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According to Scottish folklore, if you want to see fairies, you should eat a primrose! #FolkloreThursday #flowers #spring #fairies #folklore #primroses #snow #scotland #flowerstagram #flowersofinstagram (at Aberdeenshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/Crz70J-oigd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Scottish wild cherry trees were traditionally associated with witches. It was said to be unlucky to bring their branches inside the house. #FolkloreThursday #witches #trees #Scotland #folklore (at Aberdeenshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CriMiQaLppG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hades captured Persephone and took her to the underworld as she was picking daffodils in the Elysian Fields. More on the pictured Persephone scuplture here: https://ailishsinclair.com/2022/08/the-maiden-stone-and-persephone/ #FolkloreThursday #daffodils #Persephone (at Maiden Stone) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqajm0uItIS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A cute little Countryside Fair with ferris wheel, roller coaster, wonderful shops and cute whimsical creatures. I intent to bring out the fun, love and laugh that we all experience when we visit fairs. I imagined how these beautiful woodland animals would react or just be like in these kinda fair. I believe this art paints a pretty great picture☺️😇 #folkloreart #folklore #folklorethursday #folkloreandfairytales #woodlandanimals #gouacheartist #childernbook #childernbookillustrator #childernbookillustration #whimsicalart #whimsicalartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CpFygHVr-Zd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#FolkloreThursday: Historical about on Valentine's Day FINAL PART II In Italy, Saint Valentine's keys are given to lovers "as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver's heart", as well as to children to ward off epilepsy (called Saint Valentine's Malady). Saint Valentine's Day is not a public holiday in any country, although it is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Church. Many parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrate Saint Valentine's Day on July 6 in honor of Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and on July 30 in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni). While the European folk traditions connected with Saint Valentine and St. Valentine's Day have become marginalized by modern customs connecting the day with romantic love, there are still some connections with the advent of spring. While the custom of sending cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts originated in the UK, Valentine's Day still remains connected with various regional customs in England. In Norfolk, a character called 'Jack' Valentine knocks on the rear door of houses leaving sweets and presents for children. Although he was leaving treats, many children were scared of this mystical person. Plants and flowers start to grow on this day. It has been celebrated as the day when the first work in the vineyards and in the fields commences. It is also said that birds propose to each other or marry on that day. Another proverb says "Valentin – prvi spomladin" ("Valentine – the first spring saint"), as in some places (especially White Carniola), Saint Valentine marks the beginning of spring. Valentine's Day has only recently been celebrated as the day of love. The day of love was traditionally March 12, the Saint Gregory's day, or February 22, Saint Vincent's Day. #mystique #spiritique #valentines #ValentinesDay #Valentinesweek #HappyValentinesday #ValentinesSeason #valentinesszn #lovers #happyloversday #loversday #loversseason #loversszn #mindfulness #Spiritual #Spirituality #mystical #mystic #mysticisim #StValentine #Galentinesday #StValentinesDay #sacredhearts #folklorethursday #folklore #folkloreflash https://www.instagram.com/p/CouUqdmStzp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#FolkloreThursday: Historical about on Valentine's Day PART I Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14 yearly. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world. There are a number of martyrdom stories associated with various Saint Valentines connected to February 14, including an account of the imprisonment of Saint Valentine of Rome for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire in the third century. According to an early tradition, Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his jailer. Numerous later additions to the legend have better related it to the theme of love: an 18th-century embellishment to the legend claims he wrote the jailer's daughter a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell before his execution; another tradition posits that Saint Valentine performed weddings for Christian soldiers who were forbidden to marry. The 8th-century Gelasian Sacramentary recorded the celebration of the Feast of Saint Valentine on February 14. The day became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries when notions of courtly love flourished, apparently by association with the "lovebirds" of early spring. In 18th-century England, it grew into an occasion for couples to express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. In the 19th century, handmade cards gave way to mass-produced greetings. #mystique #spiritique #valentines #ValentinesDay #Valentinesweek #HappyValentinesday #ValentinesSeason #valentinesszn #lovers #happyloversday #loversday #loversseason #loversszn #mindfulness #Spiritual #Spirituality #mystical #mystic #mysticisim #StValentine #Galentinesday #StValentinesDay #sacredhearts #folklorethursday #folklore #folkloreflash https://www.instagram.com/p/CouTi21StNo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#FolkloreThursday: St Valentine - FINAL PART III By some different style of an traditions & celebration around the whole world, St. Valentine was a Roman priest and physician who suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Christians by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus about 270. He was buried on the Via Flaminia, and Pope Julius I reportedly built a basilica over his grave. Other narratives identify him as the bishop of Terni, Italy, who was martyred, apparently also in Rome, and whose relics were later taken to Terni. It is possible these are different versions of the same original account and refer to only one person. According to legend, St. Valentine signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended and healed from blindness. Another common legend states that he defied the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from war. Valentine’s Day as a lovers’ festival dates at least from the 14th century and celebrating every February 14 yearly according to the calendars. #mystique #spiritique #valentines #ValentinesDay #Valentinesweek #HappyValentinesday #ValentinesSeason #valentinesszn #lovers #happyloversday #loversday #loversseason #loversszn #mindfulness #Spiritual #Spirituality #mystical #mystic #mysticisim #StValentine #Galentinesday #StValentinesDay #sacredhearts #folklorethursday #folklore #folkloreflash https://www.instagram.com/p/CouQMCrSuSX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=