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Remember the reason for the season.

The Vietnamese people are descended from two mythical lineages: the King of the Dragons, Lạc Long Quân, and Âu Cơ, the Mountain Snow Fairy. Though they loved one another they parted, taking 50 kids each, all born of a massive egg. #FairyTaleTuesday

🖼: L. Wenjun

Thr staple crop of most of the Americas, the Three Sisters were maize, squash, and beans, often grown together to keep the soil fertile. Myths from the Maya to the Haudenosaunee involve these three crops, be they represented by gods or their shenanigans. #FolkloreThursday

It is important to not just respect your house spirits but reward them. It is common in folklore to leave food out for house spirits like brownies and tomte, thanking them for a job well done cleaning the house. Not doing so has dire consequences #FolkloreThursday

🖼: J. Nyström

In one version of the Sedna tale, her father attempts to save her from her bird-husband, only to anger the bird spirits. To appease them, he desperately sacrifices his daughter by throwing her into the sea in order to save the world. #MythologyMonday

🖼: K. Ashevak

Key to a number of potions and balms is mandrake, which had to be handled carefully so it wouldn't scream you to death. Mandrake root was a key ingredient for making a homunculus, for flying ointments, for love potions, and indeed, to prepare for Black Sabbath. #SuperstitionSat

In Japan, if your child starts acting strange quite suddenly, there's a good chance they're dead and a goblin is wearing their skin! Called an Amanojaku, these spirits resemble changeling tales of Europe. #FaustianFriday #31DaysofHalloween

🖼: M. Meyer

Never forget gods can be exceptionally cruel: Ra got tired of how loud humanity had become, and so sent Sekhmet the lioness to destroy mankind. Such was the devastation that, like a slasher film parody, the world was flooded with red blood, so Ra called it off. #FolkloreThursday

Tokyo Ghoul takes the Arabic flesh-eating ghoul and makes them into a more super-powered undead rather than a djinn, setting it in a world hostile to this hidden race. Despite the increased stamina and strength, Ghouls must eat flesh, making a normal life hard. #WyrdWednesday

Draugr are the reanimated remains of Nordic graves and palaces, driven by greed and a lust for bloodshed. With the power to shapeshift and relying on deception, they are the stuff of terror in Scandinavian sagas and folklore. #MythologyMonday