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#fairytaletuesday Lucifer has been represented in art to some stunningly beautiful results:
Lucifer by Franz Stuck (1890)
Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabranel (1847)
Lucifer by Jackson Pollock (1947)

Do you have a favorite Lucifer art depiction?

#mythologymonday One of the most well-known representations of Satan is the goat. This derived from the image of fauns and satyrs, with half-goat bodies, pointed ears, goatees, and a tail. They represented lasciviousness, which was one thing the church identified with the Devil.

#FairyTaleTuesday #folklore In Protestant England, fairies were believed to be in league with the Devil and the way to protect yourself from their attacks was to dip your thumb in milk and make the sign of the cross.

Image: Johann Heinrich Füssli

#folklorethursday In Catalan folklore, women deemed to be witches had the mark of the Devil on their buttocks. He would bite them, creating a mark in the shape of two crossed horns, a ram, a toad, or a circle.

Image: Dali

#FolkloreThursday A popular ingredient in a love tonic in Mexico is "toloache", also knows as Devil's Snare and Devil's Trumpet: Datura Stramonium.
"Le dieron toloache," (someone gave him/her toloache), is an old saying in Mexico when seeing a person infatuated with someone else