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Satyr dancing the hekateris, Athenian red-figure psykter C5th B.C., British Museum
Hecaterus is the demi-god of the hecateris, a rustic dance of quickly moving hands. He is the father of the Dactys & the Hecaterides. His mother might be Gaia.
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Fairies are often connected to dancing. Their name also suggests an association with yesterday's Hecate.
A white fairy with long blonde hair & pink insect wings wearing a pink flower crown & dress dances barefoot in a circle of rabbits dancing in pairs. A white boy with short blonde hair wearing medieval peasant clothes leans against a tree playing a flute.
Hecaterides (Dance of Moving Hands) are 5 nymphs associated with 2 dances: the hecateris, a country dance, & the hecateros, a high-leaping country dance, in Greek mythology. From this we can assume that they danced.
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She is often depicted with 3 bodies standing back-to-back, probably so that she could look in all directions at once from the crossroads. She is very similar to the Irish goddess Morrigan & her associations with crossroads, magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts & necromancy, are all fae traits
A white woman with silver white eyes, long black wavy hair, a spiky golden crown, a silver necklace & a sleeveless purple dress stands in triple aspect, 1 faces the left & holds a sword & a key, 1 faces front & holds flames, 1 faces right & holds a snake & a sword
Hecate is the goddess of crossroads, magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy in Greek mythology. Her Roman equivalent is Trivia. She has many possible parents, all gods or Titans. She's the mother of Scylla, Circe & Medea. She has 2 familiars, a dog & a polecat.
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A Crowned Merman by Arthur Rackham
Hebrus is the potamoi (river spirit) of the river Hebrus in Greco- Roman mythology.
Travel is a good way to expand your mind.
It's also a good way to find portals to other worlds hidden behind bookshelves, and collectible goblin bones in the old forest.
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A white mermaid with long red hair & a silver fishtail kneels on the seafloor surrounded by seaweed & sea creatures
Havsrå are Swedish mermaids very similar to yesterday's Havfolk. The "rå" portion of the name means ruler & refers to spirits who rule/ control over different parts of nature. They're female, live in the sea & probably have fishtails.
It's ok to not feel ok.
It's ok if your antlers haven't grown in yet.
It's ok if you can't shape-shift into a raven.
It's ok if you haven't haunted the night for a while.
I know you're doing your best, and that's all any of us can do right now.
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They are usually attractive. In 1 Swedish ballad, Agnete og Havmanden, a merman takes a human woman for a wife & has hybrid children with her.
A white mermaid with long blonde hair & a blue green tail with a blue vest swims under the sea
In the Scandinavian countries, they have myths of merfolk with humanoid upper bodies & fishtail lower bodies. Their names are all variations of half person, including Havfolk Havfrue, Hafsfru, Havmand, Hafsman & Havmænd.
You can be anything you want.
Be a set of glowing eyes in the darkness.
Be a terror in the deep.
Be a cosmic horror slumbering in a star, worshipped by millions from afar.
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He is depicted as a giant wolf although given his heritage I wouldn't be surprised if he could shapeshift. Another name for him might be Mánagarmr, attested to in the Gylfaginning. His name means moon hound, he's fated to swallow the moon & he is the son of a witch of the Ironwood.
a massive, ghostly gray wolf with fiery eyes looms over the moon with a gaping mouth
Hati is the son of Fenrir & a giantess of the Ironwood & the grandson of the god Loki & the jotunn Angrboda. He is destined to swallow the Moon during Ragnarok while his brother Sköll consumes the sun.
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They also appear on tomb art, suggesting an association with death. Harpies are also very similar to the Alkonost, woman-headed birds in East Slavic folklore.
A white woman with gray bird wings, taloned arms, bird legs, long dark hair & yellow eyes crouches on a mountain top. Other bird women fly nearby. A white woman in fantasy style clothing with an axe strapped to her back climbs the mountain.
Harpies (Snatchers) are women with wings or the lower bodies of birds that are associated with sudden, sharp gusts of wind. They are the hounds of Zeus, snatching people for him. Mysterious dissappearances were often attributed to harpies in ancient times.
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I don't know about you, but I'd feel a lot better if we were allowed to disappear into a malevolent fog once in a while and become a dark creature of folklore and legend.
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A blue skinned woman with long green hair & glowing teal eyes wears a lavender slip dress & sits in a pool of water
Harpina (Place of the Curved Blade) is a naiad of a spring, well or fountain of the town of Pisa in Elis (southern Greece). She had a son, Oenomaus, by Ares. Oenomaus is known for decorating his palace with the heads of his daughter's suitors.
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