The Adversary and His Folkloreさんのイラストまとめ

#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

#folklorethursday It was believed that carrying sachets of oregano could keep the Devil away. In Medieval times, burning oregano was also said to prevent the Devil from assisting his witches.