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Lizzi
Unregistered User
(1/14/03 1:44:24 am)
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Folklore and mythology of moths
Having had a recent invasion of clothes moths, does anyone know any folklore, fairy tales or mythology of these little woollen carpet munchers please?
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swood
Registered User
(1/14/03 6:34:27 am)
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Re: Folklore and mythology of moths
The first thing that comes to mind is A.S. Byatt's Angels & Insects, which isn't really folklore/mythology, but is nevertheless interesting. I imagine there is a connection with the moon and transformation.
Sarah
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Ys
Unregistered User
(1/14/03 11:13:37 am)
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Re: Folklore and mythology of moths
Maybe not exactly fairy tales/mythology, but you can find a series of pictures by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law about moths.
Here are the links:
www.shadowscapes.com/image/thehunt.shtml
www.shadowscapes.com/imag...ueen.shtml
www.shadowscapes.com/image/release.shtml
www.shadowscapes.com/imag...enII.shtml
www.shadowscapes.com/imag...nIII.shtml
Hope it helps
Ys
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Andrey
Bobev
Registered User
(1/15/03 11:54:12 am)
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Re: Folklore and mythology of moths
You can check the New Testament and any Biblical dictionary, of course. It's not much, but I hope it could help. Good luck!
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Otherworld
Registered User
(1/16/03 4:51:56 pm)
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Re: Folklore and mythology of moths
Well I found very little
In "Encyclopaedia of traditional symbols" by J.C Cooper, all it says is "A Form of Psyche"
the Hollywood Mothman prophesys is just Hollywood twaddle as far as I can make out.
One thing that has interested me over the years.... I have 3 male friends that hate them, a phobia, but no woman I know do... is it an ancient mystic force?
who can tell
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Jane Yolen
Unregistered User
(1/17/03 12:12:10 am)
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more moths
There is at least one moth-about-the-flames Aesop story I believe, and a satiric one in James Thurber's Fables for Our Times (or perhaps Further Fables.. .)
Jane Yolen
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Deb
Unregistered User
(1/27/03 8:24:32 pm)
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more moths
The Green Book by Jill Paton Walsh (1982) is a beautiful short children's fantasy set on another planet settled by people from Earth. There is a beautiful scene with giant moths. Also--if you don't already know it, look into the classic essay by Virginia Woolf, "Death of a Moth."
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