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White deer hold a place in the mythology of many cultures. The Celts considered them to be messengers from the #otherworld, and believed that the white stag would appear when one was transgressing a taboo. In English folklore, the white hart is associated with Herne the Hunter
Albert Joseph Pénot was a French painter known for female nudes and landscapes. Today he is more popularly recognized for a subset of paintings centering on women of darker, more macabre themes #FaustianFriday
🎨"La Femme Chauve-Souris", circa 1890
"Départ pour le Sabbat", 1910
#FairyTaleTuesday "Beauty and the Beast" is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by Jean Cocteau. Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast, it is an adaptation of the 1757 story "Beauty and the Beast", written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.
Non serviam is Latin for "I will not serve". The phrase is attributed to #Satan, who is said to have spoken these words to express rejection to serve God in his kingdom. In modern times "non serviam" developed into a phrase used by modernists to express rejection of conformity
Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland:
From fairy-rings to Lewis Carroll's "Alice", mushrooms have long been entwined with the #supernatural in art and literature. Mike Jay looks at reports of mushroom-induced trips. https://t.co/4nbjb8XEWq
Lizzy Ansingh, "Heksenkeuken I, The Witches' Sabbath",1916
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#FolkloreThursday Medusa was beheaded by Perseus, who thereafter used her head to turn onlookers to stone. Later on, he gave Medusa's head to the goddess Athena to place it on her shield. In classical antiquity, the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the Gorgoneion amulet.
#WyrdWednesday Outstanding artwork by Paul Kidby, an English artist best known for his art based on Terry Pratchett's "Discworld". https://t.co/MSGhs80Gj0
"Imeralda Jaggers Hepzalilly and Cronies" by Charles Wysocki #HappyHalloween2020