NeuKelte on Nostr: #FolkloreThursday for #WorldOceansDay: In the #Scottish #Hebrides the #mermaid did ...

#FolkloreThursday for #WorldOceansDay: In the #Scottish #Hebrides the #mermaid did not sport a magical cap as in other lands. Instead she had a magical belt that had to be stolen to tame her. Her descendants were said to have the gift (or curse) of foreseeing who would die at sea.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @93DWTW The Mermaid Sculpture on the King’s Fountain, Linlithgow Palace, Scotland; Barry Caveman https://twitter.com/93DWTW/status/1582243156409856000