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In Slavic mythology sleep was described as a wandering of a soul. The spirit would fly away and travel. During the night, the spirits of all living things would wander away. All living creatures had some kind of a spirit that can travel in the nighttime. #MythologyMonday
Načnica is a female night spirit in Belarusian mythology who loves to sneak into house and scare children. After death women who did not a have a child through a curse can be turned into Načnica, Protection against Načnica is to place a rag doll in every window. #MythologyMonday
In the Finnish Mythology the air goddess Ilmatar comes down to primal waters, when a bird lands on her knee and lays six eggs. When the eggs become too hot, she moves her leg, causing the eggs to crash into the water and form the earth, moon, stars, and sun. #FolkloreThursday
In Slavic mythology, in the beginning, there was darkness, inhabited by Rod, and an egg that contained Svarog. The egg opened, and Svarog climbed out; the dust from the eggshell formed the sacred tree which rose to separate the heavens from the sea and the land. #FolkloreThursday
In the Greek Mythology there are 4 wind gods that represent the 4 seasons. Boreas is the god of the north wind or the god of winter. He comes down from the Thrake mountains bringing icy air and snow each winter. #FolkloreThursday
The Snow Lion (Tibetan: གངས་སེང་གེ་, gangs seng ge) is a celestial animal of Tibet. It is the emblem of Tibet, representing its snowy mountain ranges and glaciers and may also symbolize power and strength, and fearlessness and joy, east and the earth element.
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"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and The song is an uptempo bluegrass song about the Devil's failure to gain a young man's soul through a fiddle-playing contest. #WyrdWednesday
The Honey Island Swamp monster, also known as the Cajun Sasquatch, is an ape-like humanoid cryptid creature, similar to descriptions of Bigfoot, purported to inhabit the Honey Island Swamp in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. #SwampSunday
In Finland jackdaws who lived in the church towers were believed to be a bringers of the death messages. The omen was especially bad if the bird landed on the roof of the house. #SuperstitionSat
Hans Trapp is another "anti-Santa" who hands out punishment to bad children in the Alsace and Lorraine regions of France. The legend says that Trapp was a real man, a rich, greedy, and evil man, who worshiped Satan and was excommunicated from the Catholic Church. #FaustianFriday