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@bthomasa Hey don't sleep on Sasscrotch

"One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture — a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees — very gradually — I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever." #WyrdWednesday

In addition to his now famed career as a writer of macabre and gothic tales and poems, Edgar Allan Poe was a literary critic, journalist, and reviewer for magazines and prospecti from Boston to Charleston and sometimes beyond, earning quite a reputation. #WyrdWednesday

At night in Shikoku, wander through the bamboo groves and eventually you might find Japan's fire-breathing poultry, the Basan. The fire gives no heat, and they gain it by eating the charcoal found in nearby villages: but they can disappear too. #FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: jhfrench

Indigenous American agriculture techniques weren't just efficient work, they were environmentally conscious too: planting squash, beans, and corn together, a method called and often mythologized as the "Three Sisters," made work easier and replenished the soil. #FolkloreThursday

As a man drifts off, a strange woman appears, begging him to come to her home to help her mother. Both are charming, wealthy, and hungry for his attention. And more: for they are Jorogumo, hungry spider women. He escapes by waking: it was a dream! #WyrdWednesday

🖼: IrenHorrors

The song of the Adar Rhiannon, the three birds whose song can wake the dead from their eternal slumber and lull the living into passive sleep despite terror. This was the case for the giant Ysbaddaden, who feared his own prophecized death. #WyrdWednesday

🖼: J.S. Weils

Anansi the Spider's neighbors each made eight delicious meals and offered him some, but he didn't know whose house to go to; so he tied webs to his legs to be pulled when the food was ready: each pulled at the same time, stretching his legs out long! #FairyTaleTuesday

I mean, it's more accurate than most versions kids get these days.

Pele, Hawaiian goddess of fire whose anger makes islands grow, has four great snowy enemies, but none greater than Poliʻahu, who reigns from Mauna Kea. Hawaii's most beautiful goddess, she is not to be trifled with, freezing lava and hearts alike. #MythologyMonday

🖼: H.K. Kāne