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With compliments of the season and Chef Legolas. Enjoy this roasted rodent! “The 12 Days of Deeply Disturbing #VictorianChristmas Cards” is winding down in style. #Christmas #WednesdayWisdom

In Estonian mythology, the Külmking is the evil protector of the forest, eating children alive when they bother forest spirits. One legend says that if the Külmking goes through the body of someone, this person also becomes evil. (Image: Unknown) #FolkloreThursday

In Norse mythology, Álfheimr is where the light-elves live, way up in the highest echelons of the world. It’s part of the "Nine Worlds" that give sense to the universe. (Image: Nils Blommér) #mythologymonday #mythology

According to Korean legend, the Gumiho is a nine-tailed fox spirit that disguises itself as beautiful maiden to attract a boy. Once they’re both in love, the Gumiho feasts on the boy’s organs and flesh. (Image: Unknown) #FolkloreThursday

At the time of the Greek tragedians, Hekate became associated with witchcraft and death. She was said to wander about with the souls of the dead, with her arrival announced by the whining and howling of dogs. (Image: William Blake) #MythologyMonday

One Cherokee legend tells of Spearfinger, an ogress who lived in the mountains and took the appearance of an old woman. With skin hard as a rock, so no weapon could penetrate, and a stony forefinger of bone, she’d cut her victims and eat their livers. #FolkloreThursday

Mis is the original wild woman of Irish mytholog. Overcome with grief upon finding her father’s body, she licked his battle wounds, much like an animal, to try to heal him. When it failed, she rose into the air like a bird and flew away. (Img: Rackham) #FolkloreThursday

#OnThisDay in 1613, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England, burns down during a performance of "Henry VIII." The fire was apparently started by a misdirected canon shot that set its thatched roof ablaze. (Images: Getty) #OTD #SaturdayThoughts #Shakespeare

In Finnish mythology, the Otso, or Kings of the Forests, are bear spirits who are treated as highly intelligent and divine beings. If a bear was killed, a ceremony was held to leave its skull in a sacred clearing with sacrificial gifts. (Img: Unknown) #FolkloreThursday

Next time you hear “Ring a Ring o' Rosie,” grab a beak mask! Some believe the innocent song reflects the 1665 Great Plague of London; rosie being the rash that had an odor they tried to cover up with “a pocket full of posies.” (Img: K Greenaway) #FolkloreThursday #nurseryrhymes