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#MythologyMonday In Greek mythology, Echo was an Oread. Zeus loved consorting with nymphs & Echo tried to protect Zeus from his wife Hera. Hera made Echo only able to speak the last words spoken to her. When Echo fell in love with Narcissus,she was unable to tell him how she felt
Horrifying 1906 Illustrations of H.G. Wells’ 'War of the Worlds': Discover the Art of Henrique Alvim Corrêa https://t.co/YESbAAMpG3 via @openculture #BookWormSat
Sheridan Le Fanu died #OTD in 1873. One of his best-known works, the lesbian vampire novella 'Carmilla,' predates Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' (1897) by 26 years. Some critics suggest that 'Carmilla' was an important influence on Henry James' 'The Turn of the Screw' (1898)
Maxim Vorobiev, 'Oak Fractured by a Lightning. Allegory on the Artist's Wife Death,' 1842
#FolkloreThursday Akelarre is the Basque term meaning Witches' Sabbath.Akerra means male goat and Larre means field.The Spanish Inquisition accused people of worshipping Satan. In Basque Country there are places with names related to sabbat meetings https://t.co/FReAwsN8FH
🎨Goya
#BookWormSat 'The Vampire; or, The Bride of the Isles,' by James Robinson Planché (1820), was inspired by John Polidori's 'The Vampyre' (1819). Planché created a vampire-trap, a stage mechanism to give entry and exit to the vampire. I discovered this play thanks to @DrSamGeorge1
'Les deux têtes' (1898) - Auguste Leroux for Victor Hugo’s “La confiance du marquis Fabrice”
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