#WordsOnWednesday

Used to be #TempleThursday a themed hashtag for posts about religion. Presently doing themes for #WordsOnWednesday. Art, literature and folklore are welcome.

[North Ages @NorthAges]

Æthelstan, king of the Anglo-Saxons, ‘succeeded to the kingdom of the Northumbrians’ #OTD in 927 and, at Eamont, Cumbria, received oaths from rulers including Causantín II of Alba, Ealdred of Bebbanburg (Bamburgh) and possibly Owain of Strat Clut (Strathclyde). 📸Athelstan Museum

[Imam Reza Shrine @ImamRezaEN]

People have perished due to two things: fearing poverty and seeking pride.

Imam Hussain (as)

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 75, p. 54

[🎼 𝕸𝕬𝕽𝕂 🎼 @2112Westy]

#folkloresunday
According to British folklore, the invisible seed of the fern could only be gathered on Midsummer Eve.
Those fortunate enough to find it were said to become invisible, discover hidden treasure, or even understand the language of birds.
Many believed the fairies guarded the precious seed, making it almost impossible for mortals to claim.

[Arienne F. 📚✨ @wingandthorn]

"You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope."

-Thomas Merton
#BookWormSat
🎨 Briton Rivière

[North Ages @NorthAges]

July 11: Feast of Drostan († early 7thC), founder-abbot of the Pictish monastery of Deir (Deer). Several dedications to him in NE Scotland including Episcopal church at Old Deer. The old church at Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, claimed his relics. Also Dec 15. The 10thC Book of Deer

[Imam Reza Shrine @ImamRezaEN]

The sins that bring down calamity are: failing to relieve the distressed and assist the oppressed, and neglecting the enjoining of good and the forbidding of evil.

Imam Sajjad (as)

Wasa’il al-Shi'a, vol. 14, p. 271

[Decimus Claudius @decimusclaudius]

A marble sarcophagus showing the 'Triumph of Bacchus' which includes Bacchus/Dionysus triumphing over India on a chariot pulled by two panthers. 2 Indian captives are riding on an elephant while Hercules is trying to grab a nymph. Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière (France).

[Ennius @red_loeb]

Presenting: the Weekend

BnF MS Néerlandais 3; Apocalipsis in dietsche; 15th century; f.5r @GallicaBnF

[Irish History Bitesize! @lorraineelizab6]

The Irish tradition of 'telling the bees' & the 7th C Bechbretha Brehon laws are in my book, St Brigid & Other Amazing Irish Women. St Gobnait chats to the bees as a girl & the Bechbretha are in my DYK section after her story! Also, facts about bees! #DontStepOnABeeDay 🐝🍯🐝

[North Ages @NorthAges]

The Trustees of the British Museum declined to buy the panels of the Franks Casket #OTD in 1858. ‘They had never committed a greater act of folly,’ said the Keeper of Manuscripts. The museum’s Augustus Wollaston Franks – it is named after him – bought it instead. 📸British Museum

[Solas @solas_na_greine]

Two Angels, Beuronese School

[Ennius @red_loeb]

Micrographic birds tweeting at the beginning of קֹהֶלֶת qohelet (Ecclesiastes)

BL Or 2091; Former & Latter Prophets & Hagiographa with masorah magna & parva; 13th century; Germany; f.338r @BLMedieval @BL_HebrewMSS

[Elsa💙🩷🩷 @ElsaMc1878]

#WordsOnWednesday
“Where'er we turn, remains of ancient shrines
Peep through brown moss, or lie 'neath mantling vines.”
– Nicolas Michell, Mount Parnassus.

Since ancient times the Greeks have regarded mountains as divine places full of spiritual energy.
🎨Gustave Moreau.

[Therese Taylor @ThereseTaylor12]

'There are people in the world for whom "coming along" is a perpetual process, people who are destined never to arrive.'
James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain
#AmericanFiction #WordsOnWednesday

[#WordsOnWednesday @templethursday]

The theme for #WordsOnWednesday this week is mountains. What words of wisdom do we have about mountains?
🎨JRR Tolkien

[🎼 𝕸𝕬𝕽𝕂 🎼 @2112Westy]

#WordsOnWednesday

The way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don’t fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far.

Paulo Coelho, Like the Flowing River.

[#WordsOnWednesday @templethursday]

The theme for #WordsOnWednesday this week is mountains. What words of wisdom do we have about mountains?
🎨JRR Tolkien

[Dave @Dave_Sourdough]

Jacob and Esau were twin sons of the patriarch Isaac and his wife Rebekah. Their trouble started in the womb, where it is said they fought. Esau was born first but Jacob tricked him out of his birthright, their father's inheritance, thanks to Rebekah's scheme. #FairyTaleTuesday

[Elsa💙🩷🩷 @ElsaMc1878]

#MythologyMonday
In the northern hemisphere Friday saw us enter “the dog days of summer.” The hottest most humid time of summer from July 3rd - August 11th. Alluding to Sirius the Dog Star whose appearance at this time of year signalled hot, sultry days ahead for ancient Greeks.

[WANA Visuals @wana_visualss]

🇮🇷 At dawn, the Armenian Saint Thaddeus Monastery in northwestern Iran.

One of the oldest monasteries of the Armenian Apostolic Church, it was first built in the 1st century AD, while most of the present structure dates to the 13th century.