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There is no day or night but perpetual twilight in the land of fairies & ghosts of the dead & afterlife intermingle with them. Eating fairy food is taboo for humans, as it alters the body & prevents a person from returning to the world of the living. #FairyTaleTuesday #folklore
Always moving in darkness, the abode & demon lover. We are able to wander the earth only one fleeting night each month, the rest of the time we are pushed by faceless, tortured souls, to fall, without reprieve, into the endless void. #FaustianFriday https://t.co/sJwLF6Gcwv
Glaistig were beautiful fairies with the legs of a deer or goat that would lure men to dance with them so that they could drink their blood. Their lower half would often be disguised by green robes or a flowing green dress. #FairyTaleTuesday
There is a full moon tonight -traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this part of summer. Other names include ”Full Green Corn Moon,”
Wheat Cut Moon,” and ”Blueberry Moon.”
Banshees appear in many forms—a beautiful woman wearing a shroud or white dress, a headless woman, an old woman with terrifying eyes, a woman with a green dress & silver hair. History has traced stories of banshees to the 8th century. #horror #FaustianFriday #FolkloreThursday
Bukavac is a demonic creature in Slavic folklore. It lives near swamps, rivers & lakes. It screams loudly, has a long tail & terrifying curved horns. If you walk too close to its watery lair at night it will look to drown you. #FaustianFriday #cryptid
In Greco-Roman mythology the peacock tail has the “eyes” of the stars & represents renewal, vision & immortality. Many believed that the peacock had flesh that did not decay after death. In Ancient Rome the bird represented funerals, death, & resurrection. #FolkloreThursday
Abaia, a huge, magical eel in Melanesian mythology is said to dwell at the bottom of freshwater lakes in Fiji, Solomon & Vanuatu. The mystical eel considers all creatures in the lake its children & protects them against anyone who would harm or disturb them. #FolkloreThursday
My underworld assistant and I in our lab have discovered a way to capture banshees and to bottle their ethereal songs of death. #WyrdWednesday https://t.co/Z2UqljCv3o
Kick-ass outfit with spyglass & top hat, Cheshire sidekick named Edison, travel on one of two motorcycles, discover a reaper crow who gives information about a parallel universe if you bribe him with a shiny fragment of your soul #WyrdWednesday https://t.co/5SHR4vHQ0O