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The Wild Hunt is a motif that occurs in the folklore of various Northern European cultures.The hunters are the souls of the dead or ghostly dogs,sometimes fairies,Valkyries or elves.Seeing the Wild Hunt was thought to presage some catastrophe such as war or plague #FaustianFriday

#WyrdWednesday A jack-o'-lantern is a carved pumpkin, turnip, or other root vegetable lantern associated with #Halloween. The name is tied to the Irish legend of Stingy Jack,a drunkard who bargains with Satan and is doomed to roam the Earth with a hollowed turnip to light his way

#MythologyMonday The Order of the Dragon was a monarchical chivalric order founded in 1408. The Prince of Wallachia Vlad II Dracul,the father of Vlad the Impaler, took his name from the Order of the Dragon.
🎨Coat of arms of Elizabeth Báthory & Image from "Bram Stoker's Dracula"

Jan Parker - Paintings of Witchcraft and Black Magic, 1971
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#FolkloreThursday The Headless Horseman is a mythical figure who has appeared in folklore around the world since the Middle Ages. Examples include the dullahan from Ireland, and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," a short story written in 1820 by Washington Irving #31daysofHalloween

#31daysofHalloween Edgar Allan Poe's "Ligeia" follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia. She falls ill and dies. After her death,the narrator marries Lady Rowena,who dies as well.The narrator watches as Rowena comes back from the dead transformed into Ligeia #WyrdWednesday

Auroras are the result of disturbances in the magnetosphere caused by solar wind. The Finnish name “revontulet” is associated with the arctic fox. According to a tale,a fox touches the mountains with its fur and sparks fly off into the sky as the northern lights #MythologyMonday

#SuperstitionSat One of the most long-held food superstitions is that garlic wards off vampires and evil. This originated because of its medicinal and healing properties. It was used during the Black Death, and it protected people from catching the disease
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#Baturday Vintage Bat Ladies #31daysofHalloween

"I have heard, but not believ'd, the spirits of the dead
May walk again: if such thing be, thy mother
Appeared to me last night; for ne'er was dream
So like a waking."
(The Winter's Tale, 3.3) #ShakespeareSunday