Beuno, kindly put her head back on again. #WyrdWednesday #legend