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  1. As punishment for stealing fire from the gods Prometheus was bound on the Caucasus with iron chains. After Herakles freed him Zeus ordered him to wear an iron ring with a rock set in it, a reminder of his suffering. Thus, the custom of wearing rings was born.

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    🌿👑🌿Excalibur - the Sword in the Stone - bestowed the rightful sovereignty of Britain upon the young King Arthur, when he pulled the enchanted blade free.

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    A Hag Stone is simply a stone with a natural hole through it.  In folk magic systems, these are often believed to ward off the dead, curses, witches, sickness, and nightmares. They are also used as windows or doorways to see 'otherworlds'.

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    Kintaro is a folk hero from Japan. Raised by a mountain witch he had superhuman strength & befriended animals in the mountains. He's depicted here refereeing a wrestling match between a monkey & a rabbit. 'Moon of Kintoki's Mountain'- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890.

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    Hello myth lovers! is back to host February's first Monday theme: Mountains, rock, and stone. Remember to use the hashtag for RTs! Art: Hugues Taraval

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    The mountains of Nysa were associated with Ethiopia, Libya, India, or Arabia by the ancient Greeks. Homer mentions Nyseion as the place where Dionysus grew up under the protection of the nymphs, and Nysion is where Persephone was said to have been abducted. 🌄

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    In Chinese mythology, the Queen Mother of the West lives in the Jade Mountain. It is said that she was the dispenser of prosperity, longevity, and eternal bliss. (Image: British Museum)

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    Niobe, mother to 10 sons & 10 daughters, taunted Leto for having only 2 children. Artemis & Apollo sought vengeance & killed her offspring. Niobe prayed & was turned to stone. Her tears flowed down over the rocks like water. 1. Manisa,Turkey; 2. Artuš Scheiner

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    To be closer to the sun, old mountain pushed up - up through the Earth’s crust until he felt warmth on his face. Down at his base, he found tiny fairies crying at their lost lands. Devastated, he turned their tears to crystal and served them up as fairy stones.

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    Can’t have a Sun Talk at without Zeus! Free show tonight at 6!

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  12. Hag Stones (Odin or Witch stones) have been used for centuries for protection against harm & to ward off witches & evil. These beautiful stones are considered to be powerful & can be worn for protection. Its also said you don't find a hagstone..they find you.

  13. The Rollright Stones,Oxfordshire. Myth says they are a king and his army who was challenged by a witch saying if he could see Long Compton he would be King of England. As he moved a mound rose up obscuring the view. The witch turned the King and army to stone

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    This week's theme is mountains, rock, and stone. The myths of Sisyphos, the Clashing Rocks of the Symplegades in the Argonautika, and the gods' home on Mount Olympos have already been mentioned. So I'm gonna tell you about the Rock of Leukade.

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    The ancient Inca believed mountains were a sacred place where they could connect with their gods. They built their villages near them and would place their dead, as well as offerings and sacrifices, on the highest peaks for their gods to accept them. 📸 wikimedia

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    The legendary Welsh warrior-poet Idris was said to look up to the heavens and out across his kingdom from the summit of Cadair Idris, ‘Chair of Idris‘. If you sleep overnight on the mountain, you’ll wake either mad or as a poet.

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    Thor got a whetstone lodged in his head when he dueled with and slew the evil giant, Hrungnir.

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    Volos is the Slavic god of cattle, nature, merchants, magic, the underworld, fertility, music, trickery, etc... Oaths were sworn to him. if you broke your oath, he would punish you with disease.

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    In Greek myth the Symplegades or Cyanean Rocks are two huge rocks at the Bosphorus that clash together destroying any ships trying to sail from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea. Jason and the Argonauts (1963) dir. Don Chaffey

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    Retweeting: One Cherokee legend tells of Spearfinger, an ogress who lived in the mountains and took the appearance of an old woman. With skin hard as a rock, so no weapon could penetrate, and a stony forefinger of bone, she’d cut her victims and eat their livers.

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